os 
1975 and 1976 hunting seasons (re 
é trieved kill 
include kill b unior hunters)--continued . eee ee all estimates 
Atlantic Missi 
Season ssissippi Central Pacific 
Flyway Flyway Flyway Flyway Alaska a < aia 
a 
er LS 
Retrieved duck kill, 
continued: 
Eiders 1975 14,955 0 0 0 
1976 17,524 155 0 0 . ans 
Z change + 17 ++ 0 0 5 
+ 18 
Scoters 1975 78 
958 8.772 119 : 
: 471 1,126 
1976 40,836 3,640 1,093 2,711 1,124 Gao 
b nge - 48 - 59 +818 +476 0 45 
Hooded merganser 1975 19,877 27,379 2,352 1,462 0 
1976 22,002 37,977 4.140 3.149 94 foahe 
A ange = ae | +°39 + 76 +115 ++ + 32 
Other mergansers 1975 13,679 20,229 3,749 5,149 98 
6 18,220 12,635 na Se 
1 ; ; 3,553 8,942 
% change + 33 — 38 amie (5 + 74 Re ees 
Daher diel 1975 1,108 1,328 477 910 49 3,8 
aN 2, 164 1,329 2,373 1,163 468 et 
0 +397 + 28 +855 + 94 
ee ee Ce et 
Total: meee s: 
1975 1,860,956 6,589,015 2,931, 626 4,030,870 70,580 15,483,047 
b > ’ b J 
Laila pase 7492 769,418 4,152,787 109,909 15,190,754 
Reale 
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Table C-3. Total retrieved (by species) and unretrieved duck and coot kill in the United States during the 
1975 and 1976 hunting seasons (retrieved kill estimates adjusted for response bias; all estimates 
oe include kill by junior hunters) --continued : 
S “ Atlantic Mississippi Central Pacific eel United States 
mei (yi Flyway Flyway Flyway Flyway total 
Unretrieved duck kill: 1975 418,031 1,413,234 578,140 717,466 11,982 3,138,853 
1976 462,035 1,233,972. 519,141 712,847 17,373 2,945,367 
% change + 11 - 13 - 10 - il + 45 - 6 
Total duck kill: 1975 2,278,987 8,002,249 3,509,766 4,748,336 82,562 18,621,900 
1976 2 S52 5365 7,302,463 3,288,559 4,865,634 127 ,2B2 18,136,121 
% change + 12 - 9 - 6 + 2 + 54 - 3 
Retrieved coot kill: 1975 165,635 644,954 86,474 189,116 824 1,087,003 
1976 125,940 598,709 60,625 143, 286 1,305 929,665 
% change - 24 - 7 - 30 - 24 + 34 - 14 
Unretrieved coot kill: 1975 43,286 158,180 37,694 75,267 178 314,605 
1976 29,118 135,547 28,164 55,120 1,350 249,299 
% change - 33 - 14 - 25 - 27 +658 - 21 
Total coot kill: 1975 208 ,921 803,134 124,168 264, 383 1,002 1,401, 608 
1976 155,058 734,256 88,789 198,406 2,455 1,178,964 
% change - 26 - 9 - 28 - 25 +145 - 16 
atncludes ducks bagged during all special duck seasons. 
Hunting of Redheads and Canvasbacks closed in Atlantic Flyway in 1975 except in designated area in Florida. 
