Waterfowl Hunter Survey Closes tonight

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Originally Posted by Lreynolds

Consequently, if we tried to estimate hunter activity and harvest from the open-web survey, we would badly over-estimate because of a non-randomness and lack of representativeness in the sample. One of our primary scientific contributions to date is showing that despite the respondents being very different, the open-web and random mail-out surveys gave almost identical results for questions on satisfaction, preference for regulatory actions, and attitudes toward management activities.

I'll just leave this here. Seems to me like there is a reason the "most dedicated hunters" like Nick aren't the sole target of the surveys, because it would result in overshooting.

Hmmmmm, interesting that there isn't much difference between the open-web (which Larry tells us the dedicated hunters typically take) and the mail-out surveys (which are completely random). So either the only hunters completing the mail-out surveys are dedicated hunters, or the 4-10 dayers know more than people want to admit.

So if the opinions have been almost identical, then what the hell is everyone's problem?