TABLE D-15. --Total bags, by species, and crippling losses of geese in the 
MISSISSIPPI FLYWAY during the 1962 and 1963 hunting seasons 
[ Bag estimates adjusted for response bias] 
Species 
1962 
1963 
Percent 
change 
Geese: 
Canada goose 1 
80,700 
106,400 
+32 
Snow goose 
9,400 
19,100 
+103 
Blue goose 
31,900 
47,400 
+49 
White-fronted goose 
3,600 
7,800 
+117 
Total: 
Retrieved 
125,600 
180,700 
+44 
Not retrieved 
26,600 
35,700 
+34 
Geese killed 
152,200 
216,400 
+42 
1 
Includes Hutchins 1 goose. 
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