Relationships between hunting success and satisfaction

George H. Stankey; Robert C. Lucas; Robert R. Ream

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Relationships between hunting success and satisfaction

Formally Refereed

Authors:

George H. Stankey, Robert C. Lucas, Robert R. Ream

Year:

1973

Type:

Paper

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

In: Transactions of the Thirty-Eighth North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference; March 18-21 1973. Washington, DC: Wildlife Management Institute. p. 235-242.

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Abstract

In the United States game management objectives traditionally have focused on the maximization of game numbers using such programs as transplanting and habitat improvement (ORRRC 1962). This was a logical orientation, based on the assumption that success (game bagged) was the principal source of hunter satisfaction. The concept that sport hunting provides a wide range of human satisfactions and benefits that are independent of or only indirectly linked to success has received only limited attention (Crissey 1971).

Keywords

sport hunting, game management, hunter satisfaction

Citation

Stankey, George H.; Lucas, Robert C.; Ream, Robert R. 1973. Relationships between hunting success and satisfaction. In: Transactions of the Thirty-Eighth North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference; March 18-21 1973. Washington, DC: Wildlife Management Institute. p. 235-242.