Survey Findings: Comparative Levels of Agreement Among the New York Hunting Community
Questions* asked of NY hunters (as represented in the graph):
* question 5 is omitted from these results as it had more than 2 choices and was not directly comparable with questions 1-4 and 6-10.
102 NY hunters completed a web-based survey of 10 questions to evaluate the level of consensus and divide among the sporting community on different initiatives. The last two respondents were omitted from the data because the sample target was 100; click to enlarge figure 1, at right.
The response from the sporting community was overwhelming with the 100 responses needed to complete the survey being collected well within 48 hours.
The survey was placed on a NY forum, 4 NY hunting groups, a NY hunting page, and distributed through email. The potential exposure for the survey being approximately 17,000 NY hunters. This survey was NOT shared with any pages associated with or run by NY Dove Hunting. (The membership of NY Dove Hunting will be offered a separate, more detailed survey to obtain more specific insight.)
The survey contained 10 questions, 9 of which contained "yes" or "no" as answers. All 10 questions were mandatory for completion of the survey.
The responses were graphed by measuring the level of division/ agreement by finding the difference between the number of responses and 50. For example, 67 hunters indicated they would participate in a legal dove hunting season and 33 said they would not. 67-50=17 or 50-33=17. So the value for question 2 was 17. The number 50 is significant because it represent half of the hunters surveyed; a 50:50 (50 yes:50 no) split shows the greatest division among hunters.
The response from the sporting community was overwhelming with the 100 responses needed to complete the survey being collected well within 48 hours.
The survey was placed on a NY forum, 4 NY hunting groups, a NY hunting page, and distributed through email. The potential exposure for the survey being approximately 17,000 NY hunters. This survey was NOT shared with any pages associated with or run by NY Dove Hunting. (The membership of NY Dove Hunting will be offered a separate, more detailed survey to obtain more specific insight.)
The survey contained 10 questions, 9 of which contained "yes" or "no" as answers. All 10 questions were mandatory for completion of the survey.
The responses were graphed by measuring the level of division/ agreement by finding the difference between the number of responses and 50. For example, 67 hunters indicated they would participate in a legal dove hunting season and 33 said they would not. 67-50=17 or 50-33=17. So the value for question 2 was 17. The number 50 is significant because it represent half of the hunters surveyed; a 50:50 (50 yes:50 no) split shows the greatest division among hunters.
Summary: The most agreement existed about participation in a mourning dove hunting season in which 67% of the hunters surveyed would hunt doves. 33% would not participate in a dove hunting season. The largest division among hunters surveyed was regarding full inclusion of crossbows into the archery season followed by a 1 buck season limit.
In question 7 respondents were asked if they hunt coyotes and 63% indicated that they did, while in question 2; 67% indicated that they would participate in a dove hunting season. According to SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, there are about 25,000 coyotes in New York. There are 10 million mourning doves in New York state, according to Cornell University.
46% of those surveyed do not believe that contacting state lawmakers is essential to legalizing a mourning dove hunting season in NY; we apparently have not yet convinced a sufficient number of sportsmen and women outside of the NY Dove Hunting community about the importance of contacting state lawmakers about their desire to hunt doves in NY State. We ask everyone to step up the effort to communicate with lawmakers and educate other sportsmen and women about the importance of being persistent in contacting members of the NY state senate and assembly.
To view all the question results: CLICK HERE.
In question 7 respondents were asked if they hunt coyotes and 63% indicated that they did, while in question 2; 67% indicated that they would participate in a dove hunting season. According to SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, there are about 25,000 coyotes in New York. There are 10 million mourning doves in New York state, according to Cornell University.
46% of those surveyed do not believe that contacting state lawmakers is essential to legalizing a mourning dove hunting season in NY; we apparently have not yet convinced a sufficient number of sportsmen and women outside of the NY Dove Hunting community about the importance of contacting state lawmakers about their desire to hunt doves in NY State. We ask everyone to step up the effort to communicate with lawmakers and educate other sportsmen and women about the importance of being persistent in contacting members of the NY state senate and assembly.
To view all the question results: CLICK HERE.