
CENTRAL FLYWAY 
Number of Hunters, Daily Kill, Seasonal Kill, and Average Times Hunted 
as Determined by the Waterfowl Hunter Mail Survey 
Percent Change 

1953-54 to 
1952-53 1953-54 1954-55 — 1954-55 
Number of Hunters | 
Over 16 502, 608 510,000, 476,580 - 6 
Under 16 36,407 33,035 35,991 + 9 
Average Daily Bag 
Over 16 Ducks 1.73 1.11 1.70 + 53 
Geese . 06 es ~l2 NC 
Coot ~ 93 rie . 06 +200 
Under 16 Ducks . 36 Pps 97 + 90 
Geese 201 05 | 10 +100 
Coot .93 .07 ars + 86 
Average Seasonal Bag 
Over 16 Ducks 6.19 4,53 5,60 + 24 
Geese .23 .47 | . 40 - 15 
Coot .10 10 | . 20 +100 
Under 16 . Ducks 1.28 . 2.08 | 3.21 + 54 
Geese | . 04 . 20 tae Bo + 65 
Coot . 10 ot 42 + 56 
Average Timés Hunted 3.58 4.08 3.30 - 19 
The kill of ducks in the Central Flyway increased a moderate amount 
as compared to the previous year (+ 20 percent), while the kill of geese 
decreased slightly (-9 percent), and the kill of coot increased considerably 
(+90 percent). (Coot are relatively unimportant in this Flyway.) Inasmuch as 
the season and bag limit remained the same between the two years, it is of 
interest to note that the increased kill was entirely the result of an increased 
daily kill, since the total hunters decreased somewhat, as did the average 
number of times each hunter went afield. 
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