Now imagine that everything about your "FIRST" ("LAST") hunt 

 was the same, except that you saw twice as many birds and 

 the bag limit was more liberal, and your trip cost to visit 

 this site increased by $ X . would you still have made the 

 trip? 



A similar question was asked regarding a decrease in hunting 

 opportunities; "imagine that ... you saw half the number of birds 

 and the bag limit was more conservative". The goal of asking 

 these hypothetical question was to determine hunter's willingness 

 to pay for alternative waterfowl hunting opportunities. As in 

 the current trip question, the dollar amount asked varied from $5 

 to $500 among respondents. 



Based on responses for the complete sample, the net economic 

 value of the hypothetically "improved" trip (twice the number of 

 birds and more liberal regulations) was not statistically 

 different from the value of the current trip. However, the 

 hypothetically "diminished" trip was valued significantly lower 

 than the current trip. A detailed analysis of these estimated 

 trip values can be found in Chapter IV. 



