Hunter Management Preferences 



Hunters were asked to answer several questions concerning their 

 perception of deer management in Montana. Resident and 

 nonguided hunters were much more likely than nonresidents and 

 nonguided hunters to say that there were too many hunters in 

 their hunting areas (Table 7). Those resident and nonguided 

 hunters who said that there were too many hunters were much less 

 likely than their nonresident, guided counterparts to say that 

 they would accept restrictions on hunting to improve the 

 situation. In general, resident and nonguided hunters felt that 

 a lack of access to hunting areas affected their hunting more 

 than nonresident and guided hunter- did. Summary statistics are 

 also presented for how hunters view the number of bucks in their 

 areas, and what access they believe they should have for game 

 retrieval purposes. 



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