ALABAMA HUNTER HARVEST ANNUAL REPORT This study was conducted for the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources by Responsive Management 2019-2020 ALABAMA HUNTER HARVEST 2019-2020 2020 Responsive Management National Office Mark Damian Duda, Executive Director Martin Jones, Senior Research Associate Tom Beppler, Senior Research Associate Steven J. Bissell, Ph.D., Qualitative Research Associate Amanda Center, Research Associate Andrea Criscione, Senior Research Associate Patrick Doherty, Research Associate Gregory L. Hughes, P.E., Research Associate Caroline Gerken, Survey Center Manager Alison Lanier, Business Manager 130 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, VA 22801 540/432-1888 E-mail:
[email protected] www.responsivemanagement.com Acknowledgments Responsive Management would like to thank Amy Silvano of the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources for her input, support, and guidance on this project. Alabama Hunter Harvest 2019-2020 i EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Responsive Management conducted this survey for the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (hereinafter referred to as the Department) to determine hunters’ participation in hunting various species, their harvest, their use of game check methods, and other characteristics of their hunting in Alabama in 2019-2020. This follows similar surveys conducted by Responsive Management regarding the 2017-2018 hunting season and 2018-2019 hunting season. The study entailed a scientific, probability-based telephone survey of licensed Alabama hunters. Telephones were selected as the preferred sampling mode. The primary reason is that past experience on harvest surveys by Responsive Management has shown that license holders who do not actively participate in hunting or who do not successfully harvest an animal are more likely to respond to a telephone survey than to a mail or online survey, as there is more effort involved in responding via mail or online.