ATLANTIC FLYWAY 
{h) Percent Change in Kill (continued) | : &- 
Wood duck (+ 40) (~.36) — (+ 36) 
Canvasback (+324) (- 58) (- 37) 
Ringneck (+ 16) — f- 23) (+ 19) 
Canada Geese (+137) . (- 51) (+380) 
2. Waterfowl Kill Information by Mail Survey Method: | 
Atlantic Flyway Waterfowl Bagged 
Ducks Geese Coot | Number of Hunters 
, Under 16 Over 16 
Number Bagged 921,160 63,460 119,820 11,271 306, 372 
Average Season Bag | 
Per Hunter; © 
Over 16 3,01 21 237 
Under 16 ~ 1,42 Ol 61 

Moderate increases in the harvest were recorded for ducks and coots 
and an impressive increase in the harvest of Canada geese, In ducks and & 
coot the increases were due primarily to an increase in the number of 
hunters; whereas the goose increase was due to a combination of more 
hunters, more times hunted, and a better daily success, Of the more 
important ducks species, all showed moderate or better increases excepting 
canvasback and scaup, Little or no change occurred in scaup, but the 
canvasback harvest was noticeably down. | 


