Figure 1 7. Ratio of Resident to Nonresident Deer Hunters 

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HUNTER INFORMATION SECTION 



Economic Value: 



The net economic value of deer hunting in Montana was determined from a telephone survey 

 of licensed hunters in January and February, 1986. The following information is from the 

 final report (Brooks, 1988). 



In 1985, resident deer hunters spent $55 per trip or $31 per day. Nonresidents, in contrast, 

 spent $542 per trip or $86 per day. The net economic value for deer hunting in 1985 was 

 $108 per trip. In other words, hunters would be willing to pay $108 more per trip than they 

 actually do to be able to hunt at a given site. 



Based on the 875,010 estimated hunter days in 1985, total expenditures by deer hunters in 

 1985 amounted to $63,875,730. Using recent hunter day information without adjusting for 

 inflation would result in an estimate of $88,382,195 for 1993. Residents, on the average, 

 took two hunting trips during the hunting season and traveled an average of 61 miles, while 

 nonresidents took one trip and traveled 800 miles. 



Hunter Description: 



Following the 1988 general hunting season, another survey of licensed deer hunters was 

 conducted to determine the characteristics of the Montana deer hunter. The following 



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