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TABLE D-25. —Species composition of geese in the goose kill indicated by the goose-tail 
collection survey during the 1963-63 and 1963-64 hunting seasons 
State 
Pacific Flyway: 
Washington- 
Oregon- 
Idaho - 
California- 
Nevada- 
Utah- 
Arizona- 
Flyway weighted- 
Central Flyway: 
Montana- 
North Dakota- 
South Dakota- 
Wyoming- 
Nebraska - 
Colorado- 
Kansas- 
New Mexico- 
Oklahoma- 
Texas - 
Flyway weighted- 
Mississippi Flyway: 
Minnesota- 
Wisconsin- 
Michigan- 
Iowa- 
Illinois. 
Indiana- 
Ohio. 
Missouri- 
Kentucky- 
Arkansas -- 
Tennessee - 
Canada 
geese 
Lesser 
snow 
goose 
Blue 
goose 
White- 
fronted 
goose 
Brants 
Total 
Sample 
1962 
1963 
1962 
1963 
1962 
1963 
1962 
1963 
1962 
1963 
1962 
1963 
1962 
1963 
86.9 
84.0 
8.1 
8.8 
, 1.2 
0.2 
3.8 
6.9 
100.0 
99.9 
260 
407 
84.5 
77.8 
11.2 
4.9 
— 
— 
4.3 
17.1 
— 
0.2 
100.0 
100.0 
116 
428 
98.2 
98.2 
— 
1.8 
1.8 
— 
— 
— 
— 
— 
100.0 
100.0 
57 
165 
37.8 
41.5 
20.5 
27.4 
— 
— 
35.4 
27.0 
6.3 
4.1 
100.0 
100.0 
633 
892 
100.0 
94.1 
— 
2.9 
— 
— 
— 
2.9 
— 
— 
100.0 
99.9 
7 
68 
96.3 
98.4 
3.7 
1.6 
— 
— 
— 
— 
— 
— 
100.0 
100.0 
54 
64 
83.3 
100.0 
16.7 
— 
— 
— 
— 
— 
— 
— 
100.0 
100,0 
18 
28 
54.42 
55. 50 
16. 30 
20.28 
0.07 
-- 
24. 52 
20.85 
4. 69 
3. 37 
100.0 
100.0 
— 
— 
56.9 
51.2 
43.1 
47.3 
1.6 
100.0 
100.1 
72 
129 
48.9 
49.8 
37.0 
27.4 
12.7 
6.2 
1.4 
16.2 
— 
0.4 
100.0 
100.0 
284 
241 
23.1 
39.5 
48.1 
37.2 
27.5 
21.9 
1.4 
1.4 
— 
0.1 
100.1 
100.1 
516 
810 
100.0 
100.0 
— 
— 
— 
— 
— 
— 
— 
— 
100.0 
100.0 
26 
96 
47.5 
74.8 
20.2 
5.4 
25.3 
1.8 
7.1 
18.0 
— 
— 
100.1 
100.0 
99 
in 
100.0 
99.2 
_ 
0.8 
— 
— 
— 
— 
— 
— 
100.0 
100.0 
186 
256 
36.0 
50.0 
29.7 
22.2 
18.0 
11.1 
16.3 
16.7 
— 
— 
100.0 
100.0 
111 
18 
93.3 
89.6 
6.7 
10.4 
— 
— 
— 
— 
— 
— 
100.0 
100.0 
15 
115 
77.0 
74.8 
12.2 
13.1 
6.8 
8.4 
4.1 
3.7 
— 
— 
100.1 
100.0 
74 
107 
42.1 
27.3 
28.6 
42.3 
8.1 
15.9 
21.2 
14.5 
— 
— 
100.0 
100.0 
632 
433 
42. 92 
43. 07 
31.94 
32. 87 
13.19 
12.68 
11.95 
11.29 
— 
0. 09 
100.0 
100.0 
— 
— 
44.0 
40.6 
27.1 
23.8 
28.9 
35.6 
100.0 
100,0 
166 
160 
95. 5 
89.9 
1.1 
2.8 
3.4 
7.0 
— 
0.2 
— 
— 
100.0 
99.9 
177 
527 
94.0 
100.0 
1.2 
__ 
4.8 
— 
— 
— 
— 
— 
100.0 
100.0 
83 
41 
27.3 
40.2 
29.3 
16.3 
42.4 
42.4 
1.0 
1.1 
— 
— 
100.0 
100.0 
198 
92 
92.7 
80.6 
2.8 
7.3 
16.7 
— 
— 
— 
— 
100.0 
100.0 
55 
36 
86.4 
80.0 
4.5 
9.1 
20.0 
— 
— 
— 
— 
100.0 
100.0 
22 
10 
63.6 
«« 
36.4 
_ 
— 
— 
— 
— 
100.0 
— 
11 
— 
93.4 
79.4 
2.4 
10.9 
3.5 
7.7 
0.7 
1.9 
— 
— 
100.0 
99.9 
286 
311 
100.0 
— 
— 
— 
— 
-- 
— 
— 
100.0 
— 
3 
— 
_ 
___ 
_ 
_ 
— 
— 
— 
-- 
— 
— 
— 
— 
100.0 
100. 0 
— 
— 
— 
-- 
— 
— 
— 
— 
100.0 
100.0 
2 
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