Table 7s 
Direct Recovery Rates for Immature Wood Ducks in Regions 
Selecting Different Opening Dates for the Hunting Season. 
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Opening Date State Number Banded Recovery Rate 
1959 1960 1959 1960 
Oct. 7-10 Minnesota | 375 108 8.3 9.2 
Wisconsin 638 1,534 8.2 9.8 
Michigan 185 204 11.9 8.8 
Vermont 183 573 12.2 9.2 
| Mean 10.2 9.2 
Oct. 14-30 Iowa 178 445 723 9.4 
Illinois 266 904 3.0 6.6 
Ohio --* 53 -~ 3.8 
New York 199 496 de5 1.9 
Mean 5.3 6.9 
) Nove 4-30 Indiana 97 294 2.1 7.8 
itissouri 330 187 6.4 3.2 
Tennessee “= 90 -- 1.4 
West Virginia 142 -- 3.5 -~ 
-Louisiana 316 162 6.6 D6 
Mean 4.6 4.5 

* Tess than 50 banded birds. 
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