Waterfowl hunter numbers and waterfowl populations were closely correlated until the past 2 decades when hunter numbers declined despite near‐record breeding population estimates for ducks in North America. As a result, efforts to recruit, retain, and reactivate (R3) waterfowl hunters have been promoted by the North American Waterfowl Management Plan community because hunters are a key source of funding for wetland‐wildlife habitat conservation and management. Increasing access and opportunity for hunting appears to be the primary R3 strategy in North America. We suggest that hunt quality is an equal, if not more important, facet of waterfowl hunter R3 that is substantially overlooked and undervalued by current R3 initiatives. We contend that providing abundant access and opportunity to hunt waterfowl alone, especially if it jeopardizes hunting quality, is inadequate. We urge the R3 community to integrate principles and methods used within the human dimensions field to focus on the relationships between quality, motivation, and satisfaction across various audiences and market segments. Such an approach will help R3 initiatives establish an empirical evidence base to develop strategies specifically focused on identifying key hunt quality or opportunity factors. © 2020 The Wildlife Society.

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平衡水禽狩猎机会和质量，以招募，保留和重新激活

水禽猎人数量和水禽数量一直密切相关，直到过去的20年，尽管北美鸭子的繁殖种群估计接近记录，但猎人数量却下降了。结果，北美水禽管理计划社区促进了招募，保留和重新激活（R3）水禽猎人的工作，因为猎人是湿地-野生生物栖息地保护和管理的主要资金来源。增加狩猎的机会和机会似乎是北美的主要R3战略。我们建议狩猎质量是水禽猎人R3的一个同等（即使不是更重要）方面，而当前R3计划却大大忽略了它，并低估了它的价值。我们认为，提供丰富的机会和机会可以独自捕猎水禽，尤其是如果它损害狩猎质量，是不够的。我们敦促R3社区整合人类维度领域中使用的原则和方法，以专注于跨不同受众和细分市场的质量，动机和满意度之间的关系。这种方法将帮助R3计划建立经验证据基础，以开发专门针对确定关键狩猎质量或机会因素的策略。©2020野生动物协会。这种方法将帮助R3计划建立经验证据基础，以开发专门针对确定关键狩猎质量或机会因素的策略。©2020野生动物协会。这种方法将帮助R3计划建立经验证据基础，以开发专门针对确定关键狩猎质量或机会因素的策略。©2020野生动物协会。