Factors affecting harvest-reporting rates for white-tailed deer

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 974-980

  Kilpatrick, Howard J ^a,b,c,d   LaBonte, Andrew M ^a,b,d   Barclay, John S ^b  

^a Leaking Underground Storage Tank Program   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c Connecticut Wildlife Division ^*  (United States)

^d Wildlife Society   (United States)

Author keywords

Archery kill report cards; Harvest incentives; Harvest reporting rates; Odocoileus virginianus; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

DEER; HARVESTING; HUNTING; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS SP.; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 30344450401     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2005)33[974:FAHRFW]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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