Table A-28. Distribution of direct recoveries of a1] mourning doves banded preseason in the Central Management Unit, expressed as percentages of 
recoveries, 1967-74. 
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Area Area banded 
recovered @ MT ND MN SD WY NE IA MO KS = CO NM OK AR N.TX S.TX (Tx)? Totals 
CMU 4 
South Dakota 3.3 l,l 61.5 0.4 
Wyoming 10.3 
Nebraska 
Missouri 1.6 0.1 0.5 72.7 0.3 [2 
Kansas |.6 0.4 |] |.2 2.0 |.6 64.6 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.3 (0.1) 
Colorado 21.6 1.6 0.5 10.3 1.8 1.0 0.3 5|.6 0.5 0.3 
New Mexico 10.3 3.3 0.4 |.6 12.8 2.3 0.5 0.5 7.8 64.4 0.3 0.1 (0.1) 
Oklahoma 1.0 3.3 2.6 0.6 0.6 1.5 0.9 1.6 0.7 56.6 2.1 0,2 (0,2) 
Arkansas 0.4 1.5 0.6 86.0 
North Texas 3.1 24.0 16.2 8.4 7.7 21.0 19.6 2.0 10.0 6.0 7.4 21.5 2.8 84.0 7.7 (62.2) 
South Texas 3.1 16.5 22.9 8.6 21.0 24.0 3.4 8.7 0.7 0.5 4. 1.4 6.9 85.2 (29,3) 
(Texas) ” (6.2) (40.5) (39.1) = (17.0) (7.7) (42.1) (43.6) (5.6) (18.7) (6.7) (7.9) (25.6) (4.3) (91.1) (94.1) (91.9) 
Subtotals 39.2 55.4 43.9 82.6 41.0 48.0 50.5 81.4 86.0 67.5 72.8 83.2 93.8 91.4 94.4 (92.3) 78.5 
EMU 
Illinois 2.6 1.5 2.6 0.4 
Maryland 0.2 
Kentucky 0.1 0.3 
Tennessee 0.3 0.2 
North Carolina 
South Carolina 0.7 1.5 0.8 
Georgia 2.6 3.4 5 0.5 
Alabama 1.6 2.6 0.1 0.6 4.4 \.6 1.0 0.3 (0.1) 
Mississippi 3,0 0.2 0.6 0.5 0.9 0.2 0.3 (0.1) 
Louisiana 3.3 11.4 |.0 0.6 11.8 3.3 0.6 2.1 0.1 1.5 (0.5) 
Florida 0.8 Se 0.5 6.4 4.0 0.7 
Subtotals 5.8 25.5 2.0 2.6 1.8 29.4 15.4 0.4 0.6 47 0.1 2.1 (0.7) 5.5 
WMU 
Oregon 
Idaho 2.0 
Utah 2.1 
Nevada 
California 7.2 | 0.1 2.6 0.2 1.4 
Arizona 5.2 |.6 0.4 0.4 7.7 3.9 0.1 (0.1) 
Subtotals 16.5 1.6 1.5 0.5 10.3 0.2 5.3 0.) (0.1) 0.9 
MEXICO 
NW Coast 3.1 1.6 1.5 0.9 10.3 1.2 0.8 2.8 3.5 1.0 0.2 (0.2) 
N. Highlands lI 0.2 1.2 0.2 I. 2.0 0.1 (0.1) 
NE Coast 0.8 0.4 0.2 0.6 0.2 0.4 0.2 (0.2) 
W. Highlands 39.2 20.7 19.9 10,6 35.9 36.8 10.3 1.5 8.4 20.1 20.3 10.8 |.0 6.0 2.1 (4.8) 
C. Highlands 3.3 1.8 0.5 3.5 1.5 0.2 0.8 1.4 0.5 1.6 0.5 0.9 (0.6) 
South 0.8 0.7 0.3 1.2 1.5 0.3 0.3 0.6 0.2 (0.2) 
Yucatan Pen. 0.4 
Unknown 1.0 1.0 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 1.0 0.1 (0.1) 
Subtotals 43.3 27.3 25.5 [3.2 46.2 4G 4 14,2 2.4 10.6 26.2 26.7 14.9 1,0 TA 3.0 (6.1) 13.2 
CENTRAL AMERICA 
Guatemala 1.0 4.1 1.5 0.4 2.3 3.4 0.4 1.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.3 (0,3) 
El Salvador 2.5 1.1 0.6 2.9 1.5 0.2 0.8 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.3 (0.2) 
Honduras 0.8 0.7 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.4 (0.2) 
Nicaragua 2.5 0.4 0.2 0.6 0.5 J.1 
Costa Rica 0.) 0.3 
Subtotals 1.0 9.9 3.7 1.7 5.8 5.9 0.6 3.4 0.7 0.5 1.3 0.5 |.0 0.6 (0.8) 1.8 
Totals 100.0 100.0 100.1 |00.0 100.1 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.1 100.0 100.0 100.0 {00.0 100.1! (100.0) 99.9 
Total 
banded 13,095 15,182 25,372 47,925 6,931 26,427 23,866 20,966 21,889 29,253 26,245 16,201 12,110 33,879 12,973 (46,852) 332,314 
Total 
recoveries 97 121 27\ 9|7 39 171 204 667 379 283 202 316 422 B40 337 (1,177) 5,266 
Recovery 
rate 0.74 0.80 1.07 1.9| 0.56 0.65 0.85 3.18 1.73 0.97 0.77 1.95 3.48 2.48 2.60 (2.51) 1.58 
a * ¢ 
States without hunting seasons excluded. 
Includes dove recoveries from unknown locations in TX. 
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