Shooters Choice Survey
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“How do you like your grouse shooting?”
As part of research conducted by The James Hutton Institute and the University of Stirling, we would like to understand your views on the type of shooting experience you would choose.
Individual answers to this survey are completely confidential, anonymous and will not be revealed to anyone outside of the research team; we will only be reporting general patterns we find in responses. The survey takes about 15 minutes to complete.
Objectives of the study
The main objective is to understand peoples’ attitudes and preferences for different styles of grouse shooting. This will help us understand the consequences of different shooting management styles for the social, economic and ecological factors in the uplands. Upland management is a complex process that can mean changes to landscape characteristics, biodiversity and local employment opportunities. We hope to gain a greater understanding of how grouse shooters and potential grouse shooters are influenced by the associated social, economic and environmental consequences of the different management practices used in grouse shooting.
This study will form part of a larger international EU funded project investigating sustainable hunting practices (for further information please see our website), and is part funded by The James Hutton Institute and RSPB. We would like to thank the GWCT and BASC for their advice and input into the content of this survey.
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Area of study
We are contacting a range of people involved in shooting in collaboration with organisations such as GWCT and BASC as well as sporting agents. The study focuses on the Scottish uplands but we value the opinions of those people who have not shot grouse in Scotland or elsewhere.
The map to the left shows the areas in Scotland which are relevant to our study.
If you have any questions, please contact us.
Many thanks.
HUNT
The ‘Shooters Choice Survey’ aims to understand peoples’ attitudes and preferences for different styles of grouse shooting.
If you would prefer to complete a paper version of the survey please send an email with your postal address to shooterschoicesurvey@hutton.ac.uk, and the team will send you a copy of the survey along with a pre-paid return envelope.
All completed surveys received before 30th September will be entered in to a prize draw for the chance to win a £55 gift voucher for a Neil Mcintyre print (http://www.neilmcintyre.com/).