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Table 8 Estimate of the 1960-61 Preseason Wood Duck Population in the Atlantic and 
Mississippi Flyways. ' 

Source f Information Estimate 
Mail Questionnaire Survey . Total Retrieved Hunting Kill 266 ,873 
Wing Collection Survey : Age Ratio (Inm. /Ad. ) 2.1 
Mail Questionnaire Hunting Kill 
and Wing Collection Survey by Age Group . , 
Adults 86,088 
Immatures 180,785 
Total 266 ,873 
Table 5 i Direct Band Recovery Rate 
Adults 0.055 
Immatures 0.077 
Direct Recovery Rate Plus % 0.112 
Adjustment for Unreported Bands Hunting Kill Rate 0.157 
Hunting Kill Divided by Pre-season 
Hunting Kill Rate Population Estimate 
Adults 768 ,643 
Immatures | 1,151,497 
Total 1,920,140 
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* Geis and Atwood, 1961 
