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Table 20 - RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SEASON LENGTH, DAILY BAG LIMIT, 
AND AVERAGE HOURS HUNTED PER DAY 
PY a 
:No. days : Daily : 
: in : Bag A*verage Hours Hunted Per D ay : 
Year : Season :;: Limit Upper Miss.: Louisa :Keithsburg: Gardner : Batchtown : Calhoun :ENTIRE AREA 
oe 0 ¢6¢ >See & 
194-7 30 S a ee & : :  k.OL 
19h9 } LO mn 4.63 7.13 7.18 6.30 4.63 : 
1950 : 35 h S51 6.21 : 6.91 : 5.86 5.27 
Ge Se OP es A aes ee 5 ee 
1955 70 4 4.68 6.70 ; 5.62 : 6.70 6.04 5.91 
1956 70% Lt j 1.76 7.95 5.10 6.17 . 5.76 ; 5.76 
1957 : 7O k 5.27 7.06 5.93 6.24 : 6.06 6.00 
1958 70 4 4.75 ; 6.03 4.86 6.26 5.28 5.28 ; 
1959 0-501 ; 3-haex 4.76 4.39 5.05 6.69 : 5.34 5.55 
1960 3 ho-sonee: 3-1) sHeF , 4.39 : 5.64 , 4.50 6.58 5.74 5.45 
. t ; H 3 : 2 
Av. 3 -_ ae ae ee 15.08 3 6. 1 5.7 5.26 


% Minnesota elected 55-day season and daily limit of 5 ducks 
** Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa elected a 50-day season and limit of 3; Illinois took 40-day season 
‘and limit of 4 
*#* Minnesota and Illinois elected a 40-day season and limit of hs Wisconsin and Iowa elected 50-day 
season and limit of 3 
Note that the length of season or the daily bag limit appears to have little effect on the time spent 
afield along the Mississippi River. 
