Table 3. —— Minnesota Brood Count (All Species) Data, by Game Management Areas. 
Additional brood size data are incorporated to give final average brood sizes. 
Area Area Area Area Area Area Area Area 
I IT Tit IV Vv VII VIII ix 
No. of water areas 5 2 3 4 9 5 2 38 
No. of acres 148 4,940 4,360 3,060 1,500 10,100 140 8,559 
Miles of shoreline 725 28 15.0 16.7 15 108 10 67 
Maternal)-without broods - 5 = 8 2 4 - 4 
females)-with broods 1 19 - 82 48 61 24 25 
Uncounted broods - - = 41 6 19 1 6 
Counted broods 1 19 - Al 42 42 23 21 
Counted young 3 150 - 247 334 206 149 152 
Average brood) I - - - 6.1 8.1 4e3 505 Te2 
size by - TI = 7.9 - 7.7 7e3 49 7.0 7.6 
Age Class ) III - = ~ 4.9 9.0 51 Tel, - 
Total no. of young 5 150 - 476 363 272 151 182 
Adults other than 
maternal females - 92 64 615 487 320 23 361,218 
Grand total 
of waterfowl 4 266 64 1,181 900 657 198 1,429 
No. per acre 203 205 02 039 60 07 1.40 e1l7 
No. per mi. of shoreline °50 9.5 430 70.70 60.00 6.08 19.80 21.33 
Total counted)-No. broods 8 21 4 64 90 420 33 48 
broods )-No. young 44 165 28 414 693 206 236 389 
Average ) — 1949 4-0 6e4 - 6.9 Tel Tea 6.8 6.7 
brood size) - 1950 505 79 7.0 605 767 4e9 Te2 Bel 
629 
8.5 
458 
392 
927 
-82 
51-50 
66 
501 
79 
76 
819 
717 
1; 663 
enn 
5543 
73 
591 
Tel 
Sel 
Area 
XII 
840 
15 
10 
All 
Areas 
96 
42,537 
319.2 
453 
311 
2,203 
705 
720 
6.3 
2,982 
3,953 
75439 
23-31 
459 
3343 
Jel 
763 
18t 
