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Results of the 2010 Illinois Conservation Order Light Goose Hunter Survey

Lischka, Stacy A.; Campbell, Linda K.; Spacapan, Molly R.

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INHS2010_53.pdf

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Title
Results of the 2010 Illinois Conservation Order Light Goose Hunter Survey
Author(s)
  • Lischka, Stacy A.
  • Campbell, Linda K.
  • Spacapan, Molly R.
Issue Date
2010-10-21
Keyword(s)
  • snow geese
  • hunters
  • days hunted
  • light geese
  • Illinois Department of Natural Resources
  • Illinois Natural History Survey
Date of Ingest
2012-10-26T18:59:02Z
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 March and May 2010. We received 1,441 returned questionnaires, 1,436 of which were usable (49% response rate). Based on these responses, we estimate 3,702 hunters were active during the 2010 Illinois Conservation Order snow goose season, a 21% decrease from the 4,663 hunters estimated for the 2009 season. Days hunted were estimated at 25,581 in 2010, which was 25% less than the estimate of 33,947 days in 2009. An estimated 65,987 snow geese were harvested during the 2010 Conservation Order snow goose season, a 23% decrease over 2009. The Central Zone accounted for 51% of total days hunted, and 29% of total harvest. Statewide, 68% of the harvest occurred during February. Of respondents who did not hunt during the Conservation Order season, 37% indicated they had no place to hunt; this percentage represented a small change from the previous year (a decrease of 2%). During the 2010 season, sixty percent of light (snow) geese were hunted on private land to which hunters had access.
Publisher
Illinois Natural History Survey, Human Dimensions Research Program
Series/Report Name or Number
  • Illinois Conservation Order Light Goose Hunter Survey
  • Technical Report INHS 2010 (53)
  • Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration W-112-R-19
  • Human Dimensions Research Program Report HR-10-06
Type of Resource
text
Genre of Resource
Technical Report
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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/34819
Sponsor(s)/Grant Number(s)
Illinois Department of Natural Resources; Illinois Natural History Survey Grant/Contract No: W-112-R-19
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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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