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A survey of bear hunters was conducted after the 2019 hunting season to determine hunter participation, hunting methods, bear harvest, and hunter satisfaction.
This report documents a survey of deer hunters conducted following the 2019 hunting seasons to estimate hunter participation, harvest, and hunting effort.
Annual estimates of the number of good, average. and poor firearm deer hunts/square mile were compared with deer density measures for 8 forest research areas in northern Lower Michigan from 1972 to 1979. The number of poor hunts/mi was positively related to the presence of antlerless hunting and size of the former year's deer kill and negatively related to numbers of deer seen by hunters. The number of good hunts/square mile was positively related to the size of the current year's deer kill. Managers can use information on deer population size to forecast hunting pressure and to anticipate hunter attitude. Conflicting recommendations from researchers about how to manage for hunting satisfaction were seen to be caused by the lack of shared objectives for deer management. A philosophical framework was developed to show how distortion in the policymaking process can make it difficult to decide on program objectives. Generalizations from this study should be limited to mechanistic issues as a theory of hunting requires extensive data from other areas, states, and regions.
Results of a survey of Hunting Access Program (HAP) hunters conducted following the 2012 fall and 2013 spring hunting seaons to determine the number of people hunting on HAP lands and to determine hunter satisfaction and opinions about the administration of HAP.
A survey of bear hunters was conducted following the 1998 hunting season to determine hunter participation, hunting methods, bear harvest, and hunter satisfaction.
For the fourth consecutive year, a statewide black bear (Ursus americanus) harvest zone and quota system was utilized in 1993. The same eight bear management units, seven in the Upper Peninsula, including Drummond Island. and one covering much of the northern Lower Peninsula, were opened to hunting. There were two hunt periods for each of the Upper Peninsula units except Drummond Island, which had only one. There was only one hunt period in the Lower Peninsula. In 1993, a total of 4,590 hunters harvested 1,292 bear during the 1993 season, a six percent increase in the harvest from the previous year. Twenty-eight percent of the hunters with a harvest tag were successful in 1993 compared to 27 percent in 1992. The composition of the harvest, 59 percent males and 41 percent females indicated an increase in the proportion of males compared to the previous year. Hunter satisfaction is used as an indicator of the success of the bear management program. Hunters were asked to rate their 1993 bear hunting experiences. Twenty-one percent of the hunters rated their bear hunting as "excellent", 17 percent as "very good", and 27 percent as "good". The season was rated as "fair" by 19 percent of hunters and "poor" by 16 percent.
A sample of small game license buyers was contacted after the 2006 hunting seasons to estimate the number of people hunting small game, their days afield, and harvest. The survey also was used to investigate hunter satisfaction and to estimate trip expenditures for small game hunting.
Report of a survey of a sample of waterfowl hunters contacted after the 2010 hunting seasons to estimate hunting activity and determine opinions and satisfaction with hunting regulations.
Report on the 1952 waterfowl season, including hunter success, pre-season conditions, and hunting conditions.
Note: There was no Fall turkey season in 1994. In 1995, eighty-two percent (3,430) of the licensees actually hunted, and averaged about 4.7 days of hunting effort. Hunters harvested an estimated 1,194 turkeys. Hunter success was 35 percent. Hunter satisfaction is used in the evaluation of turkey management. For the 1995 Fall season, most (82%) hunters reported their hunting as satisfactory, while 18% rated their fall turkey hunting as "poor".
Report on surveys of waterfowl hunting conditions on the opening day and following Sunday of the 1947 season.
Results of survey of waterfowl hunters contacted after the 2007 hunting seasons to estimate hunting activity and determine opinions and satisfaction with hunting regulations.
A survey was completed to determine the number of people hunting and trapping bobcats in Michigan, the number of days spent afield (effort), and the number of bobcats registered.
Michigan has experienced a decline in hunting participation since the 1990s. Data suggest that the primary experience for recruiting new hunters has shifted from small game to deer hunting, and that in Michigan overall hunter retention is strongly determined by deer hunting. While the proportion of Michigan youth that hunt deer has remained stable, the proportion of young adults that hunt deer is declining. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) contracted DJ Case & Associates (DJ Case) to conduct focus group and survey research to better understand young adult male hunters and female hunters of any ageâto see if changes in hunting regulations could increase growth and/or retention among these key groups.
Study incorporating a survey of bear hunters to determine hunter success, days afield, hunter satisfaction and hunter interference within portions of the Red Oak Bear Management Unit during the 2012 hunting season.
Results of a survey of bear hunters conducted following the 1996 hunting season to determine hunter participation, hunting methods, bear harvest, and hunter satisfaction.
Study incorporating a survey of bear hunters to determine hunter success, days afield, hunter satisfaction and hunter interference within portions of the Red Oak Bear Management Unit during the 2010 hunting season.
Results of a survey of bear hunters conducted following the 2013 hunting season to determine hunter participation, hunting methods, bear harvest, and hunter satisfaction.
A survey of bear hunters was conducted following the 2000 hunting season to determine hunter participation, hunting methods, bear harvest, and hunter satisfaction.
Waterfowl hunters who hunted on Managed Waterfowl Hunt Areas (MWHAs) in 2014 hunting seasons were contacted to determine their opinions and satisfaction with hunting regulations.
In 1992, eighty-six percent (14,975) of the licensees actually hunted, and averaged about 4 days of hunting effort. Hunters harvested an estimated 5,805 turkeys, 16 percent more than in 1991. Hunter success decreased from 44 to 39 percent. Hunter satisfaction is used in the evaluation of turkey management. For the 1992 fall season, most (75%) hunters reported their hunting as satisfactory, while 25% rated their fall turkey hunting as "poor".
Results of a survey of waterfowl hunters was contacted after the 2011 hunting seasons to estimate hunting activity and determine opinions and satisfaction with hunting regulations.
A survey of bear hunters was conducted following the 2002 hunting season to determine hunter participation, hunting methods, bear harvest, and hunter satisfaction..
Report on the results and findings of a pheasant post card poll of 3,000 small game licensees.
A sample of waterfowl hunters was contacted after the 2014 hunting seasons to estimate hunting activity and determine opinions and satisfaction with hunting regulations.
