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TABLE C-l 5. —Waterfowl hunting activity and bags of ducks and geese in the Atlantic Flyway during 
1964 hunting season, with 1963 season comparisons—continued 
[Estimates unadjusted for response bias] 
Hunter-days 
Duck bag 
Goose bag 
Hunting 
season 
Duck 
bag 
limit 
Days 
in 
duck 
season 
Potential 
adult 
hunters 
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 
Rhode Island: 
1963. 
3-6 
50 
2, 330 
2, 200 
6.11 
15, 000 
4.15 
10, 700 
0.05 
100 
1964. 
3-6 
50 
5.48 
12, 700 
3.99 
9, 800 
0.07 
100 
Percent change - - 
-- 
— 
- 6 
-10 
- 15 
- 4 
- 8 
+ 40 
— 
South Carolina: 
1963---. 
3-6 
50 
13, 360 
5.27 
74,100 
74, 300 
5.43 
75, 200 
0.18 
2, 500 
1964. 
4-8 
40 
12, 980 
5.44 
5.07 
68, 900 
0.05 
600 
Percent change - - 
-- 
— 
- 3 
+ 3 
+0.3 
- 7 
- 8 
- 72 
- 76 
Vermont: 
o 
1963. 
3-6 
45 2 
3, 510 
3.81 
14,100 
3.96 
14, 400 
0.07 
300 
1964. 
3-6 
50 
4,180 
5.77 
25, 300 
6.35 
25, 600 
0.27 
1,100 
Percent change - - 
— 
— 
+ 19 
+51 
+ 79 
+ 60 
+ 78 
+286 
+267 
Virginia: 2 
1963--. 
3-6 
50 
17, 970 
4.07 
76, 800 
3.44 
63, 600 
1.09 
20, 600 
15,800 
1964---. 
3-6 
50 
17,130 
5.58 
98,900 
3.40 
61,800 
0.87 
Percent change - - 
— 
— 
- 5 
+37 
+ 29 
- 1 
- 3 
- 20 
- 23 
West Virginia: 
1963. 
3-6 
45 2 
1,430 
1.81 
2, 700 
1.82 
2, 700 
0.11 
200 
1964. 
3-6 
45 2 
1,240 
2.85 
3, 700 
1.28 
1,600 
— 
— 
Percent change - - 
— 
— 
- 13 
+57 
+ 37 
- 30 
- 41 
— 
-- 
Flyway total: 
199,700 
1963.— 
__ 
-- 
266, 800 
4.47 
1, 254, 200 
3.63 
1, 044, 600 
0.73 
1964-. 
_ _ 
_ 
280,800 
5.06 
1, 489,100 
3.72 
1,145, 200 
0.70 
197,700 
Percent change-- 
— 
-- 
+ 5 
+13 
+ 19 
+ 2 
+ 10 
- 4 
- 1 
lState totals include junior hunter estimates. 
2 Indicates split season. 
3Portion of Washington, D. C., hunters and kill allocated to Virginia. 
