Table 2.

Presentation of statistically significant differences in agreement with statements about hunting and participation in hunting-related activities (α = 0.05 denoted by “*”).

Statement	Respondent Hunts		Respondent Knows a Hunter		Eat Game Meat Obtained through Hunting		Participate in Target Shooting		Help a Hunter Look for Wildlife Sign in Preparation for Hunting
	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
Hunting helps keep nature in balance.	44 *	73 *	61 *	25 *	69 *	29 *	65 *	38 *	77 *	41 *
Hunting is an important rural tradition.	47 *	74 *	60 *	34 *	72 *	32 *	69 *	41 *	76 *	45 *
I regard any kind of sport or recreational hunting as cruel to animals.	34	27	31	37	28 *	37 *	32	34	27	34
Hunters often ignore safety rules.	39 *	27 *	35	41	33 *	42 *	32 *	41 *	32	39
Hunting commonly results in a species becoming threatened or endangered.	40 *	29 *	35 *	46 *	34 *	43 *	34 *	42 *	34	40
Demand for hunting maintains wildlife habitat.	31 *	58 *	44 *	19 *	51 *	21 *	49 *	27 *	65 *	28 *
Hunting help control wildlife diseases by reducing animal populations.	34 *	56 *	46 *	21 *	53 *	23 *	51 *	29 *	60 *	31 *
Hunting provides funds used to manage other wildlife species that are not hunted.	27 *	53 *	39 *	16 *	47 *	16 *	49 *	20 *	58 *	24 *
Hunting helps reduce agricultural damage by reducing animal populations.	41 *	66 *	54 *	28 *	65 *	27 *	62 *	35 *	70 *	38 *
Hunting reduces the risk of dangerous vehicle collisions with wildlife by reducing animal populations.	34 *	55 *	46 *	21 *	53 *	23 *	51 *	28 *	60 *	31 *
Every person who hunts should have taken a hunters’ safety course.	69	73	74 *	61 *	75 *	65 *	75 *	66 *	70	69
Users of social media should be allowed to post pictures of the wild animals they have hunted/harvested.	27 *	48 *	36 *	17 *	44 *	17 *	44 *	21 *	54 *	23 *

Note 1: In the interest of brevity, the values representing the percentage of individuals in each category who disagreed with that statement have been omitted. Because the values in each column must necessarily sum to 100, omitted variables can be calculated. For example, 43.6% of those who did not hunt agreed with the statement “Hunting helps keep nature in balance.” Thus, 56.4% of respondents who did not hunt did not agree (selected neutral or disagree) with the statement “Hunting helps keep nature in balance.” Note 2: The numbers appear in bold when there is a statistically significant difference at the 5% level. For example, when reading the “Hunting helps keep nature in balance” row, the first column (No) is significantly different than the second column (Yes) at the 5% level.