Internet Use by Illinois Hunters: Ten Years After

摘要

Recruitment, often defined by the creation of new members, is necessary to preserve a population and a species. In the case of hunter recruitment, state wildlife agencies are concerned with increasing the accessibility of information to interested stakeholders-in this case the younger generation-who may rely on technology for gathering information (Bennett, Maton, & Kervin, 2008; Tapscott, 1998). We compared demographic data from the 2000-2001 Illinois hunter harvest survey (n = 2,142, response rate = 74%; see Miller, 2003) to the 2010-2011 Illinois hunter harvest survey (n = 1,628, response rate = 56%; see Alessi, Campbell, & Miller, 2011). Both surveys included questions on Internet use. We conducted Chi-square analyses and measured effect sizes using Cramer's V (Vaske, 2008). We also compared mean age of hunters using independent samples Mests and measured effect sizes using Cohen's d (Vaske, 2008).