A new report is out on the attributes of the waterfowl hunting community. You'll see that HIP played a role in identifying hunters. The attachment for this post is pretty long and involved at 67 pages (and about 100 more pages of supporting material), but I thought some of you might be interested in the results. I am wondering if any of you were surveyed and participated. This report was produced because migratory bird managers across the country want to understand the who, what and where of waterfowl hunters. I'm interested in hearing your thoughts about the survey and results.
My own summary of the report is 40,000 hunters were contacted, about 25% participated by answering the questions. The average age of waterfowl hunters are 47 years old, they started hunting at age 20, a majority of hunters hunted 12 or fewer days and harvested 20 or fewer ducks and 11 or fewer geese. Most are generally satisfied with current regulations, they want maximum number of hunting days and felt less strongly about bigger bag limits. They wanted the largest possible waterfowl populations over simple regulations or bigger bag limits. Clearly hunters want more places to hunt with less crowding and pressure. Generally the majority did not travel too far from their homes to hunt or go overnight. Again this is my quick summary of what caught my attention.
Enjoy the reading. I look forward to hearing your thoughts. https://nawmp.org/sites/default/files/2021-03/National Waterfowl Hunter Survey.pdf
My own summary of the report is 40,000 hunters were contacted, about 25% participated by answering the questions. The average age of waterfowl hunters are 47 years old, they started hunting at age 20, a majority of hunters hunted 12 or fewer days and harvested 20 or fewer ducks and 11 or fewer geese. Most are generally satisfied with current regulations, they want maximum number of hunting days and felt less strongly about bigger bag limits. They wanted the largest possible waterfowl populations over simple regulations or bigger bag limits. Clearly hunters want more places to hunt with less crowding and pressure. Generally the majority did not travel too far from their homes to hunt or go overnight. Again this is my quick summary of what caught my attention.
Enjoy the reading. I look forward to hearing your thoughts. https://nawmp.org/sites/default/files/2021-03/National Waterfowl Hunter Survey.pdf