Estimated Equations 



Using the data from the Montana DFWP deer Hunting Survey, 

 equations were estimated for the entire sample as well as each of 

 the aggregated subgroups. The hunter subgroups were residents, 

 nonresidents, guided hunters and nonguided hunters. Each of these 

 groups had models estimated for current conditions, for doubling 

 chances of bagging a large buck, for a very good chance of 

 bagging a doe or small buck and for the chance to bag a second 

 deer. Tables 8-11 show the estimated models for the current 

 conditions question as well as the three hypothetical questions. 

 Table 8 shows the estimated equation for the probability of 

 paying an increase in hunting costs for the current hunting 

 conditions. All of the included variables for these equations 

 are significant at the 90% level with most being significant at 

 the 95 or 99% level. All variables with the exception of 

 LHUNTERS and PURPOSE have the expected signs. Loomis, Cooper and 

 Allen (1988) also found that the coefficient on LHUNTERS was 

 consistently the opposite of what would be expected for a 

 congestion variable. Perhaps this indicates that in the case of 

 big game hunting in Montana, congestion is correlated with other 

 positive aspects of the hunting experience. The PURPOSE dummy 

 variable was expected to return a positive sign, indicating that 

 those whose main purpose for taking the trip was to hunt would 

 value the experience more highly. In the models where PURPOSE 

 was significant, the opposite was true. This indicates that 

 either the investigators a priori expectations about this 

 variable were wrong or that the variable is measuring something 

 other than was intended. 



Table 9 shows the estimated models for the probability of paying 

 a higher trip cost for doubling the hunters chances of bagging a 

 mature buck. All of the entered variables in this model are 

 significant to the 95% level and all have the expected signs with 

 the exceptions noted above of LHUNTERS and PURPOSE. 



Table 10 presents the estimates for the model which determines 

 the probability of paying a higher trip cost for having a very 

 good chance of bagging a doe or a small buck. The included 

 variables are all significant at the 90% level, and all excepting 

 PURPOSE and LHUNTERS have the expected sign. 



Finally, Table 11 shows the estimated models for the probability 

 of paying a higher trip cost for a chance of getting an extra 

 deer. All included variables in these models are significant at 

 the 95% level and all excluding LHUNTERS and PURPOSE have the 

 expected sign. 



