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Table III. - Recorded Kill Samples of Wood Ducks in Iowa since 1948. 
1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 
No. of wood ducks reported from 
all Iowa counties 114 133 148 464 427 321 
Percentage of wood ducks in total 
mixed bag sampled in all Iowa 
counties. 1.9% 2.3% 3.2% 3.3% 6.8% 3.7% 
No. of wood ducks reported from 
ten Miss. R. counties 50 44 81 138 223 154 
No. of Miss. R. counties reporting 8 5 7 9 9 8 
Percentage of total wood ducks 
sample from the Miss. R. 
counties 43.8% 33.0% 54.7% 29.7% 52.2% 47.9% 

Opening dates of waterfowl seasons: 
October 29 21 20 12 8 8 

