@article{Kerr:165845,
      recid = {165845},
      author = {Kerr, Geoffrey N. and Abell, Walter L.},
      title = {Hunting for optimality: preferences for Sika deer hunting  experiences},
      address = {2014},
      number = {425-2016-27205},
      pages = {16},
      year = {2014},
      abstract = {Introduced ungulate game animals are managed as pests on  New Zealand public lands. Open access recreational hunting  and commercial harvests have resulted in negative  externalities as individuals and groups with competing  interests have sought to maximise their own benefits. The  revocation of pest status for these species in the Game  Animal Council Act 2013 and the possibility of managing  herds of special interest have brought into focus the lack  of information on recreational hunter motivations, resource  use, harvests and satisfactions. Recreational hunters were  surveyed each month for a year about these matters, and  participated in a choice experiment to identify  characteristics of preferred hunts for Sika deer. The  choice experiment used travel distance as the numeraire of  value to overcome resistance to the commodification of  recreational hunting, using an adaptive pivot design to  address the wide variance in distances travelled. The study  identified significant non-market benefits of recreational  hunting. Hunters were highly heterogeneous, both in their  hunting behaviours and preferences, which has important  implications for management. Spatial and temporal  separation of different types of hunters, as well as  management of harvest and activity levels provide  opportunities for significantly enhancing the value of  recreational hunting.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/165845},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.165845},
}