108 
TABLE C-15.—Waterfowl hunting activity and bags of ducks and geese in the Atlantic Flyway during the 
1964 hunting season, with 1963 season comparisons—continued 
[Estimates unadjusted for response bias] 
Hunting 
season 
Duck 
bag 
limit 
Days 
in 
duck 
season 
Potential 
adult 
hunters 
Hunter-days 
Duck bag 
Goose bag 
Days per 
potential 
adult 
hunter 
State 1 
total 
Seasonal 
bag per 
potential 
adult 
hunter 
State 1 
total 
Seasonal 
bag per 
potential 
adult 
hunter 
State 1 
total 
o 
Maryland: 
1963. 
3-6 
50 
22,670 
5.19 
123, 700 
2.62 
61, 800 
2.48 
57,100 
1964--. 
3-6 
50 
25,080 
6.23 
160, 200 
3.94 
102,000 
2.54 
64,000 
Percent change- 
-- 
-- . 
+ 11 
+ 20 
+ 30 
+ 50 
+ 65 
+ 2 
+ 12 
Massachusetts: 
o 
1963.. 
3-6 
45 2 
16,350 
3.94 
67,800 
2.41 
54, 600 
0.10 
1,700 
1964. 
3-6 
45 2 
17, 600 
4.67 
86, 500 
3.41 
82, 300 
0.17 
3,100 
Percent change 
— 
— 
+ 8 
+ 19 
+ 28 
+ 42 
+ 51 
+ 70 
+ 82 
New Hampshire: 
1963. 
3-6 
50 
3, 600 
4.28 
16, 200 
2.58 
10, 300 
0.08 
300 
1964.. 
3-6 
50 
4, 690 
6.04 
29, 800 
3.62 
20,000 
0.10 
500 
Percent change- 
— 
— 
+ 30 
+ 41 
+ 84 
+ 40 
+ 94 
+ 25 
+ 67 
New Jersey: 
9 
1963. 
3-6 
45 9 
22,060 
5.25 
121, 800 
4.39 
100, 300 
1.50 
33,800 
1964. 
3-6 
45 2 
21,910 
5.72 
131, 800 
4.53 
104,800 
1.66 
37, 300 
Percent change- 
— 
— 
- 1 
+ 9 
+ 8 
+ 3 
+ 4 
+ 11 
+ 10 
New York: 
1963. 
3-6 
50 
44,060 
4.28 
198,300 
2.95 
146, 700 
0.56 
25, 400 
1964. 
3-6 
50 
53, 210 
4.46 
249, 500 
2.93 
174, 500 
0.44 
23, 900 
Percent change- 
— 
+ 21 
+ 4 
+ 26 
- 1 
+ 19 
- 21 
- 6 
North Carolina: 
1963. 
3-6 
50 
23,880 
4. 46 
112,000 
2.92 
72,200 
1.32 
32,200 
1964... 
3-6 
50 
23, 380 
5.06 
124,300 
3. 68 
90, 100 
0.65 
15,700 
Percent change- 
— 
— 
- 2 
+ 13 
+ 11 
+ 26 
+ 25 
- 51 
- 51 
Pennsylvania: 
1963. 
3-6 
50 
33,840 
3.65 
129,900 
2.17 
76, 200 
0. 22 
7,700 
1964. 
3-6 
50 
37, 440 
4.92 
193, 600 
2.34 
90,600 
0.26 
10,100 
Percent change — 
-- 
— 
+ 11 
+ 35 
+ 49 
+ 8 
+ 19 
+ 18 
+ 31 
See footnotes p. 109 
