Mississippi Flyway Data 
Waterfowl Kill Information 
The following table presents the estimated number of water- 
fowl bagged and waterfowl knocked down but not retrieved during the 
1957-58 and 1956-59 shooting seasons as determined by the Waterfowl 
Hunter Mail Survey: 
Percent Change 




: 1957-58 to 
Species | 1958-59 1957-58 1958-59 
Mallard 3,043 , 796 2,587,149 f 17.65 
G. W. Teal | 356, 648 289,073 f 23.38 
B. W. Teal 240,020 276,559 -~ 13.21 
Pintail 180, 507 199,943 - 9.72 
Black Duck 217,372 177,943 f 22,16 
Seaup 213,270 283,652 ~ 24,81 
Canvasback 8h 4.98 183,183 - 53.87 
Redhead 5h, 464 140, 538 - 61.25 
Ring-necked 125,708 107,561 / 16.87 
Gadwall Wh, 831 _ 11,430 f 292.22 
American Wigeon 81,258 55,701 A 45.88 
Ruddy 3 14,398 19,290 ~ 25.36 
Shoveler 32,102 27,285 f 17.65 
Merganser 35,017 22, 587 f 55.03 
Goldeneye 38,070 hh 135 + 13.74 
Bufflehead 15,985 26,608 - 39.92 | 
Scoter 2,785 1,987 f 4o.16— 
Wood Duck 123, 915*** 60,760%# f£ 103.94 - 
Others 1,460 2,078 ~ 29.74 
Total Ducks Retrieved . 3906, ; : . 
Total Ducks not Retrieved 1,107,988 1,110,958 - 227 
Total Duck Kill 6,014,092 5,628, 420 f 6.85 
Canada Goose* 212,892 163,244 | f 30.41 
Blue Goose 47, hag 50,798 - 6.63 
Snow Goose 31, 586 31,922 - 1,05 
White-fronted Goose 5,790 15,477 ~ 62,59 


Total Geese Retrieved ~~ 297,097 7 ] 
Total Geese not Retrieved 9, 361 55,658 f h2,59 
Total Goose Kill 377,058 317,099 18.91 
Total Coots Retrieved 295,146 258,768 f 14.06 
Total Coots not Retrieved 63,796 64,018 - 035 
Total Coot Kill 358, 942 322,786 11.20 
Includes all White-cheeked Geese as Canada Geese. 
##* Closed season on Wood Ducks in the States of Kentucky, Illinois, 
Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri and Wisconsin. 
¥*¥*¥Closed season on Wood Ducks in the States of Kentucky, Illinois, Iowa, 
Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Wisconsin, Indiana and Arkansas. 
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