ABSTRACT

Hunter education classes are a compulsory education tool for all hunters in North America, Europe and some other regions. However, little research focuses on hunter education. We surveyed Swedish hunters, examining how they valued key aspects of hunter education, and identifying socio-demographic predictors for those preferences. Learning about dog handling and making friends in the hunting community were the least important aspects of hunter education. Information about firearms was most important followed by information about hunting ethics, hunting laws, and wildlife ecology. Agerelated positively to valuing most aspects of hunter education. Duration huntingrelated negatively to valuing those aspects. Hunters motivated by social interactions valued hunting ethics content more, and hunters motivated by obtaining trophies valued hunting ethics less than their counterparts. Hunter education in Sweden would benefit from changes aimed at highlighting aspects of hunting that students’ value most.

摘要

猎人教育班是北美、欧洲和其他一些地区所有猎人的义务教育工具。然而，很少有研究关注猎人教育。我们调查了瑞典猎人，研究他们如何评价猎人教育的关键方面，并确定这些偏好的社会人口预测因素。了解如何处理狗和在狩猎社区交朋友是猎人教育中最不重要的方面。有关枪支的信息最为重要，其次是有关狩猎伦理、狩猎法律和野生动物生态的信息。年龄与重视猎人教育的大多数方面呈正相关。持续时间狩猎与评估这些方面负相关。受社会互动激励的猎人更看重狩猎伦理内容，以获得奖杯为动机的猎人对狩猎道德的重视程度低于同行。瑞典的猎人教育将受益于旨在突出学生最重视的狩猎方面的变化。