TABLE C-5 PERCENTAGE SPECIES COMPOSITION OF WATERFOWL HARVESTED, TOTAL NUMBERS HARVESTED», AND ADULT HUNTER STATISTICS IN THE. 
ATLANTIC FLYWAY JURING THE 1975 AND 1976 HUNTING SEASONS~—-continued 
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1975 1976 1975 1976 
DUCK SPECIES COMPOSITION 
MALLARD 17.45% 30.53% 22.21% 23.18% 
DOMESTIC MALLARD 0.00 0.53 0.39 0.31 
BLACK DUCK 11.49 24.74 14.40 15.09 
BLACK X MALLARD 0.43 0.90 0.73 0.39 
MOTTLED DUCK 0.00 0.00 0.70 0.77 
GADWALL 9.43 9.90 1.96 1.97 
AMERICAN WIGEON 0.43 1.58 4.75 4.78 
GREFER-WINGED TEAL 0.43 2263 7.03 6.89 
BLUE-WINGED/CINNAMON TEAL 5eL1 2-11 3243 4243 
NOPTHERN SHOVELER 0.00 0.00 1.02 0.73 
PINTATL 0.99 0.53 2.37 2.16 
wooD DUCK 61.28 34. 74 16.74 14.31 
REDHEAD 0.90 0.53 0.18 0.45 
CANV AS BACK 0.00 0.00 0.09 1.29 
GREATER SCAUP 0.00 0.00 3.00 2-51 
LESSER SC AUP 0.43 9.00 1.71 2294 
RING-NECKED DUCK 0.00 0.53 6.384 8.37 
GOLDENEYES 1.28 1.05 0.86 b.09 
BUFFLEHEAD 0.43 0.00 2254 2.33 
RUDDY DUCK 0.00 0.09 0.87 0.49 
OLDS 9U AW 0.43 0.00 1.26 0.78 
EIDERS 0.00 0.99 0.89 9.84 
SCOTERS 0.00 0.00 4.24 1.95 
H90DED MERGANSFRS 0.43 0.00 1.97 1.05 
OTHER MERGANSERS 0.00 0.53 0.74 0.87 
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DUCK HARVEST (RETRIEVED KILL) 7 +466 69592 15860,956 2,090+148 
PERCENT CHANGE -122% +12% 
SEASONAL DUCK HARVEST PER ADULT HUNTER 3.70 3226 4.23 4.83 
PERCENT CHANGE =lez +142 

GOOSE_ SPECIES COMPOSITION 

CANADA GOOSF 100.008 100. 00% 88.94% 95.51% 
SNOW GOOSE 0.90 0.09 2.59 4.46 
BLUE GOOSE 0.00 0.00 0.03 0.03 
WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 
BRANT 0.90 0.00 8.45 0.090 
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GOOSE HARVEST (RETRIEVED KILL) 354 507 395,514 379,633 
PERCENT CHANGF +432 -4% 
SEASONAL GOOSE HARVEST PER ADULT HUNTER 0.18 VaZ5S 0.9L 0.89 
PERCENT CHANGE +43% -2% 
CONT HARVEST (RETRIEVED KILL) 410 705 165,635 125,940 
PEFCENT CHANGE +722 -~24% 
SEASONAL COOT HARVEST PER ADULT HUNTER 0-20 0.33 0.36 0.28 
PERCENT CHANGE +713 -23% 
TOTAL HUNTER DAYS 9,991 8, 935 21854,855 2,893,085 
PERCENT CHANGE —L1% +1% 
DAYS PER ADULT HUNTER 4.88 4.35 6.38 6.58 
PERCENT CHANGE =—(1% +3% 
TOTAL DUCK STAMPS SOLD 22112 2,081 441,837 435,932 
PERCENT CHANGE =J2 —1% 
PERCENT SOLD TO NON-HUNTERS 7.342 6.09% 3.272% 4.09% 
TOTAL ADULT HUNTESS (POTENTIAL) 1,946 1,954 425,395 418,983 
PERCENT CHANGE 0% at 4 
PERCENT ACTIVE ADULT HUNTERS 81.9% 84.9% 84.0% 84.3% 
PERCENT SUCCESSF'JL ADULT HUNTERS 64.5% 64.4% 61.6% 62.9% 
SAMPLE_SIZES 
MUCK WINGS 235 190 16,352 15,816 
GOOSE TAILS 5 2 3,208 2,567 
QUESTIONNAIRES 320 202 15,150 9,692 
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@Washington, D.C., hunters and harvest allocated to Maryland, North Carolina, and Virginia. 


