112 
TABLE D-6. --Ratios of shots fired to birds bagged and cripples lost, to birds bagged in 
relation to sunrise and sunset, 1961-62, 1962-63, and 1963-64 data combined 
Before 
Hours after su 
inrise 
Mid 
Hours before sunset 
After 
Entire 
Total 
Flyways 
sunrise 
0-1 
1-2 
2-3 
3-4 
4-5 
period 1 
4-3 
3-2 
2-1 
1-0 
sunset 
day 
shots 
Pacific: 
birds bagged- 
70 
108 
60 
39 
22 
12 
23 
24 
36 
40 
39 
— 
473 
2,403 
shots/birds bagged- 
3.27 
5.02 
5.27 
5.08 
5.55 
10.25 
7.87 
6.75 
5,56 
4.40 
3.69 
_ 
5.08 
cripples/birds bagged- 
0.46 
0.56 
0.48 
0.77 
0.45 
0.67 
0.65 
0.54 
0.31 
0.20 
0.59 
— 
0.52 
Central: 
birds bagged- 
15 
112 
50 
22 
18 
2 
2 
1 
8 
7 
16 ! 
— 
253 
1,764 
shots/birds bagged- 
5.07 
5.76 
7.80 
8.64 
7.44 
17.50 
12.00 
14. 00 
4.75 
11.86 
8.19 
_ 
6.97' 
cripples/birds bagged- 
0.33 
0.46 
0.42 
0.68 
0.28 
1.00 
3.00 
3.00 
0.63 
1.57 
0.44 
— 
0.52 
Mississippi: 
birds bagged- 
12 
144 
98 
67 
35 
22 
37 
10 
25 
16 
24 
— 
490 
3,129 
shots/birds bagged- 
1.92 
5.97 
6.17 
6.70 
6.77 
7.41 
6.70 
8.70 
6.40 
7.50 
7.13 
_ 
6.39 
cripples/birds bagged- 
0.17 
0.50 
0.49 
0.55 
0.40 
0.32 
0.43 
0.70 
0.52 
0.44 
0.63 
— 
0.49 
Atlantic: 
birds bagged- 
2 
150 
93 
36 
28 
22 
44 
26 
32 
59 
47 
15 
554 
2,976 
shots/birds bagged- 
7.50 
4. 72 
4.84 
6.31 
5.11 
4. 68 
6.70 
8.92 
5.41 
5.08 
5.55 
4.60 
5.37 
cripples/birds bagged- 
— 
0.31 
0.35 
0.25 
0.29 
0.45 
0.73 
0.81 
0.28 
0.27 
0.49 
0.20 
0.38 
All flyways: 
birds bagged- 
99 
514 
301 
164 
103 
58 
106 
61 
101 
122 
126 
15 
1, 770 
10,272 
shots/birds bagged- 
3.46 
5.36 
5.85 
6.49 
6.17 
7.31 
7.06 
8.11 
5.65 
5.57 
5.61 
6.00 
5,80 
cripples/birds bagged- 
0.39 
0.45 
0.44 
0. 55 
0.36 
0.47 
0.65 
0.72 
0.38 
0.34 
0.54 
0.53 
0.47 
NOTE: Because of the limited nature and design of the sample, this material should not necessarily be considered as representative of Flyways. 
1 
Because time of day was computed as the number of hours after sunrise or before sunset and the data were taken from days of unequal length, a mid period of 
variable length remained. 
