seldom serious. Twenty-five percent indicated that it was serious in some years, and 

 8% indicated it was serious in most years. 



4) Eighty-four percent of the respondents with wild ungulates on their property stated 

 that they permitted some form of hunting. On the average, these operators permitted 

 hunting on 65% of their land. Almost all of the respondents that permitted hunting 

 said they allowed family and friends to hunt, 90% allowed the general public to hunt, 

 and only 8% of these landowners indicated they charged fees or leased hunting rights 

 to outfitters. 



5) Ten percent of the respondents said they closed all or some land to hunting; 49% 

 indicated they encouraged hunting. 



6) Approximately 12% indicated they used the assistance from Montana Fish, Wildlife 

 & Parks. 



7) Those respondents reporting damage were less likely to close lands to hunting than 

 those who did not report damage. 



8) Regionally, southwestern Montana had the highest frequency of respondents who 

 felt damage was serious in most years and the highest frequency of respondents who 

 felt levels of elk and deer were too high. 



9) The highest reported closure of land to hunting (19%) was in the northwestern 

 region (Table 6). 



10) Central Montana had the highest frequency of fee hunting (Table 7). 



'Regions differ significantly (p<0.05; Chi-square likelihood ratio = 10.7, 11.8 and 27.0 for questions 1, 2 and 

 3 respectively. 



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