
69 
Total retrieved (by species) and unretrieved goose kill in the United States during the 1976 
and 1977 hunting seasons (retrieved kill estimates adjusted for response bias; all estimates 
include kill by junior hunters) 
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Atlantic Mississippi Central Pacific United States 
season f lyway f lyway f lyway f lyway Alaska total 
es ee Oe a eee 
Retrieved goose kill: 
Table C-4. 

Canada qoose® 1976 362,582 342 ,208 177,074 175,412 7,081 1,964,357 
1977 462,542 360,149 164,095 185,545 11,061 1,183,392 
% change +28 +5 -7 +6 +56 +]] 
Snow goose 1976 16,948 29,270 161,947 140,822 92 349,079 
1977 28,657 43,799 184 ,358 82 ,820 614 340,248 
% change +69 +50 +14 -4] +567 -3 
Blue goose 1976 103 71,656 88 ,680 0 0 160,439 
1977 588 80,577 111,218 0 0 192,383 
% change +47] +12 +25 0 0 +20 
White-fronted 
goose 1976 0 20,731 33,641 46,272 1,288 101 ,932 
1977 0 21,727 48,599 32,411 1,229 103,966 
% change 0 £5 +44 -30 -5 +2 
Brant 1976 0? 0 0 1,213 1,655 2 ,868 
1977 1,289 0 0 190,150 1,997 13,436 
% change ++ 0 0 +737 +21. +368 
Table C-4. Continued 
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Genscan pilantic Mississippi Central Pacific United States 
lyway flyway flyway flyway Alaska total 
SS a ee ee eee 
| a ae ee eee ee ee 
Retrieved goose kill, 
Others and unknown’ 1976 0 0 
1,750° 3,863° 
1977 0 0 284° Bate 2,15] re 
% chanae 0 0 -84 260 “a4 ee 
Total Wes reas 463 ,866 463,092 371,682 13,979 1,692,252 
ees pis a8 ae aeaes iasere ee ) 839-8) 
Unretrieved kill: is ne 69,913 68,136 57 385 1,869 239,700 
pas: wee g7 ht EM Pee We eikc oe 
Total goose kill: ie ee 533,779 531,228 429,067 15,848 1,931,952 
sae ae so ha eens Wes gs 03 aNs 
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Includes all subspecies. 
Brant season in Atlantic Flyway closed in 1976 and 1977. 
Ross' goose. 
Emperor goose. 
