Confidence, community &amp; conservation: Exploring the relationship between self-efficacy and experience in female hunters

Smith, Ada P.; Metcalf, Elizabeth Covelli; Nesbitt, Holly K.; Leonard, Hannah J.; Cummins, Tina M.; Metcalf, Alexander L.; Graefe, Alan R.

doi:10.1016/j.jort.2022.100568

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“…Women's lower participation trends can be attributed to many factors, including more traditional barriers such as a lack of time, lack of appropriate equipment, inadequate hunting areas, and not being able to afford to hunt (Metcalf et al 2015), and barriers specific to women such as gender differences in attitudes, knowledge, and behavior toward wildlife (McFarlane et al 2003) and socialization into hunting (Adams and Steen 1997, Stedman and Heberlein 2001). Women's lower participation in hunting may also be due to a lack of confidence in skills and a lack of social support, which are linked to female hunters' feelings of self‐efficacy (Smith et al 2022). The importance of women in hunting has been well documented (McFarlane et al 2003, Smith et al 2022).…”

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“…Women's lower participation in hunting may also be due to a lack of confidence in skills and a lack of social support, which are linked to female hunters' feelings of self‐efficacy (Smith et al 2022). The importance of women in hunting has been well documented (McFarlane et al 2003, Smith et al 2022). We join others in calling for more research into constraints to women's participation in hunting, particularly women's constraints to waterfowl hunting.…”

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Exploring the population dynamics of waterfowl hunters using a mark‐recapture approach

Graham,

Vrtiska,

Humburg

et al. 2024

J Wildl Manag

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The number of waterfowl hunters in the United States has declined since the 1980s despite relatively abundant waterfowl populations and liberal hunting regulations. Programs focused on recruiting, retaining, and reactivating (R3) waterfowl hunters have become important to avoid further losses in traditional revenue for habitat management and protection and political support for waterfowl conservation and management. We focus on 4 waterfowl hunter population vital rates (i.e., recruitment rate, retention probability, license purchase probability, realized population growth rate), which can be used to improve the effectiveness of waterfowl hunter R3 activities and initiatives by providing a deeper understanding of waterfowl hunter population dynamics to determine who programs should target, where programs should be targeted, and finally the evaluation of programs. To do so, we analyzed Nebraska state electronic license data from 2012–2019 using Pradel survival and recruitment models in a mark‐recapture framework. Female waterfowl hunter recruitment was higher than males; however, retention and license purchase probabilities were lower. Recruitment was highest in younger generations and retention highest in older generations. License purchase probabilities were highest among those in the oldest and youngest generations. The availability of hunting opportunity increased license purchase probabilities but had a minimal influence on retention and no association with recruitment. There were weak relationships between rurality and recruitment, and retention and license purchase probabilities. Finally, belonging to Ducks Unlimited was positively associated with higher license purchase and retention probabilities. Targeting an increase in license purchase probability by promoting social support for hunters through conservation organization membership should be a focus of waterfowl hunter R3 efforts to have the greatest influence on increasing waterfowl hunter participation.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Exploring the population dynamics of waterfowl hunters using a mark‐recapture approach

Graham,

Vrtiska,

Humburg

et al. 2024

J Wildl Manag

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“…This thesis sets itself apart as it has focused on otherwise underrepresented groups both in hunting and qualitative research, such as female hunters (Smith et al 2022) and young hunters (Tickle et al 2022), stepping away from the archetypical experienced of senior hunters who tend to be the subject of other qualitative research. This allows for a more comprehensive picture of developing demographics in hunting.…”

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Past echoes and modern pressures : on the changing ethics of modern hunting in Sweden

Tickle¹

2023

Acta Universitatis Agriculturae Sueciae

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What do hunters consider an ethical hunt? Ethics are a central part of hunting as it concerns the killing of wildlife. Modern developments are exerting pressures on hunting affecting its practice and ethics. Normative ideals, such as animal welfare and sustainability, are growing in signi-ficance and questioning the legitimacy of hunting, pushing the question of ethical conduct. This research explores how modern developments shape contemporary hunting ethics and examines hunters’ concerns about the emerging dilemmas from various pressures affecting hunting. Exploring the prescriptions that hunters voice in relation to these developments reveals broader ethics and values held by hunters beyond communicated principles of ‘fair chase’ and ‘quick kill’. An applied ethics approach is taken, utilizing qualitative empirical data to analyse hunters’ perceptions of their own and other hunters’ ethical conduct in the face of modern developments, specifically technological innovation, commercialisation, demographic change and centralisation. The thesis thus sheds light on how hunters accommodate, reflect on, or resist these developments, providing insight into held values among hunters and their relationship with wildlife. Each of these developments are investigated, focusing on ethical issues and the emergence of dilemmas for hunters involving trade-offs between moral principles around fair chase, animal welfare and ecology. Results show that these developments affect how hunting is and should be practiced, causing tensions between different values and perspectives on the purpose of hunting and its continued role in society. The research concludes that ethical principles alone are not enough to guide modern hunters and that the hunting process, which is essential to ethical conduct and experience, is being compromised by modern pressures. Finally, three elements of hunting consisting of effort, knowledge, and purpose, are proposed as a complement to ethical principles to buffer against modern pressures and guide hunters towards an ethical hunting process.

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Perceived constraints to participating in wildlife-related recreation

Cole,

Wilkins,

Clements

et al. 2024

Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism

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Confidence, community & conservation: Exploring the relationship between self-efficacy and experience in female hunters

Cited by 6 publications

References 47 publications

Exploring the population dynamics of waterfowl hunters using a mark‐recapture approach

Exploring the population dynamics of waterfowl hunters using a mark‐recapture approach

Past echoes and modern pressures : on the changing ethics of modern hunting in Sweden

Perceived constraints to participating in wildlife-related recreation

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