TABLE A~-12.--Total bags, by species, and crippling losses of geese in the 
MISSISSIPPI FLYWAY during the 1961 and 1962 hunting seasons 
{ Bag estimates adjusted for response bias _] 



Percent 





1 
Species 

Geese: 
Totals: 
Ret Pievedar<s4 Re staree oases ese teres 
Not retrieved----~------------------------ 





171,500 
42,500. 
130,200 
27,400 



Geese killed----------------------------- 214, 000 157,600 
1 
Percentage changes in species bag omitted: 1962 species estimates derived 
from the Bureau's goose tail survey, 1961 estimates from mail questionnaire reports. 
2 Includes Hutchins goose. 
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