Using Different Migratory Game Bird Hunter Types to Explore Drivers of Support for Hunter Recruitment, Retention, and Reactivation Policies in North Carolina, USA

Policies designed to retain, recruit, and reactivate hunters have been developed stimulate a range of motivations, although knowledge which hunter types are more driven by various motivations remains deficient. To help fill this gap, we use survey responses from two migratory bird in North Carolina as case study better understand attitudes towards motivational drivers support for/opposition against the Sunday hunting birds. The results indicate that for legalization waterfowl was importance including many weekends possible each season, beliefs about increasing youth participation, potential economic benefits, whereas opposition providing time rest pressure. Opposition webless belief may harm populations. These findings provide agencies with an understanding differences hunters’ encourage inclusion both social ecological when designing recruitment, retention, reactivation policies.