Effects of bag limits on bobwhite hunters and harvest

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1095-1103

  Guthery, Fred S ^a   Crews, Andrea K ^b   Lusk, Jeffrey J ^a   Chapman, Robert N ^c   Sams, Mike ^b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OK Dept of Wildlife Conservation   (United States)

^c MO Dept of Wildlife Conservation   (United States)

Author keywords

Bag limits; Colinus virginianus; Harvest regulations; Hunter efficiency; Missouri; Northern bobwhite; Oklahoma

Indexed keywords

GAMEBIRD; HUNTING; REGULATORY APPROACH; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

NORTH AMERICA; OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AVES; COLINUS; COLINUS VIRGINIANUS; PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 12144249833     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2004)068[1095:EOBLOB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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