Ptarmigan hunting restrictions: Effects on hunters’ opinions and harvest
ABSTRACT In Norway, willow ( Lagopus lagopus ) and rock ptarmigan ( Lagopus muta ) populations and harvests have declined during the last few decades, and the 2 species are considered as near threatened on the Norwegian Red List. The Norwegian State‐Owned Land and Forest Enterprise (Statskog) is a m...
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crwiley:10.1002/jwmg.21302 2024-06-02T08:10:00+00:00 Ptarmigan hunting restrictions: Effects on hunters’ opinions and harvest Breisjøberget, Jo Inge Storaas, Torstein Odden, Morten 2017 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.21302 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fjwmg.21302 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/jwmg.21302 en eng Wiley http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ The Journal of Wildlife Management volume 81, issue 7, page 1179-1186 ISSN 0022-541X 1937-2817 journal-article 2017 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.21302 2024-05-03T11:48:45Z ABSTRACT In Norway, willow ( Lagopus lagopus ) and rock ptarmigan ( Lagopus muta ) populations and harvests have declined during the last few decades, and the 2 species are considered as near threatened on the Norwegian Red List. The Norwegian State‐Owned Land and Forest Enterprise (Statskog) is a main provider of ptarmigan hunting on public lands, and has recently introduced harvest restrictions in Nordland County. We investigated the relationship between hunters’ opinions and the effects of restrictions on hunters and ptarmigan harvest using online structured questionnaires (2012, n = 570) and bag reports (2009–2011, n = 8,795). A majority of hunters (66%) supported harvest restrictions, and 89% were willing to shoot fewer birds to increase population size. However, opinions towards specific management alternatives were more negative and disparate. Residency of the hunters (local or non‐resident) was the most influential factor on hunter opinions, and this reflected a tendency to approve of restrictions with the smallest effect on their own hunting practice. Our study indicates that access and the opportunity to hunt are more important to hunters than bag size. Daily and annual hunting bags were small, averaging 1.7 and 5.8 ptarmigan, respectively, and the daily bag limit of 4 birds was reached during 5.8% of hunting days. A harvest reduction of 50% implied a daily bag limit of 1 bird and a seasonal bag of 4, which were lower than what hunters found as acceptable. Hence, although hunter opinions may provide useful guidelines for the development of management practices, their opinions need to be evaluated for the actual effects they may have on the game populations. © 2017 The Authors. Journal of Wildlife Management Published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Article in Journal/Newspaper Lagopus muta Nordland Nordland rock ptarmigan Nordland Wiley Online Library Norway The Journal of Wildlife Management 81 7 1179 1186 |
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ABSTRACT In Norway, willow ( Lagopus lagopus ) and rock ptarmigan ( Lagopus muta ) populations and harvests have declined during the last few decades, and the 2 species are considered as near threatened on the Norwegian Red List. The Norwegian State‐Owned Land and Forest Enterprise (Statskog) is a main provider of ptarmigan hunting on public lands, and has recently introduced harvest restrictions in Nordland County. We investigated the relationship between hunters’ opinions and the effects of restrictions on hunters and ptarmigan harvest using online structured questionnaires (2012, n = 570) and bag reports (2009–2011, n = 8,795). A majority of hunters (66%) supported harvest restrictions, and 89% were willing to shoot fewer birds to increase population size. However, opinions towards specific management alternatives were more negative and disparate. Residency of the hunters (local or non‐resident) was the most influential factor on hunter opinions, and this reflected a tendency to approve of restrictions with the smallest effect on their own hunting practice. Our study indicates that access and the opportunity to hunt are more important to hunters than bag size. Daily and annual hunting bags were small, averaging 1.7 and 5.8 ptarmigan, respectively, and the daily bag limit of 4 birds was reached during 5.8% of hunting days. A harvest reduction of 50% implied a daily bag limit of 1 bird and a seasonal bag of 4, which were lower than what hunters found as acceptable. Hence, although hunter opinions may provide useful guidelines for the development of management practices, their opinions need to be evaluated for the actual effects they may have on the game populations. © 2017 The Authors. Journal of Wildlife Management Published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. |
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Ptarmigan hunting restrictions: Effects on hunters’ opinions and harvest |
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Ptarmigan hunting restrictions: Effects on hunters’ opinions and harvest |
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