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Dove* Danfod by
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; ' 1 •• ■ ' ■'/ . Virginia • corntriission - of Game and Inland Fisheries banded 1, 178 doves prior to the hunting season this fall, according to Game Research Biologist Ji v, Gwynn. This makes •the* third year t , . Virginia Commission and Fish and Game agencies from other southeastern states have' cooperated with the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service in barvur.> g, doves for analysis of mortality and movement.
A specified number of buds’ are banded in each state before the season opens, then a Similar ununiber are banded after the season. The percentage of these bands returned gives an indication of hunting season mortality while the pattern of the returns gives indication of movement.
The results of the first year's .. efforts showed that 5^2% of the pre-season bands vtere returned compared to only 1% of the post-season bands. A few summer banded birds from Virginia were killed in Georgia, Florida, South Carolina and Alabama during the latter part of the season, but 86% of the .band returns were from within Virginia.
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