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Document Type
Research
Keywords
Waterfowl harvest, Mallard harvest, Scaup Duck Harvest.
Abstract
This study was conducted during the autumns of 1969 and 1970 to gain insight into the effects of hunting on the large waterfowl population of the Keokuk Pool. Objectives of the project were to determine: (1) species composition of the harvest, (2) chronology of the kill, (3) significance of the "bonus" scaup season, and (4) species selectivity by hunters. Daily hunting record sheets were maintained by cooperating hunters and provided most of the harvest data. Bag checks and hunting party observations yielded additional information. Over 3, 788 man-days were spent hunting waterfowl on the Keokuk Pool in 1970. Approximately 8,700 waterfowl were harvested in 1970 and about 7,100 birds were taken in 1969. Hunting kill has little effect on the waterfowl using the area. Mallards and scaup make up over 50 percent of the kill on the Keokuk Pool. Canvasbacks are only lightly harvested in proportion to the number which use the pool.
Publication Date
August 1972
Journal Title
Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science
Volume
79
Issue
2
First Page
79
Last Page
84
Copyright
©1972 Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Wilds, Stephen Douglas
(1972)
"Waterfowl Harvest on Keokuk Pool, Mississippi River, 1969 and 1970,"
Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 79(2), 79-84.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias/vol79/iss2/12