Mississippi Flyway 
An estimated 3, 560, 300 ducks were 
bagged in the Mississippi Flyway during 
the 1963-64 waterfowl seaspn, an increase 
of 42 percent over the previous season 
(table C-9). An additional 897, 000 ducks 
were estimated to have been knocked down 
but not retrieved, for a total kill (bag plus 
cripples) of approximately 4, 457, 300 
ducks. 
Analysis of the total Fly way duck bag 
by species, as derived from data provided 
by the Duck Wing Survey, shows that the 
bags of nine species—mallard (1, 317, 000), 
wood duck (320, 500), ring-necked duck 
(301, 500), green-winged teal (288, 200), 
lesser scaup (244, 100), American widgeon 
(205,400), blue-winged teal (175, 100), pin¬ 
tail (163, 600), and gadwall (147,100)— 
totaled 3, 162, 500 ducks or 89 percent of 
the Flyway bag of all species. The bags of 
most species of ducks showed substantial 
increases, except that the bags of blue- 
winged teal and wood ducks decreased 11 
and 14 percent, respectively (table C-9) 0 
All States registered increases in the 
duck kill except Alabama (-24%), Missis¬ 
sippi (-22%), and Ohio (-2%). The in¬ 
creases were usually due both to an in¬ 
crease in hunters and an increase in the 
mean duck kill per hunter (table C-ll). 
The total Fly way goose bag of an esti¬ 
mated 249, 500 birds increased 38 percent 
over that of the previous season. An ad¬ 
ditional 41, 900 geese were reported 
knocked down but not retrieved, for a total 
kill (bag plus cripples) of approximately 
291, 300 geese (table C-10). The goose 
kill at the State level is presented in 
table C-ll). Indiana, Ohio, and Wisconsin 
had substantial increases in the goose 
kill over the previous season. 
An estimated 286, 300 coots were bagged 
in the Flyway, an increase of 29 percent 
over that of the previous season. An ad¬ 
ditional 84, 800 coots were knocked down 
but not retrieved, for a total kill (bag 
plus cripples) of approximately 371, 000 
coots. 
A total of approximately 660, 000 po¬ 
tential adult hunters, an increase of 16 
percent over the previous season, was 
registered for the Flyway. Of these po¬ 
tential adult hunters, 84 percent were 
active hunters compared to 81 percent ac¬ 
tive the previous season (table C-12). A 
total of 4, 045, 700 hunter-days afield (in¬ 
cluding junior hunter-days) was estimated 
for the Flyway, an increase of 29 percent 
over the previous season (table C-ll). 
Atlantic Flyway 
An estimated 995, 400 ducks were bagged 
in the Atlantic Fly way during the 1964-65 
waterfowl season, an increase of 10 per¬ 
cent over the previous season (tableC-13). 
An estimated 246, 700 ducks were knocked 
down but not retrieved, yielding a total 
kill (bag plus cripples) of approximately 
1, 242, 200 ducks. 
Analysis of the total Flyway duck bag 
by species, as derived from data provided 
by the Duck Wing Survey, shows that the 
bags of five species—black ducks (242,400), 
mallards (160, 200), wood ducks (105, 600), 
green-winged teal (86, 200), and ring¬ 
necked ducks (69, 300)--totaled 663, 700 
ducks or 67 percent of the Flyway bag of 
all species. The kill increased for approxi¬ 
mately half of the species, including mal¬ 
lards, black ducks, green-winged teal, 
canvasbacks and redheads, whereas the 
kill of mottled and Florida ducks, gadwalls, 
blue-winged teal, pintails, wood ducks, 
and scaup decreased (table C-13). 
At the State level, all States registered 
increases in the total duck bag except 
Florida, Georgia, Rhode Island, South 
Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia, 
which decreased from the previous sea¬ 
son (table C-15). 
The total Fly way goose bag of an esti¬ 
mated 159, 000 birds decreased only 1 per¬ 
cent from the previous season. An esti¬ 
mated 25,100 geese were knocked down but 
not retrieved, for a total kill (bag plus 
cripples) of approximately 184, 200 geese 
(table C-14). 
An estimated 72,200 coots were bagged 
in the Flyway, an increase of 53 percent 
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