Background Home food procurement (HFP)(ie gardening, fishing, foraging, hunting,
backyard livestock and canning) have historically been important ways that people obtain …

Natural resource management agencies in many countries take advantage of recreational
hunting to manage the impacts or abundance of mammal populations that damage …

This investigation considers the participation of children, adolescents and young adults in
nature-based recreation. We draw upon the recreation narratives of forty-seven adult …

Continuous urbanization and associated political influences of urbanites on rural activities
stress a need for understanding urban attitudes toward use of natural resources. Our …

Hunting, an activity conceptualized as part of wildlife management partnership between the
state, landowners and hunting communities, is increasingly challenged by a decreasing …

Hunting is increasingly seen as a management strategy in regulating large carnivore
populations and reducing conflicts with human interests. A central theme in the carnivore …

Modern hunting is an ambivalent practice, torn between leisure and labor. Nowhere are
these conflicting dimensions better manifested than for wild boar—a simultaneous game …

ABSTRACT In both North America and Europe, deer populations are increasing and hunter
participation is decreasing. This generates concern for our future ability to control deer …

Like specialization, identity offers a way for differentiating and understanding recreationists
and for gaining insight into the question of participant progression in an activity. We …

Due to the steady decline of duck hunter participation, several studies have investigated
means to bolster the duck hunter population. Researchers and wildlife professionals have …