
Table 31 =- Hunter Success 
Percent of Hunters 
Ducks in Bag Upper Mississippi Mark Twain ENTIRE AREA 
4 or more ducks QAT 10.85 10.44 
3 or more ducks 19.14 17.12 17.72 
3 ducks 9.67 6.57 7.28 | 
2 or more ducks 35.57 28.54 30.03 
1 and 2 ducks 40.62 35.43 36.97 
2 ducks 14.43 11.42 12.31 
1 duck 26.19 2h.01 2h. .66 
0 ducks ho 2h 47.45 45.31 
In other words, over the entire period of the study only 
17.72%.of the 251,876 hunters checked were successful in taking 
three or more ducks on the days they were checked, only 30.03% 
were successful in taking two or more, and 24.66% of the hunters 
managed to bag a single duck. There were also 45.31% of the 
hunters who were completely unsuccessful on the days they were 
checked. 
It is interesting to speculate as to the importance of the 
hunters in the various success groups so far as total harvest is 
concerned. While only 10.44% of the hunters were successful in 
bagging four or more ducks, this group accounted for 37.20% of the 
total kill. Although this group accounted for a high percentage 
of the kill, it is interesting to note that the additional birds 
in the bag resulted in a kill of only 9.54% more ducks than would 
have occurred had the limit never exceeded three ducks per day. 
(See tables 36, 37 and 38.) 
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