Illegal waterfowl hunting in the Mississippi Flyway and recommendations for alleviation / by Brian Thomas Gray.
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TextSeries: Thesis. (Ph.D.)Publication details: Mississippi State, MS : Mississippi State University, 1992.Description: xvi, 248 leaves ; 28 cmOnline resources: Abstract: In 1989, a study was initiated to estimate illegal waterfowl hunting and harvest in the Mississippi flyway, and determine characteristics of illegal waterfowl hunters in order to make recommendations for alleviating the problem. A mail survey was designed and administered to gather data. In spring 1989, a pilot study was conducted to evaluate the feasibility of using a mail survey. State waterfowl stamp purchasers (n=710) and known violators of waterfowl regulations (n=354) from 8 states were sampled. Known violators were sampled clandestinely to validate the truthfulness of their responses about illegal hunting and thereby indirectly estimate the truthfulness of stamp purchasers.Overall, response rate to the pilot survey was 76%, and 69% of the known violators were truthful about their past illicit hunting behavior.Therefore, 8,220 stamp purchasers and 1,465 known violators from 12 of 14 Mississippi flyway states were surveyed in 1990, following the waterfowl hunting season.
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Thesis(Ph.D.)--Mississippi State University, 1992.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 184-190)
In 1989, a study was initiated to estimate illegal waterfowl hunting and harvest in the Mississippi flyway, and determine characteristics of illegal waterfowl hunters in order to make recommendations for alleviating the problem. A mail survey was designed and administered to gather data. In spring 1989, a pilot study was conducted to evaluate the feasibility of using a mail survey. State waterfowl stamp purchasers (n=710) and known violators of waterfowl regulations (n=354) from 8 states were sampled. Known violators were sampled clandestinely to validate the truthfulness of their responses about illegal hunting and thereby indirectly estimate the truthfulness of stamp purchasers.Overall, response rate to the pilot survey was 76%, and 69% of the known violators were truthful about their past illicit hunting behavior.Therefore, 8,220 stamp purchasers and 1,465 known violators from 12 of 14 Mississippi flyway states were surveyed in 1990, following the waterfowl hunting season.