Recruitment, Retention, and Reactivation (R3)

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Responsive Management has conducted almost one hundred studies related to R3.
Below is a list of recent examples. Please contact us for additional examples or further information.

  • Hunting, Fishing, Sport Shooting, and Archery Recruitment, Retention, and Reactivation: A Practitioner’s Guide Actionable Strategies for Angler R3, study conducted by and guide created by Responsive Management and the National Shooting Sports Foundation under a Multistate Conservation Grant

  • Exploring the R3 Needs and Opportunities of Female Hunters, Sport Shooters, and Archers, conducted by Responsive Management and the California Waterfowl Association under a Multistate Conservation Grant

  • One but Not Done: Providing the Next Steps to Female Hunters, Shooters, and Archers, conducted by Responsive Management and Pheasants Forever under a Multistate Conservation Grant

  • Developing Firearm Ownership and Sport Shooting R3 Communications for Black Americans, conducted by Responsive Management, the National Shooting Sports Foundation, the National African American Gun Association, and the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources under a Multistate Conservation Grant

  • Development of a Hunter Avidity Model to Assess and Improve R3 Participation, conducted by Responsive Management, the Sportsmen’s Alliance Foundation, the Archery Trade Association, and RTS Strategies under a Multistate Conservation Grant

  • How to Reactivate Non-Participating Firearm Owners, conducted for the National Shooting Sports Foundation

  • Enhancing R3 by Exploring New and Returning Anglers’ Attitudes Toward Fishing, conducted for the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources

  • Longitudinal Evaluation of Hunting, Fishing, and Shooting Recruitment and Retention Programs, conducted by Responsive Management and the National Wild Turkey Federation under a Multistate Conservation Grant

  • Recruiting and Retaining Nontraditional Adult Participants into Fishing and Hunting Through Targeted Marketing, Instruction, Mentoring, and Social Reinforcement, conducted for the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies’ Committee on Hunting, Fishing, and Wildlife-Related Participation and the Midwestern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies’ Recruitment and Retention Committee

For more information or a copy of a report, please contact us.
Please note that not all reports are publicly available.

Report Cover: Exploring the R3 Needs and Opportunities of Female Hunters, Sport Shooters, and Archers