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TABLE 5 <br />Mortality and Fate of Radio Transmitters on Cow Elk <br />Beginning # Illegal Crippling Winter Total Transmitter Lost Total <br />Year Transmitters Harvest Harvest Loss Mortality Mortality Failure Transmitter Attrition <br /> <br />1985 29 3 0 1 0 4 8a lb 13 <br />(9-1-85 - 8-31-86) 100% 10% 3% 13% 28% 3% 44% <br />a Three of the eight are confirmed failures and the other five are suspected failures. Seven were anticipated <br />failures due to the age of the batteries. One was a premature failure; the transmitter was only two months <br />old when failed. <br />b Transmitter torn off collar <br />-12- <br />