Table 3.--Total number of woodcock wings received in 1963 and 1964. 
Harvest Areas 
Number of Wings 
Harvest Areas 
Number 
of Wings 
1963 
1964 
1963 
1964 
Connec ticut 
422 
417 
New York 
874 
1,648 
Indiana 
61 
56 
Nova Scotia 
75 
184 
Louisiana 
372 
186 
Ohio 
159 
240 
Maine 
1,802 
2,835 
Ontario 
837 
1,053 
Massachusetts 
514 
563 
Pennsylvania 
750 
1,422 
Michigan 
1,796 
1,674 
Quebec 
459 
251 
Minnesota 
545 
424 
Rhode Island 
66 
59 
New Brunswick 
1,065 
658 
Vermont 
99 
310 
New Hampshire 
370 
689 
West Vriginia 
140 
313 
New Jersey 
778 
789 
Wisconsin 
1,443 
1,192 
TOTAL WINGS FOR 
1963 = 
12,645* 
TOTAL WINGS FOR 
1964 = 
15,058* 
* Totals include harvest areas from which less than 50 wings were received. 
Table 4.--Age ratios determined from woodcock wings received from identical 
hunters in 1963 and 1964. Only States where 100 or more wings 
were obtained are listed. 
State of kill 
Proportion 
of 
"total" kill 
Number of 
wings received 
1963 1964 
Imma tur e 
per 
adult female 
1963 1964 
Percent 
change 
Connecticut 
.0598 
275 
296 
2.77 
2.12 
Louisiana 
262 
185 
1.78 
4.00 
Massachusetts 
.0452 
425 
456 
1.52 
1.26 
Maine 
.0990 
1,541 
2,362 
1.55 
1.69 
Michigan 
.2650 
1,461 
1,284 
1.73 
1.54 
Minnesota 
459 
354 
2.63 
1.46 
New Hampshire 
276 
512 
1.54 
1.23 
New Jersey 
.1108 
495 
611 
2.57 
2.46 
New York 
.2605 
680 
989 
1.36 
1.52 
Ohio 
114 
185 
1.38 
2.23 
Pennsylvania 
.0361 
593 
849 
1.41 
1.88 
West Virginia 
119 
206 
1.69 
3.14 
Wisconsin 
.1237 
1,070 
964 
2.10 
2.22 
Totals & Weighted 
Age Ratios* 
1.0001 
7,770 
9,253 
1.80* 
1.77* 
- 1.7% 
* Age ratios are weighted by multiplying them with the proportion of estimated 
".varr-ge totcl .vr.ting k.ill from liS-oi for the 8 States indicated. 
