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TABLE D-19. —Waterfowl hunting activity and bags of ducks and geese in the ATLANTIC FLYWAY during 
the 1963 hunting season, with 1962 season comparisons 
[ Estimates unadjusted for response bias] 
Hunting 
season 
Duck 
bag 
limit 
Days 
in 
duck 
season 
Total 
active 
hunters 
Hunter-days 
Duck bag 
Goose bag 
Days 
per 
adult 
hunter 
State 
total 
Seasonal 
bag per 
adult 
hunter 
State 
total 
Seasonal 
bag per 
adult 
hunter 
State 
total 
Connecticut: 
1962 - 
2-4 
45* 
5,680 
6.76 
38,100 
4.95 
27,600 
0.19 
1,100 
1963 .. 
3-6 
45 1 
5,680 
5.85 
33,000 
3.41 
19,000 
0.17 
900 
Percent change - 
0 
-14 
-14 
-31 
-31 
-11 
-18 
Delaware: 
1962 - 
2-4 
48 
4, 750 
7.94 
37,500 
4.74 
22,000 
1.02 
4, 700 
1963 - 
3-6 
45 1 
5,970 
7.77 
46,100 
4.39 
25,700 
2.62 
15,200 
Percent change - 
+26 
-2 
+23 
-7 
+17 
+157 
+223 
Florida: 
1962 - 
3-6 
40 
15,910 
6.02 
95,200 
6.81 
106,100 
0.04 
600 
1963 - 
4-8 
40 
20,390 
5.97 
121,100 
9.57 
191,200 
0.03 
500 
Percent change - 
+28 
-1 
+27 
+41 
+80 
-25 
-17 
Georgia: 
1962 - 
3-6 
40 
4, 660 
5.69 
26,300 
6.37 
29,000 
0.09 
400 
1963 - 
4-8 
40 
8,580 
6.27 
53,500 
8.16 
68,600 
0.07 
600 
Percent change - 
+84 
+10 
+103 
+28 
+137 
-22 
+50 
Maine: 
1962 -* 
2-4 
45 1 
6,810 
6.37 
43,100 
5.33 
35,500 
0.03 
200 
1963 - 
3-6 
45l 
8,070 
5.96 
47,800 
4. 87' 
38,500 
0.08 
600 
Percent change - 
+19 
-6 
+11 
-9 
+9 
+167 
+200 
Maryland: 
1962 - 
2-4 
50 
15,740 
7.70 
117,200 
4.45 
66,500 
3.29 
48,900 
1963 - 
3-6 
50 
18,460 
6.84 
123,700 
3.40 
64,900 
3.22 
57,100 
Percent change - 
+17 
-11 
+6 
-24 
-2 
-2 
+17 
Massachusetts: 
1962 - 
2-4 
45 
12,940 
6.12 
78,700 
3.25 
41,200 
0.23 
2,900 
1963 - 
3-6 
45 
15,630 
5.76 
89,500 
3.52 
53,900 
0.15 
2,200 
Percent change - 
+21 
-6 
+14 
+8 
+31 
-35 
-24 
^Split season. 
