Little is known about college students’ participation in shooting sports or hunting with firearms. It is also unknown how participation in these activities during the college years differs from childhood participation and why. This study investigated these questions with a survey of 298 college students in the Northeastern United States in 2017 and 2018. Results indicated that characteristics of the area where respondents grew up influenced their hunting participation during college, but this was not the case for shooting sports. Across activities, having fun was the topmost reported motivation for participation. For hunting with firearms, obtaining locally sourced meat was the second most commonly reported rationale. Participation in hunting and shooting sports was lower in college than in childhood; this trend was not explained by demographic characteristics.

关于大学生参与射击运动或打猎的活动知之甚少。还不知道在大学期间参加这些活动与儿童时期的参加有何不同以及为什么。这项研究对2017年和2018年美国东北部的298名大学生进行了调查，调查了这些问题。结果表明，受访者成长地区的特征会影响他们在大学期间的狩猎活动，但射击运动并非如此。在所有活动中，开心是参加活动的最高动机。对于使用枪支打猎，获得本地采购的肉是第二普遍报道的理由。在大学里，参加狩猎和射击运动的比例低于儿童时代。