08/15/2006 thru 08/31/2007 (License Year 2007)
Item Code.... Item Description..... Items Sold
101 Resident Hunting 266,453
102 Senior Resident Hunting 167,258
105 General Non-Resident Hunting 28,443
107 Non-Resident Special Hunting 2,345
111 Super Combo Package 381,317
117 Res Sr Super Combo Package 36,540
118 Non-Resident Spring Turkey Hunting 6,505
120 Non-Resident Banded Bird Hunting 928
157 Non-Resident Five-Day Special Hunting 38,708
502 Resident Disabled Veteran Super Combo 24,757
503 Resident Combo Hunting And Freshwater Fish Pkg 71,716
504 Resident Combo Hunting And Saltwater Fish Pkg 4,299
505 Resident Combo Hunting And All Water Fish Pkg 11,938
506 Resident Combo Senior Hunting And Freshwater Fish 15,279
507 Resident Combo Senior Hunting And Saltwater Fish
712 508 Resident Combo Senior Hunting And All Water Fish 2,688
510 Tx Resident Active Military Super Combo 40,575
980 Lifetime Combination License Purchase 1,126
981 Lifetime Hunting License Purchase 339
984 Lifetime Fishing To Combo Upgrade 14
990 Lifetime Combo License Tags 6,115
991 Lifetime Hunting License Tags 1,612
Total Hunting Licenses Sold 1,109,667
I'm trying to get a national hunter count, for Texas it would be 1,106,181 after subtracting the non-resident licenses sold as these hunters most likely bought a hunting license in their home state.
Total number of Texas hunters is 1,061,181. Please post your state's number.
Thanks in advance.
Anecdotal evidence of more and more CA big game hunters hunting exclusively out of state especially those who used to hunt public land [apx 20% of CA].
I can see your point in excluding nonresidents, but I think we need to count them. Separately from residents for sure, but count them. They hunted didn't they?
Lessee now ... Texas is about 1 for 23 on resident licenses ... that comes to about 4.35%, no?
So far all I have for Idaho is that our 2006 estimated population was 1,466,465. About 166,000 more than I thought.
The Old Sarge
Deer A: 151,832 Resident, 25,513 Non resident
Elk: 127,692 Resident, 18,667 Non resident
Antelope, bear, sheep, goat, moose etc would be harder for me to find. If you want a good solid number, I am sure the FWP can find some better numbers for you... I have no data on how many of those numbers are overlaps, and it certainly doesn't count those who only hunt upland birds or waterfowl...
Pop.800,000+/-
Area-28,000 sq.miles
Deer licences-56,000.....100,000+ deer
Bear licences- 5300+/-......16,000 bears
Moose licences-3100........15-20,000 moose
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Lot of deer, bear on the rise, tough to get permission or too close to homes. License fees through the roof. Bow season split so you need to buy 2 licenses, one in the guise of a extended season permit in addition to a buck tag that costs as much as the license which limits you to hunt in one zone only.
http://www.njfishandwildlife.com/pdf/wildlife_economics01.pdf
Thumper,
For Michigan, the best I can find so far is from this report from Nov '06 the entire report can be found at the above address.
The folowing is a copy of page 11
Regards, FGS
Michigan Number of Paid License Holders 1963 to Date Hunting Fishing 2005 789,244 2005 1,161,432 2004 832,835 2004 1,171,742 2003 863,946 2003 1,189,822 2002 870,432 2002 1,233,739 2001 887,235 2001 1,251,146 2000 897,916 2000 1,271,245 1999 920,473 1999 1,322,134 1998 957,264 1998 1,346,910 1997 952,584 1997 1,306,588 1996 964,531 1996 1,348,107 1995 934,430 1995 1,464,027 1994 1,126,826 1994 1,484,622 1993 1,140,700 1993 1,505,862 1992 1,171,721 1992 1,577,701 1991 1,156,422 1991 1,564,494 1990 1,148,163 1990 1,577,875 1989 938,503 1989 1,619,485 1988 913,194 1988 1,644,342 1987 926,328 1987 1,566,589 1986 925,332 1986 1,483,910 1985 900,266 1985 1,414,914 1984* 912,119 1984* 1,391,515 1983 890,519 1983 1,390,981 1982 1,150,160 1982 1,376,317 1981 1,135,265 1981 1,457,495 1980 957,209 1980 1,325,156 1979 960,594 1979 1,290,053 1978 1978 1977 953,255 1977 1,255,073 1976** 945,735 1976** 1,254,682 1975 955,588 1975 1,192,491 1974 876,800 1974 1,120,019 1973* 753,808 1973* 1,076,986 1972* 785,752 1972* 1,151,012 1971 941,426 1971 1,108,317 1970 941,025 1970 1,081,482 1969 918,175 1969 1,077,005 1968* 903,545 1968* 973,438 1967* 912,275 1967* 928,637 1966* 926,990 1966* 908,253 1965* 893,809 1965* 887,156 1964* 842,863 1964* 897,748 1963* 860,487 1963*
A paid license holder is one individual regardless of the number of licenses purchased.
First time poster... didn't transmit as sent. Go to the report see page 11. Sorry!
FGS
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