guiding fees. The assumption that all missing values are zero is 

 the most conservative possible. 



Table 1 provides a summary of the travel cost parameter 

 values used in this study. The standard cost estimate (following 

 the Water Resources Council method) is 13 cents per mile, while 

 the reported cost estimate is 37.0 cents per mile. 



Table 1 . Travel cost parameters 



Transportation Opportunity Cost 



Cost of Time 



(cents per mile) Sum 



Water Resource STI 776 13 



Council Method 

 Reported Cost 30.0 7.0 37 



Expenditure Data 



Deer hunter expenditure data are provided in Table 2 . 

 Resident deer hunters spent an average of $55.00 per trip for 

 transportation, food and beverages bought in stores and 

 restaurants, lodging, guiding fees, and other purchases. This 

 amounted to $31.11 per day. Not surprisingly, nonresident deer 

 hunters spent an average of $542 per trip, or $85.83 per day, 

 almost ten times as much as residents did. The average 

 expenditure per trip for the sample was (residents and 

 nonresidents) $146.00, or $73.00 per hunter day. Based on the 

 875,010 estimated hunter days, total expenditures by deer hunters 

 in 1985 amounted to $63,875,730. Residents, on average, took two 

 hunting trips during the hunting season and traveled an average 

 of 61 miles, while nonresidents took one trip and traveled 800 

 miles . 



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