TABLE C-7 
CENTRAL FLYWAY DURING THE 1975 AND 1976 HUNTING SEASONS. 
coLorapo® 
1975 1976 
DUCK SPECIES COMPOSITION 
MALLARD 61.87% 48.61% 
DOMESTIC MALLARN 0.00 4.00 
BLACK DUCK 0.00 0.90 
BLACK X MALLARD 0.00 0.00 
MOTTLED DUCK 0.90 0.00 
GADWALL 3.96 pe 
AMERICAN WIGEON 5.32 7.26 
GREEN-WINGED TEAL 13.20 17.09 
BLUE-WINGED/CINNAMON TEAL 7.43 10.97 
NORTHERN SHOVELER 1.78 2.15 
PINTAIL 2.79 2.15 
wOCcD DUCK 0.20 0.45 
REDHEAD 1.01 > 
C ANV AS BACK 0.15 0.45 
GREATER SCAUP 0.90 0.00 
LESSER SCAUP 0.46 9.89 
RING-NECKED DUCK 0.30 0.22 
GOLDENEYES 1.01 0.30 
BUFFLEHEAD 0.15 0.45 
RUDDY DUCK 0.05 0.30 
OLDS CUAW 0.90 0.00 
EIDERS 0.00 0.00 
SCOTERS 0.90 0.00 
HOODEN MERGANSERS 0.10 0.00 
OTHER MERGANSERS 0.20 0.15 
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DUCK HARVEST (RETRIEVED KILL) 112,171 173,920 
PERCENT CHANGE +542 
SEASONAL DUCK HARVEST PER ADULT HUNTER 2. 73 4.05 
PERCENT CHANGE +492 
GOOSE_ SPECIES COMPOSITION 
KANSAS 
1975 L976 
38.552 38.83% 
0.00 0.00 
0.90 0.06 
0.09 0.900 
0.00 0.00 
9.60 10.49 
5.16 6.25 
18.77 18.68 
11.42 5-81 
1.91 2.39 
2259 2-80 
1.61 1.48 
3.95 3.91 
0.63 0.18 
0. 04 0.00 
2266 4.03 
2275 3221 
0.55 0.12 
0.34 0.4L 
0.34 9.64 
0.00 0.00 
0.00 0.99 
0.04 0.06 
0.00 0.12 
0.09 0.41 
MONT ANA® 
1975 1976 
72 246% 60.97% 
0.00 0.00 
0.00 0.00 
0.00 0.00 
0.00 0.00 
8.28 19.81 
6.90 5.48 
2.90 8.55 
2.48 2.74 
2.48 3.23 
1.86 2.74 
0.00 0.65 
9.41 1.77 
0.00 0.16 
0.00 0.00 
1.24 1.29 
0.21 0.32 
1.66 1.29 
0.00 0.00 
0.90 0.90 
0.00 0.00 
0.00 9.00 
0.90 0.00 
0.00 0.00 
0.00 0.00 
PERCENTAGE SPFCIES COMPOSITION OF WATERFOWL HARVESTED, TUTAL NUMBERS HARVESTED, AND ADULT HUNTER STATISTICS IN THE 
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1975 1976 
45.252 53-06% 
0.00 0.00 
0.00 0.00 
0.00 0.06 
0.00 0.00 
5-66 10.85 
5.87 4.38 
15.46 14.05 
12.40 3.09 
2.10 1.24 
3.02 2202 
2.39 1.57 
1.84 2259 
0.34 0.23 
0.00 0.06 
2.81 1.91 
1.51 2.70 
0.21 0.51 
0.63 0.68 
0.42 0.79 
9.04 0.00 
0.00 0-00 
0.00 0.06 
0.04 0.00 
0.04 0.17 
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281,129 
4.60 
300,621 
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4.92 
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524429 
5-66 
48,143 
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5229 
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255,680 
5.79 
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CANADA GOOSE 98.952 98.76% 55.952 57.32% 86.842 100.002 40.52% 67.53% 
SNOW GOOSE 9.35 1.24 19.64 25.61 2.63 0.09 29.41 14.29 
ALUE GOOSE 0.35 0.00 11.31 15.85 0.00 0.00 24.18 11.69 
WHITE-FRONTEN GOOSE 0.35 0.090 13.10 1.22 10.53 0.00 5.88 6.49 
BRANT 0.90 9.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 
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GOOSE HARVEST (RETRIEVED KILL) 264502 32,419 24,696 27,707 2,968 39456 33,558 17,852 
PERCENT CHANGE #222 +122 +162 -47% 
SEASGNAL GOOSE HARVEST PER ADULT HUNTER 9.66 D.77 0641 9246 0.33 0.39 0.78 0.40 
PERCENT CHANGF +1 8% +122 +19% -49% 
COOT HARVEST (RETRIEVED KILL) 2,819 4,060 71763 47618 1,843 865 43186 37616 
PERCENT CHANGE +44% -412% =—53% -14% 
SEASGNAL COOT HA VEST PER ADULT HUNTER 0.07 0.09 0.12 0.07 0.19 0.09 0.09 0.08 
PERCENT CHANGE +383 -40% —-522 -16% 
TOTAL HUNTER DAYS 265,668 326,673 441,569 404,191 49,695 44,506 361,765 337,608 
PERCENT CHANGE +2323 -8% -10% -72% 
DAYS PER ADULT HUNTER 6.31 7.47 7.07 6.47 5.24 4.78 8.01 Te22 
PERCENT CHANGE +18% -8% -92 -10% 
TOTAL DUCK STAMPS SOLD 39,079 40,953 58,005 58,220 8,848 8,748 41.978 44,000 
PERCENT CHANGE +52 0% -1% +52 
PERCENT SCLOD TO NON-HUNTERS 0.70% 1.64% 0.75% 1.09% 1.20% 1.882 0.88% 2.08% 
TOTAL ADULT HUNTERS (COOTENTIAL) 38,805 40,281 57,570 57,585 8,742 8 +584 41,609 43,085 
PERCENT C4ANGE +43 0% -22 +42 
PERCENT ACTIVE ADULT HUNTERS 84.7% 85.1% 81.45 80.0% 78.2% 717.8% 83.6% 84.1% 
PERCENT SUCCESSFUL ADULT HUNTERS 57.7% 63.9% 62.2% 62.5% 68.2% 66.4% 68.8% 65.6% 
AMPLE SIZES 
ame WINSS 1,888 1,316 2,551 1,766 483 620 2,387 1,779 
GONSE TAILS 286 242 168 82 38 45 153 77 
QUESTI ONNATRES 1,373 910 1,059 702 356 244 916 768 
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