TABLE C-3. A comparison of mallard first hunting season recovery rates 
from pre-hunting- season bandings, 1959- 63 1 
Bander and location 
Adult 
Immature 
1959 
1960 
1961 
1962 
1963 
1959 
1960 
1961 
1962 
1963 
Pacific Flyway: 
Oregon: 
Malheur National Wildlife 
Refuge- 
5.6 
5.7 
3.2 
0.7 
6.3 
5.1 
2.5 
7.7 
Game Commission: 
Sauvie Island-- 
19.8 
17.9 
10.0 
10.8 
10.2 
23.8 
25.6 
18.7 
23.7 
25.8 
California: 
Tule Lake National Wildlife 
Refuge- 
6.7 
7.7 
6.6 
5.1 
6.0 
15.9 
13.9 
14.7 
13.6 
5.4 
Idaho: 
Fish and Game: 
North Lake- 
4.5 
Minidoka National Wildlife 
Refuge- 
_ 
4.9 
4.1 
4.8 
3.8 
Camas National Wildlife 
Refuge- 
Montana: 
Ninepipe National Wildlife 
Refuge 2 - 
3.7 
4.5 
5.8 
4.2 
8.8 
2.5 
8.2 
5.3 
5.6 
13.9 
10.5 
11.3 
6.7 
7.3 
Nevada: 
Ruby Lake National Wildlife 
Refuge- 
.. 
7.7 
7.4 
3.8 
6.4 
9.0 
7.0 
4.8 
Central Flyway: 
Montana: 
Bowdoin National Wildlife 
Refuge- 
1.4 
4.0 
1.3 
3.1 
Medicine Lake National 
Wildlife Refuge- 
6.5 
4.8 
3.1 
0.8 
4.5 
— 
5.4 
— 
3.0 
6.1 
North Dakota: 
Upper Souris National 
Wildlife Refuge- 
4.3 
2.9 
4.8 
6.4 
0.8 
5.0 
Lower Souris National 
* Wildlife Refuge- 
4.7 
7.1 
5.1 
1.8 
3.9 
— 
8.0 
8.7 
2.2 
7.7 
South Dakota: 
Sand Lake National Wildlife 
Refuge- 
_ 
8.3 
3.8 
1.8 
3.8 
7.1 
3.6 
4.8 
4.0 
Mississippi Flyway: 
Minnesota: 
Rice Lake National Wildlife 
Refuge- 
13.0 
10.7 
5.7 
14.5 
13.6 
5.0 
8.3 
8.4 
Agassiz National Wildlife 
Refuge- 
8.6 
8.3 
4.2 
2.7 
6.1 
11.5 
18.5 
7.3 
7.2 
10.0 
Wisconsin: 
Horicon National Wildlife 
Refuge- 
„ 
_ 
4.1 
5.9 
6.9 
_ 
_ 
10.0 
10.5 
14.2 
Michigan: 
Shiawassee National Wildlife 
Refuge-- 
_ 
_ 
8.2 
4.1 
7.0 
12.1' 
15.3 
8.3 
6.3 
7.2 
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