Table 13.--Estimates of the rate of crippling loss (unretrieved kill) and total hunting kill of teal during the 
.experimental September teal season. 1965 
Mail Questionnaire Survey Hunter Performance Survey 
ABCDEFGH I 
Teals lost Total 
Ducks Ducks Ducks lost per Teals Teals per teals hunting Blue-winged Blue-winged Green-winged Green-winged 
bagged lost ducks bagged bagged lost bagged kill factor teal bagged teal killed teal bagged teal killed 
State_(B/A)_(E/D) (C + 1.00)_(G x H)_(G x I) 
Central Flyway 
North Dakota 
8,380 
1,920 
0.23 
173 
31 
0.18 
1.23 
7,650 
9,410 
720 
886 
South Dakota 
46,690 
8,460 
0.18. 
279 
60 
0.22 
1.18 
42,300 
49,914 
4,250 
5,015 
Wyoming 
1,280 
180 
0.14 
7 
0 
0.00 
1.14 
850 
969 
420 
479 
Nebraska 
27,460 
3,450 
0.15 
82 
25 
0.30 
1.15 
19,500 
22,425 
2,780 
3,197 
Colorado 
4,720 
660 
0.14 
51 
12 
0.24 
1.14 
3,400 
3,876 
1,280 
1,459 
Kansas 
25,410 
3,710 
0.15 
123 
31 
0.25 
1.15 
20,920 
24,058 
4,220 
4,853 
New Mexico 
560 
40 
0.07 
7 
0 
0.00 
1.07 
450 
482 
100 
107 
Oklahoma 
4,240 
470 
0.11 
12 
10 
0.83 
1.11 
3,760 
4,174 
390 
433 
Texas 
13,070 
2,290 
0.18 
68 
9 
0.13 
1.18 
11,610 
13,700 
1,360 
1,605 
Flyway total 
126,810 
21,180 
0.17 
129,008 
18,034 
Mississinni Flvwav 
Minnesota 
151,360 
33,330 
0.22 
325 
72 
0.22 
1.22 
142,280 
173,582 
7,870 
9,601 
Michigan 
11,700 
2,030 
0.17 
87 
13 
0.15 
1.17 
8,400 
9,828 
3,250 
3,802 
Iowa 
45,280 
9,410 
0.21 
222 
59 
0.27 
1.21 
40,530 
49,041 
4,300 
5,203 
Illinois 
18,150 
2,760 
0.15 
27 
6 
0.22 
1.15 
14,940 
17,181 
3,100 
3,565 
Indiana 
2,770 
580 
0.21 
41 
9 
0.22 
1.21 
2,230 
2,698 
400 
484 
Ohio 
3,660 
610 
0.17 
47 
13 
0.28 
1.17 
2,550 
2,984 
1,060 
1,240 
Missouri 
17,260 
3,090 
0.18 
223 
62 
0.28 
1.18 
15,000 
18,408 
1,290 
1,522 
Kentucky 
430 
110 
0.26 
0 
0 
— 
1.26 
360 
454 
20 
25 
Arkansas 
3,500 
580 
0.16 
0 
0 
-- 
1.16 
2,990 
3,468 
240 
278 
Louisiana 
66,430 
13,250 
0.20 
152 
10 
0.07 
1.20 
63,770 
76,524 
2,520 
3,024 
Mississippi 
700 
80 
0.11 
12 
1 
0.08 
1.11 
620 
688 
10 
11 
Flyway total 
321,250 
65,830 
0.20 
354,856 
28,755 
Total 
448,060 
87,010 
0.19 
483,864 
46,789 
