Table 12. Duck Kill and Hunting Activity in the Central Flyway: 
Daily Daily Daily Daily Average 
Percent Percent Percent Number of 
of of Huntin of Ducks Ducks 
Period Days Season Activity Bagged Bagged 
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) 
1 1-7 1,82 2.54 3.16 1.71 
2 8-14 1.82 2.33 2.00 1.18 
3 15-21 1,82 2.37 2.14 1,24 
4 22-28 1.82 2.21 1.78 1.11 
5 29=39.5 1,82 1.59 1.71 1.49 
6 39.6-55 1.82 1.00 1.08 1.49 
The average number of periods reported per hunter was 1.49 
Explanatory Comments for Table 12 
The hunting season was 50 days long in some States of the 
Central Flyway and 60 days long in other States. Data for the 
two lengths of season are given separately in Tables 12A and 
12B. Data are combined in Table 12. 
For the Flyway as a whole, each day is 1.82% of the total 
(Table 12, Column 3). Therefore, any daily percentage (in Columns 
4 or 5) that differs from 1.82 is correspondingly greater or lesser 
than the average for that characteristic. The average rates for 
the States with 50 or 60-day seasons are shown in Colum 3 of 
Tables 12A and 12B. 
Daily hunting activity (Table 12, Columm 4) decreased during 
the season. Half of the hunting in the Central Flyway (combined 
data) was done by the time 38% of the season was over and 647% was 
done by the time the season was half over. This was different 
from the Pacific Flyway where half the hunting was done by the 
time the 94-day season was half over, but was similar to the 
situation in both the Mississippi and Atlantic Flyways. 
Daily percentages of the total duck bag also declined during 
the season, 
Hunters bagged ducks through the season, but hunting activity 
was not well coordinated with the daily average bag as can be seen 
by comparing Columns 4 and 6. 
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