1. Zurijanne Kelley; Shawn Riley; Susan Stout (USFS) Hunter Participation in Multi-landowner Cooperatives: Kinzua Quality Deer Cooperative

2. o Michigan State University o Bradley Fund for the Environment- Sand County Foundation o USDA- Forest Service Northern Research Station o Safari Club International- Michigan Involvement Committee

3. o Establishment of the KQDC o Where is the KQDC? o Participation in antlerless deer hunting o Questionnaire administration o Summary Stats o Structural Equation Model o Limitations, Conclusions, & Implications

10. Motivation Future willingness to participate in hunting

11. Motivation Future willingness to participate in hunting Satisfaction with hunting experience

12. Motivation Future willingness to participate in hunting Constraints Satisfaction with hunting experience

13. Motivation Future willingness to participate in hunting Constraints Satisfaction with hunting experience

14. Motivation Future willingness to participate in antlerless hunting Constraints Satisfaction with hunting experience

15. o Personal interviews to develop survey questions n=25

16. o Past, Recent and Continuous Hunters- stratified sample

17. o Personal interviews to develop survey questions n=25 o Past, Recent and Continuous Hunters- stratified sample o Mail back questionnaire administered in Spring 2014

18. o Personal interviews to develop survey questions n=25 o Past, Recent and Continuous Hunters- stratified sample o Mail back questionnaire administered in Spring 2014 o Exploratory Factor Analysis o Structural Equation Modeling

19. o n=489 ( 51% response rate) o Average age 56 years with 40 years hunting experience o 65% hunted KQDC in 2013: Past hunters (n=40), Recent hunters(n=180), Continuous hunters (n=95). o Future participation mean=3.89 (n=488) o Satisfaction with hunting experience mean=2.75 (n=464)

21. Exploratory o Motivations o Cooperative-KQDC o Goal o Nostalgic o Constraints o Personal o Opportunity-KQDC o No knowledge o Monetary

22. Percentage of KQDC hunters motivations and likelihood of future participation based on 2013 harvest success n=256. None (n = 15) Goal- Orient. (n=90) Nostalgic (n=10) 2+ Motivations (n=141) Killed a deer ->NoYesNoYesNoYesNoYes Participation No 28317 Maybe 41933103 Yes 724119648337 Total 132682212510040

23. Exploratory o Motivations o Cooperative-KQDC o Goal o Nostalgic o Constraints o Personal o Opportunity-KQDC o No knowledge o Monetary Confirmatory o Motivation o Altruistic-KQDC o Extrinsic-KQDC o Constraints o Situational No opportunity-KQDC No connection-KQDC o Personal Monetary No control

25. o Hunters are willing to hunt on the KQDC in the future which allows for continued engagement

26. o Hunters perceive situational (KQDC) constraints which can inform habitat management in the future

27. o Hunters are willing to hunt on the KQDC in the future which allows for continued engagement o Hunters perceive situational (KQDC) constraints which can inform habitat management in the future o Future participation does differ based on harvest success

28. o Hunters are willing to hunt on the KQDC in the future which allows for continued engagement o Hunters perceive situational (KQDC) constraints which can inform habitat management in the future o Future participation does differ based on harvest success o Hunters have a sense of place, and aren’t different from traditional hunters which means they are willing to hunt on the KQDC in the future

29. Ms. Zuri Kelley kelleyzu@msu.edu Happy hunting!