Table 2. Ranking of preferred deer hunting areas by habitat type according to responses from deer hunters interviewed on Prince of Wales Island, Alaska. A ranking of 1 indicates the most popular habitat; 7, the least popular.
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Habitat type |
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All |
Hunters using boats |
Hunters using vehicles |
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Muskeg |
1 |
1 |
2 |
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Clear-cut forest |
2 |
5 |
1 |
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Alpine |
3 |
4 |
3 |
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Old-growth forest |
4 |
2 |
4 |
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Beach/shoreline |
5 |
3 |
5 |
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Second-growth forest at the stem exclusion stage |
6 |
6 |
6 |
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Recently precommercially thinned forest |
7 |
7 |
7 |
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