Table 1. The number of jackals sighted and captured during the helicopter net-gun flying sessions at a small-stock farming region in the Eastern Cape, South Africa, 2020–2021. Each capture session records the number of days flown alongside the number of hours spent in the air. The capture rate for the number of jackals captured per hour is calculated and presented for each day of flying. Eastern CapeCapture sessionDayFlight time (hours)Number of jackals sightedNumber of jackals capturedCaptures / hour114420.522210.521110*02300032321312000225423242141111123000SummaryDays spent flyingTotal flight timeTotal number of jackals sightedTotal number of jackals capturedOverall captures / hour102220120.55 *Jackal netted but escaped by chewing through the net

Published as part of Green, Alistair, Avenant, Nico L. & Melville, Haemish I. A. S., 2023, Getting a grip on jackals: Net-gunning as an efficient and cost-effective approach to capturing Black-backed jackals (Canidae: Lupulella mesomelas), pp. 7 in Indago 39 (10) on page 7, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10093347