Species Composition Within States for the 1962-63 and 1963-64 Hunting Seasons

Authors

Glen Smart, Migratory Bird Population Station

Date of this Version

1964

Comments

Published in Administrative Report (1964) No. 65, 12 p.

Abstract

This paper considers the species composition of the duck kill in each State as determined by the Duck Wing Collection Surveys during 1962-63 and 1963-64 hunting seasons. Two-thirds of the annual kill was made up of mallards, black ducks, pintails, wood ducks, and green-winged teal. Mallards were the most common species taken in all Flyways except the Atlantic where the black duck was most abundant.