CHAPTER IV 



ECONOMIC EVALUATION 



EXPENDITURE DATA 



A measure of the economic significance of upland game bird hunting in Montana is hunter 

 expenditures or actual out of pocket costs. Expenditures include transportation, 

 food/beverage/lodging, equipment purchased just for this trip, and any guide or access fees. 

 Both resident and nonresident costs are reported in Table 8. 



Resident expenditures ($38.00 per day) are significantly lower than nonresident hunters' 

 ($223.00) and are obviously related to distance traveled. 



While expenditures are one measure of the economic significance of upland bird hunting they 

 are costs to the hunters. Expenditure information is useful in showing the impacts of these 

 dollars on income and employment in local communities. 



Table 8. Upland Game Bird Hunter Trip and Expenditure Information. 



Average number of days per trip (Mean) 

 Average expenditures per day (Mean) 



1.75 

 $37.71 



3.5 

 $223.14 



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