Table 17.--Comparisons of population estimates, kill, and rates of kill on teal in past years with 
_ those for 1965 and the experimental September teal season, 1965 _ 
1965 experimental Estimated total 
1955-59 1960-64 September teal Sept, and regular 
Average_Average 1965_hunting season waterfowl seasons 
Blue-winged teal 
Breeding population 1/ 
Fall flight 2/ 
Central Flyway kill 3/ 
Mississippi Flyway kill 
Total U.S. kill 3/ 
Rate of kill 
6,814,000 
15,672,200 
272,493 
3/ 344,040 
754,222 
.05 
5,387,200 
12,390,560 
42,237 
153,120 
264,894 
.02 
4,967,000 
11,424,100 
129,008 
354,856 
483,864 
.04 
Green-winged teal 
Breeding population 
Fall flight 2/ 
Central Flyway kill 3/ 
Mississippi Flyway kill 3/ 
TotAl U.S. kill 3/ 
Rate of kill 
3,468,000 
7,977,780 
460,746 
383,208 
1,248,786 
.16 
2,925,700 
6,729,110 
147,420 
201,120 
766,003 
.11 
2,414,000 
5,552,200 
18,034 
28,755 
46,789 
.01 
783,864 4/ 
.07 “ 
846,789 4/ 
.15 
1/lncludes cinnamon teal in western areas. 
2/Fall flight = 2.3 x breeding population -- production ratio of 1.3 young per adult was used. 
^/Harvest adjusted to total kill with crippling loss rates in table 13; Pacific and Central Flyway 
blue-winged teal harvest estimates for 1960-64 were reduced to allow for cinnamon teal on the basis 
of data from 1955-59 when species of ducks bagged was reported on the questionnaire; 1960 data were 
questionable since cinnamon teal were not on the questionnaire sent to Pacific and Central Flyway 
hunters. 
4/Regular duck hunting season kill of blue-winged teal estimated at 300,000; that of green-winged 
teal at 800,000. 
