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Table 29. Comparison of Species Composition of the Kill in the Mississippi 
Flyway as Shown by the Mail Questionnaire Survey and by the Wing Collection 


| Percentage of Total Kill Based On: 



Mail Questionnaire Survey Mail Wing Collection 
Weighted by Respondents and Weighted by Hunter Contacts and 
58-59 59-60 58-59 Wings received 
duck stamp duck stamp duck stamp vs. 59-60 mail 
sales sales sales kill survgy 
Species estimates 
pr anne 
Mallard ho. Wy he, 38 39.45 38.15 
Black 4.76 443 4h 5.12 
Gadwall 0.71 0.73 1.96 1.91 
Am. Widgeon 2.36 2.40 Tage) i 4.97 
G.W. Teal 10.10 10.31 9.15 9.32 
B.W. Teal 9.91 10.21 6.39 6.52 
Shoveler 0.78 0.80 0.79 0.75 
Pintail 3.56 3.56 3.26 3.31 
Wood Duck 4.09 3.99 4,02 4.67 
Redhead 1.41 1.38 1.52 1.54 
Canvasback 1.60 1.59 0.75 0.74 
Scaup 12.58 12.69 13.02 13.00 
Ring neck 1.57 1.56 5.06 5.16 
Goldeneye 1.13 1.13 1.16 1.15 
Bufflehead 1.11 1.09 L.7e 1.74 
Ruddy 0.45 O.44 0.24 0.27 
Mergansers 1.27 1.15 0.92 0.96 
Scoters 0.13 0.12 0.26 0.24 
Other 0.04 0.03 0.45 0.47 
covet 100.0 99.9 100.0 100.0 

lcomparison confined to States having adequate wing collections: 
Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohie and Wisconsin. 
“Using 1958-59 duck stamp sales 
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