Table 6.--Woodcock hunting success determined from response of identical 
cooperators participating in 1963 and 1964 wing-collection surveys. 
Only States from which 100 or more wings were received each year 
are listed. 
Average number Average number 
State Number Number of of wings per of wings per 
of of wings received season envelope 
residence 
cooperators 
1963 
1964 
1963 
1964 
1963 
1964 
Connecticut 
34 
352 
317 
10.4 
9.3 
3.2 
2.9 
Louisiana 
5 
242 
172 
48.4 
34.4 
7.3 
7.8 
Maine 
56 
1,417 
2,165 
25.3 
38.7 
4.2 
4.7 
Massachusetts 
51 
664 
916 
13.0 
18.1 
3.1 
3.4 
Michigan 
85 
1,392 
1,227 
16.4 
14.4 
3.3 
3.1 
Minnesota 
21 
529 
436 
25.2 
20.8 
5.8 
5.0 
New Hampshire 
18 
130 
198 
7.2 
11.0 
3.6 
3.2 
New Jersey 
53 
573 
646 
10.8 
12.2 
3.0 
3.1 
New York 
80 
629 
959 
7.9 
12.0 
3.2 
3.3 
Ohio 
19 
211 
257 
11.1 
13.5 
3.8 
3.6 
Pennsylvania 
74 
634 
908 
8.6 
12.3 
3.1 
3.5 
West Virginia 
7 
105 
182 
15.0 
26.0 
3.8 
4.4 
Wisconsin 
75 
1,008 
885 
13.4 
11.8 
3.7 
3.4 
Totals & Weighted 
Averages* 578 
7,886 
9,268 
13.3* 
15.4* 
3.4* 
3.4* 
* Weighted averages are obtained by multiplying the proportion of estimated 
average total hunting kill from 1959-61 times the average number of wings. 
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