Results of the 2009 Illinois Conservation Order Light Goose Hunter Survey

Lischka, Stacy A.; Campbell, Linda K.; Carpenter, Samantha K.

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Title

Results of the 2009 Illinois Conservation Order Light Goose Hunter Survey

Author(s)

• Lischka, Stacy A.
• Campbell, Linda K.
• Carpenter, Samantha K.

Contributor(s)

INHS Human Dimensions Research Program

Issue Date

2009-10-23

Keyword(s)

• snow geese
• hunters
• days hunted
• harvest
• opinions
• Illinois Department of Natural Resources
• Illinois Natural History Survey

Abstract

A random sample of 3,000 potential goose hunters was selected from National Migratory Bird Harvest Information Program (HIP) registrants in Illinois. Survey participants were mailed a 4-page questionnaire between April and May 2009. We received 1,334 returned questionnaires, 1,324 of which were usable, for a 46% response rate. Based on these responses, we estimate 4,663 hunters were active during the Conservation Order snow goose season in Illinois in 2009, a 27% decrease from the 6,409 hunters estimated for the 2008 season. Days hunted were estimated at 33,947 in 2009, which was 33% less than the estimate of 50,471 days in 2008. An estimated 85,635 snow geese were harvested during the 2009 Conservation Order snow goose season, a 12% decrease over 2008. However, recalculated estimates of snow goose harvest without an outlying respondent yielded an estimate of 77,789 snow geese harvested. The South Zone accounted for 43% of total days hunted and 58% of total harvest. Statewide, 69% of the harvest occurred during February. Of respondents who did not hunt during the Conservation Order season, 39% indicated they had no place to hunt; this percentage did not represent a change from the previous year.

Publisher

Illinois Natural History Survey

Series/Report Name or Number

• Wildlife Harvest and Human Dimensions Research Program Report HR-09-06
• Technical Report INHS 2009 (36)
• Illinois Conservation Order Light Goose Hunter Survey
• Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration W-112-R-18

Type of Resource

text

Language

en

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INHS Technical Report Prepared for Illinois Department of Natural Resources; Illinois Natural History Survey

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This document is a product of the Illinois Natural History Survey, and has been selected and made available by the Illinois Natural History Survey and the University Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It is intended solely for noncommercial research and educational use, and proper attribution is requested.

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