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2017 WYOMING ELK HUNTER SURVEY

Completing the survey online (elk) significantly reduces survey costs. To complete the survey online, please use the 8-digit password on the back of this survey.

If you have questions about the survey or prefer to complete it over the phone, please contact Becca Cevilla at 1-800-216-0477 or e-mail: wyhunter@.

Please complete this survey after you have finished hunting or decided not to hunt Elk for the 2017 season.

Q1 Did you hunt Elk in Wyoming during the 2017 season? (Check one box)

Yes

No (If you did not hunt Elk in the 2017 season,

check "No" and go to end of survey)

Q2 How many different days did you hunt Elk in Wyoming during the 2017 season? Please indicate the number of days you hunted with a firearm and the number of days you hunted with archery equipment. (Note: Count each partial day of hunting as 1 day of Elk hunting) (Enter number in space below)

Number of different days hunted with a firearm (If you did not hunt with a firearm during the 2017 season, enter "0")

Number of different days hunted with archery equipment (If you did not hunt with archery equipment during the 2017 season, enter "0" and skip to Q4)

Q3 If you hunted with archery equipment, how many different days did you hunt with archery equipment during the archery-only and gun seasons? (Note: Count each partial day of hunting as 1 day of Elk hunting) (Enter number in space below)

Number of different days hunted with archery equipment during the archery-only season

Number of different days hunted with archery equipment during the gun season

Q4 How satisfied were you with the overall quality of your Elk hunt in Wyoming during the 2017 season? (Check one box)

Very Satisfied

Satisfied

Neutral

Dissatisfied

Very Dissatisfied

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Q5 How many full price Elk licenses did you hold for 2017? (Reminder: full price means a General or a Limited Quota Type 1, 2, 4, 5, or 9 regular, youth, pioneer or landowner Elk license)

None (Skip to Q6)

One

Two

Three

Q5a Fill in the table below for each full price license you held. If you held a general license, check "General" and indicate whether you hunted with this license. If you held a limited quota license, enter the Hunt Area, License Type, and whether you hunted with this license. (License information can be found on your license or the green

sheet included with your survey)

Type of Full Price License(s) Held

Did you hunt with this license?

1st full price license

General OR Hunt Area:

License Type:

(1,2,4,5 or 9)

Yes

No

2nd full price license (Type 4 or 5)

Hunt Area:

License Type:

(4 or 5)

Yes

No

3rd full price license (Type 4 or 5)

Hunt Area:

License Type:

(4 or 5)

Yes

No

Q5b

1st Full Price License (General or Type 1, 2, 4, 5, 9)

For your General or 1st Type 1, 2, 4, 5 or 9 license, please fill in the table below for up to 3 Hunt Areas where you hunted with this license, even if you did not harvest an Elk with this license. If you also held a 2nd or 3rd Type 4 or 5 full price Elk license, fill in the table for the Hunt Area you mainly hunted. (Your main hunt area is where you

harvested, or hunted most if you did not harvest)

Hunt Area(s) where you hunted*

(Hunt Area numbers range from 1 to 130)

Main Hunt Area hunted:

Number of different days hunted in this Hunt Area** (Enter number

below)

days

2nd Hunt Area

hunted:

days

3rd Hunt Area

hunted:

days

Did you harvest an Elk in this Hunt Area?

(Check one box)

Yes

No (Skip to 2nd

Hunt Area)

Yes

No (Skip to 3rd

Hunt Area)

Yes

No (Skip to 2nd

License)

Age/sex of Elk harvested in this Hunt Area

(A mature bull is any branch-antlered bull; a calf includes both male

and female calf) (Check one box)

Mature Bull Spike Bull

Adult Cow Calf Mature Bull Spike Bull

Adult Cow Calf Mature Bull Spike Bull

Adult Cow Calf

Method used to harvest this Elk (Check one box)

Firearm

Archery

Firearm

Archery

Firearm

Archery

Main Hunt Area hunted:

days

Yes

No (Skip to 3rd

License)

Mature Bull Spike Bull Adult Cow Calf

Firearm Archery

Main Hunt Area hunted:

days

Yes No (Skip to Q6)

Mature Bull Spike Bull Adult Cow Calf

Firearm Archery

3rd Full Price 2nd Full Price (Type 4 or 5) (Type 4 or 5)

*Note: Hunt Area map can be found on the back of the survey cover letter **Note: Please count each partial day of hunting as 1 day of Elk hunting

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Q6 How many Type 6, 7, or 8 cow/calf only Elk licenses did you hold for 2017? (Reminder: Includes all Type 6, 7, or 8 cow/calf Elk licenses, including Type 6, 7, or 8 reduced price youth and pioneer licenses)

None (Skip to Q7)

One

Two

Three

Q6a For each Type 6, 7, or 8 cow/calf only license you held, please write the Hunt Area, License Type, and indicate whether you hunted with this license. (License information can be found on your license or the green

sheet included with your survey)

Type of Cow/Calf Only License(s) Held

Did you hunt with this license?

1st cow/calf license Hunt Area:

License Type:

(Type 6, 7, or 8)

Yes

No

2nd cow/calf license Hunt Area:

License Type:

(Type 6, 7, or 8)

Yes

No

3rd cow/calf license Hunt Area:

License Type:

(Type 6, 7, or 8)

Yes

No

3rd Cow/Calf 2nd Cow/Calf 1st Cow/Calf License

Q6b For your first Type 6, 7, or 8 cow/calf only Elk license, please fill in the table below for up to 2 Hunt Areas you mainly hunted with this license, even if you did not harvest an Elk with this license. If you also held a 2nd or 3rd cow/calf only Elk license, fill in the table for the Hunt Area you mainly hunted. (Your main hunt area is where you

harvested, or hunted most if you did not harvest)

Hunt Area(s) where you hunted*

(Hunt Area

numbers range

from 1 to 130)

Number of different days hunted in this Hunt Area**

(Enter number

below)

Did you harvest an Elk in this Hunt Area?

(Check one box)

Age/sex of Elk harvested in this Hunt Area

(A calf includes both a

male and female calf)

(Check one box)

Method used to harvest this Elk

(Check one

box)

Main Hunt Area hunted:

2nd Hunt Area hunted:

Main Hunt Area hunted:

Main Hunt Area hunted:

days days days days

Yes No (Skip to 2nd

Hunt Area)

Yes No (Skip to 2nd

license)

Yes No (Skip to 3rd

license)

Yes No (Skip to Q7)

Adult Cow Calf

Adult Cow Calf

Adult Cow Calf

Adult Cow Calf

Firearm Archery Firearm Archery

Firearm Archery

Firearm Archery

*Note: Hunt Area map can be found on the back of the survey cover letter **Note: Please count each partial day of hunting as 1 day of Elk hunting

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AccessYes Program

In 1997, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department began the AccessYes Program to improve public hunting and

fishing access on private and land-locked public lands through the Walk-in Area and Hunter Management Area programs. Your responses to the following questions will help the Department improve this program to better serve hunters.

Q7 Did you hunt Elk on any of the AccessYes Walk-in Areas or Hunter Management Areas during the 2017 season? (Note: AccessYes Walk-in Areas are open to hunting without a permission slip.

Hunter Management Areas require a permission slip.)

Yes

No (Go to end of survey)

Don't know (Go to end of survey)

Q8 How many different days did you hunt Elk on AccessYes Walk-in Areas or Hunter Management Areas during the 2017 season? (Note: Count each partial day of hunting as 1 day of Elk hunting)(Enter number in space below; if no days, write 0)

Days hunted in Walk-in Areas

Days hunted in Hunter Management Areas

Q9 In how many different AccessYes Walk-in Areas or Hunter Management Areas did you hunt Elk during the 2017 season? (If no areas, write 0)

Different Walk-in Areas hunted

Different Hunter Management Areas hunted

Q10 Overall, how satisfied were you with the opportunity Wyoming Game and Fish provided through the AccessYes Walk-in Area and Hunter Management Area programs? (Check one box below)

Very Satisfied

Satisfied

Neutral

Dissatisfied

Very Dissatisfied

Q11 Please provide any additional comments about your experience while hunting on AccessYes Walk-in Areas and/or Hunter Management Areas:

Thank you for your help with this important survey!

(Note: Individual responses to survey questions are confidential and are only used for WGFD harvest reports.)

Comments: Feel free to attach a sheet of paper with any comments you would like to share with the Wyoming Game and Fish Department (WGFD). Please include the hunt area as well as the species hunted with your comments. Your comments along with your address will be sent directly to WGFD. Unless you include your name, phone number and/or email and say you want to be contacted, questions included as a comment will not be answered. Please report poaching violations by

calling 1-877-WGFD-TIP (1-877-943-3847). For hunting information requests, please contact the department at 1-307-777-4600.

Please return your completed survey in the enclosed, postage-paid envelope to: Wyoming Big Game Hunter Survey, c/o Tetra Tech, 6410 Enterprise Lane, Suite 300, Madison WI 53719

password:

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STATE TOTAL RESIDENT NONRESIDENT

NUMBER LICENSES ACTIVE

SOLD HUNTERS

70,593

56,505

58,022

45,139

12,571

11,366

TABLE I

ELK

HARVEST STATEWIDE

BY TOTAL HUNTERS

2017

BULL

SPIKE

HARVEST COW

CALF

TOTAL

RECREATION DAYS

TOTAL HUNTER SUCCESS

DAYS/ HARVEST

10,618

995

11,006

1,916

24,535

441,933

43.4%

18.0

7,790

841

8,561

1,548

18,740

375,527

41.5%

20.0

2,828

154

2,445

368

5,795

66,406

51.0%

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TABLE II

ELK

TEN-YEAR COMPARISON OF STATEWIDE HARVEST

2008?2017

YEAR

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

LICENSES SOLD RESIDENT NONRESIDENT

60,449 50,297 10,152

62,507 52,013 10,494

63,659 52,928 10,731

NUMBER ACTIVE HUNTERS RESIDENT NONRESIDENT

52,163 42,633 9,530

53,148 43,279 9,869

53,780 43,724 10,056

TOTAL HARVEST RESIDENT NONRESIDENT

20,941 16,471 4,470

22,971 18,195 4,776

25,672 20,437 5,235

BULL HARVEST RESIDENT NONRESIDENT

8,699 5,983 2,716

9,086 6,522 2,564

9,312 6,688 2,624

SPIKE HARVEST RESIDENT NONRESIDENT

1,500 1,261 239

1,739 1,431 308

1,683 1,407 276

COW HARVEST RESIDENT NONRESIDENT

8,819 7,629 1,190

10,099 8,486 1,613

12,270 10,328 1,942

CALF HARVEST RESIDENT NONRESIDENT

1,923 1,598 325

2,047 1,756 291

2,407 2,014 393

TOTAL RECREATION DAYS RESIDENT NONRESIDENT

395,534 334,361 61,173

412,185 349,622 62,563

429,413 363,875 65,538

DAYS/HARVEST RESIDENT NONRESIDENT

18.9

17.9

16.7

20.3

19.2

17.8

13.7

13.1

12.5

TOTAL ACTIVE LICENSE SUCCESS*

-

35.6% 39.6%

LIMITED QUOTA HARVEST*

-

13,930 16,480

ACTIVE LIMITED QUOTA SUCCESS*

-

ANTLERED/ANY (TYPE 1, 2)

-

ANTLERLESS (TYPE 4 - 8)

-

ARCHERY ONLY (TYPE 9)

-

45.6% 51.7% 42.9% 31.8%

51.1% 58.2% 48.7% 22.3%

LIMITED QUOTA DAYS/HARVEST*

-

14.9

14.0

GENERAL HARVEST*

-

9,041

9,192

ACTIVE GENERAL SUCCESS*

-

26.7% 28.2%

GENERAL DAYS/HARVEST*

-

22.7

21.5

HARVEST METHOD

FIREARM TOTAL RESIDENT NONRESIDENT

92.3% -

91.5% -

93.1% -

ARCHERY TOTAL RESIDENT NONRESIDENT

7.7% -

8.5% -

6.9% -

* Results prior to license type standardization not available.

65,448 54,079 11,369

55,258 44,612 10,646

23,189 17,967 5,222

8,955 6,283 2,672

1,284 1,057 227

10,919 8,908 2,011

2,031 1,719 312

441,737 373,260 68,477

19.0 20.8 13.1

34.9%

15,384

45.2% 52.3% 42.5% 27.4%

15.9

7,805

24.1%

25.3

91.9% 92.9% 88.8%

8.1% 7.2% 11.2%

69,110 57,089 12,021

57,331 46,148 11,183

26,365 20,480 5,885

10,284 7,350 2,934

1,365 1,171 194

12,582 10,167 2,415

2,134 1,792 342

464,287 394,246 70,041

17.6 19.3 11.9

37.5%

16,331

45.8% 55.5% 42.7% 21.2%

15.8

10,034

28.9%

20.6

92.2% 93.2% 88.7%

7.8% 6.8% 11.3%

70,904 58,280 12,624

57,785 46,112 11,673

25,968 20,081 5,887

10,012 7,229 2,783

1,264 1,086 178

12,536 10,031 2,505

2,156 1,735 421

461,213 391,819 69,394

17.8 19.5 11.8

36.6%

15,715

44.3% 50.1% 42.9% 23.8%

15.9

10,253

28.8%

20.6

71,781 58,664 13,117

58,266 46,229 12,037

25,905 19,698 6,207

10,021 6,960 3,061

955 787 168

12,567 10,036 2,531

2,362 1,915 447

496,771 416,075 80,696

19.2 21.1 13.0

36.0%

16,469

47.5% 54.8% 45.2% 32.3%

15.3

9,436

25.3%

26.0

91.5% 92.1% 89.4%

8.5% 7.9% 10.6%

90.4% 91.4% 87.1%

9.6% 8.6% 12.9%

72,238 59,146 13,092

58,959 46,891 12,068

24,749 18,536 6,213

10,015 6,955 3,060

934 808 126

11,526 8,929 2,597

2,274 1,844 430

482,809 408,504 74,305

19.5 22.0 12.0

34.3%

15,387

44.8% 55.2% 41.6% 22.6%

15.9

9,362

24.8%

25.5

90.6% 91.6% 87.5%

9.4% 8.4% 12.5%

2016

2017

71,294 58,607 12,687

58,159 46,478 11,681

25,852 19,776 6,076

11,007 7,883 3,124

1,332 1,134 198

11,559 9,190 2,369

1,954 1,569 385

473,068 404,267 68,801

18.3 20.4 11.3

36.4%

15,610

46.1% 57.2% 42.4% 25.0%

15.6

10,242

27.5%

22.4

70,593 58,022 12,571

56,505 45,139 11,366

24,535 18,740 5,795

10,618 7,790 2,828

995 841 154

11,006 8,561 2,445

1,916 1,548 368

441,933 375,527 66,406

18.0 20.0 11.5

35.3%

15,862

46.6% 56.4% 43.2% 31.4%

14.5

8,673

24.5%

24.5

90.4% 91.6% 86.8%

9.6% 8.4% 13.2%

88.9% 89.6% 86.7%

11.1% 10.4% 13.3%

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