Date of Award:
5-1962
Document Type:
Thesis
Degree Name:
Master of Science (MS)
Department:
Wildland Resources
Department name when degree awarded
Wildlife Biology
Committee Chair(s)
Jessop B. Low
Committee
Jessop B. Low
Committee
William F. Sigler
Abstract
In 1960 there were 1,955, 000 waterfowl hunters in the United States. These hunters spent $89,431, 000 (an average of $45.74 per individual) and 15,158, 000 hunter days in the field. The hunting population will increase 35 percent by 1975 (Anonymous, 1960).
The large increase in hunters will bring a proportional increase in the demand for places to hunt. Many states face the problem of providing enough public hunting for such an army of sportsmen. Studies by Kozlik (1958) in California, Gordinier (1957) and Friley (1959) in Michigan, and Bednarik (1957, 1961) in Ohio point out some of the problems involved in the management of areas where the demand for hunting exceeds the supply. Utah, at present, is not faced with this problem, although it could be in a few years. Nelson (1951) reports that, by 1950, the number of hunters using public waterfowl hunting areas in Utah had tripled since 1941.
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Recommended Citation
Goddard, Stephen V., "Factors Affecting the Waterfowl Hunter Utilization and the Waterfowl Kill at the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, 1960-61" (1962). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023. 343.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/343
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