completed, post results when u get done. Welcome to Saltycajun.com also !!

Done as well. Our 50,000 members at Delta Waterfowl are big fans of predator management. We have been doing it successfully for 17 years. Let us know the results.

Will do ! In the past 2 days people have submitted over 300 submitted surveys so it might take me a little while to go through them all and pool the data, but I'll share my results as soon as I'm done !

Hope my participation helps you.

Done

done

Done

I'd just like to say thanks to anyone that's completed the survey & since I've got almost 500 surveys filled out so far, I'll be closing the survey tomorrow morning and will results posted sometime next week !

So, 531 people took the survey for me, which is awesome ! But it gave me ridiculous amounts of data to go through which is why this took me forever. I’m also on spring break, soooo I haven’t been working on homework all that much these last 2 weeks. Sorry !

Ohkay,
so this is pretty much most of the results that matter and I could do without using the statistical software that’s only available to me at my school. But if you guys want to know anything else just ask !

95.6% say they are for predator control
4.8% say they are against predator control


Views on predator control by age group:
Ages 14-20, 90% were for predator control, 5% were against, and 5% were undecided
Ages 21-30, 94% were for predator control, 6% were against, and 0% were undecided
Ages 31-40, 95% were for predator control, 4% were against, and 1% was undecided
Ages 41-50, 94% were for predator control, 3% were against, and 3% were undecided
Ages 51-60, 96% were for predator control, 4% were against, and 0% were undecided
Ages 61-70, 92% were for predator control, 8% were against, and 0% were undecided
Ages 71-80, 100% were for predator control, 0% were against, and 0% were undecided


Species Hunted:
75% Hunted/Trapped Large/Small Mammals
29% Hunted Waterfowl
39% Hunted/Trapped other predators
50% Hunted Coyotes


66% have experienced problems with coyotes
34.2% haven’t experienced problems with coyotes


79.1% live in an area with a high population of coyotes
21.4% do not live in an area with a high population of coyotes


Pros of Having Coyotes:
1. 18% say they effect game populations in a positive way (they have a vital part ni the ecosystem and they prey upon the sick/weak animals)
6% say they clean up the carcasses that are left behind
16% say they help control varmint populations
1% say they can sell pelts

Cons of Having Coyotes:
6% say they spread disease
55% say they effect game populations in a negative way (they prey upon game so frequently that they lower their populations to low levels)
23% say they kill off too many fawns and young animals
29% say they are a danger to personal homes, pets, or livestock
7% say their populations are too high
51% say there are no pros about having coyotes


Additional Comments:
18% say we should just kill them all
4% say we should just let coyote populations be and have nature control it
13% say what is currently being done to control coyote populations is good enough
64% say that more control is needed

Percent of people in support of predator control by state
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Views of people on the issue in accordance to their knowledge of the subject
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Thanks for the update.

Michele, did you post the survey on any sites that were not outdoor sites?

Dang, I messed the survey!!!!!!!!! It seems that I have fallen out of the loop...lol

Interesting results, I guess that 29% waterfowl hunters was the Salty Cajun crew.

Nope, I just posted results on the sites that I posted the link to the survey. But, the next part of my project is to create a public awareness campaign and I might post some of my findings on there.

Do you have a breakdown of respondents by state? I think that would be interesting to see also.

+1

Yup

Some states I didn't have very many responses, but some had a lot !

AL 11
AR 40
AZ 6
AK 3
Canada 4
CA 4
GO 11
CT 16
DE 2
FL 5
GA 56
IA 4
ID 5
IL 8
IN 6
KS 12
KY 7
LA 64
MA 30
MD 8
ME 49
MI 9
MN 6
MO 14
MS 21
MT 4
NC 4
ND 8
NE 28
NH 25
NJ 4
NM 8
NV 3
NY 52
OH 24
OK 10
OR 2
PA 82
RI 1
SC 6
SD 9
TN 9
TX 65
UT 22
VA 2
VT 16
WA 1
WI 6
WV 7
WY 8

wow! very nice presentation

I think JChief was asking if you posted the survey on any other sites, not the results. May be kinda biased if it was only hunters getting asked

Ohhhh ! Ohkay. I only posted on hunting & trapping forums, but that's because I'm only trying to get the point of view from hunters and trappers. The study isn't about the general public, it's about a particular audience.

Looks like that audience knows what they want:)