Table 5* --Changes in woodcock age ratios from 1962 to 1963 , 
based on the wing-collection survey. 
Age Ratios 
Harvest Area 
Proportion of 
"total" kill 
Number 
of wings 
Immature s 
per adult 
Immatures per 
adult female 
1962 
1953 “ 
1962 
1963 
1962 
1963 
Connecticut 
.0573 
537 
422 
1.4 
1.3 
2.5 
2.1 
Louisiana 
-- 
258 
378 
2.6 
1.0 
5.1 
1-7 
Maine 
.0949 
2,626 
1,801 
1.2 
1.0 
1-9 
1.6 
Massachusetts 
.0433 
649 
522 
0.9 
1.0 
1.4 
1.5 
Michigan 
.2541 
1,703 
1,884 
1.0 
1.0 
1.6 
1.7 
Hew Brunswick 
.0190 
858 
1,065 
1.2 
1.1 
1.9 
1-9 
New Hampshire 
979 
370 
0.9 
0.9 
1.5 
1.4 
New Jersey 
.1062 
911 
778 
1.4 
1.5 
2.2 
2.6 
New York 
.2497 
1,564 
875 
0.9 
0.8 
1.6 
1.4 
Nova Scotia 
-- 
422 
75 
2.2 
2.8 
4.1 
3-7 
Ohio 
-- 
120 
159 
1.1 
0.7 
1.4 
1.3 
Ontario 
-- 
751 
837 
0.8 
1.2 
1.4 
2.0 
Pennsylvania 
.0346 
1,545 
758 
1.0 
0.8 
1.6 
1.4 
Quebec 
.0223 
260 
459 
0.9 
1.4 
1.4 
2.5 
Rhode Island 
-- 
51 
66 
1.3 
3.1 
2.2 
7.1 
Vermont 
-- 
35^ 
99 
0.8 
0.9 
1.2 
2.3 
West Virginia 
-- 
143 
l4o 
1.2 
1.0 
1.9 
1.6 
Wisconsin 
.1186 
1,238 
1,442 
1.4 
1.6 
2.3 
2.4 
Overall Weighted Ratios* 
1.1 
1.1 
1.8 
1.8 
* Weighted ratios are the sum of proportion of average "total" kill from 
1959-61 in 10 States and Provinces times age ratios for the same 10 
areas. 
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