Table 8. Chronology of direct recoveries of mourning doves banded in other States in 1968-76 and recovered 


in Missouri through 1976, 
Life stage and date of recovery 


- Adults 
September 
State of origin 1-10 11-20 21-30 Total Oct. 
Arkansas 1 _ — ] = 
Illinois 1 1 a 2 _ 
Iowa = 1 — ] ~ 
Kansas = 1 = ] — 
Kentucky — ~ — _ — 
Mississippi - ~ = — o 
North Dakota = ae 1 1 1 
Wisconsin — = 1 1 
Total 3 3 7 2 
Percent® 33 33 11 78 22 

Immatures 
September 
Total 1-10 11-20 21-30 Total Oct. Total 
1 3 — 1 4 — 4 
2 2 ee 4 2 6 
l i = = a - = 
l _ _ Ea _ a - 
= 7 2 = 9 = 9 
— 1 l — 2 — 2 
9 2 =i = = = _ 
2 1 ; ] 4 = 4 
9 14 7 2 93 9 25 
56 28 8 92 8 



4Percent of total for life stage. 
Table 9. State of origin and contribution to harvest of mourning doves (all ages) banded in 1968-76 and 
recovered in Missouri through 1976, based on weighted direct recoveries. 




Number of 
Weighting direct Weighted Contribution 
State of origin factor recoveries recoveries to harvest (%) 
Missouri 0.13 495 63.5 93.4 
Arkansas 0.12 5 0.6 0.9 
Illinois 0.14 8 1.1 1.6 
lowa 0.10 ] 0.1 0.2 
Kansas 0.25 ] 0.3 0.4 
Kentucky 0.15 9 1.4 2.0 
Mississippi 0.05 2 0,1 0.2 
North Dakota 0.26 2 0.5 0.8 
Wisconsin 0.07 6 0.4 0.6 
Total 68.0 100.0 
Contribution to the Missouri Dove Harvest 
by Doves Produced out of State 
Based on weighted direct recoveries, over 93% of the 
banded doves harvested in Missouri were banded in Mis- 
souri (Table 9; weighting factors are presented in Table B-6), 
About 95% of the adult and 92% of the immature doves 
harvested in Missouri were banded in State (Table B-7). 
Arkansas, Illinois, and Wisconsin were the only banding 
States from which both adults and immatures were re- 
covered directly in Missouri. Besides Missouri, Kentucky 
contributed most to the Missouri dove harvest, providing 
2% of the harvest, based on weighted data. 
Direct Recovery Rates 
The average direct recovery rate for mourning doves of 
all ages was 3.02% (Table 10). Recovery rates by age and 
sex varied according to year of banding, The average annual 
Table 10, Direct recovery rates (% ) by banding region for 
mourning doves banded in Missouri in 1968-76.4 
Missouri Banding Region 
Age and sex Eastern Central Western Total 
Immatures 3.80 3.51 2.05 3.30 
Adults 
Males 3.12 2.45 2.20 2.56 
Females 3.11 1.94 1.85 2.33 
Total 3.12 2.25 1.96 2.47 
Grand total 3.59 3.11 2.01 3,02 
“For direct recovery rates by age, sex, and year of banding, see 
Appendix Table B-8. 
direct recovery rate of immature mourning doves (3.30 % ) 
was significantly higher than the average annual direct re- 
covery rate of adult doves (2.47%). The average direct re- 
covery rates of adult males and adult females were 2.56 
