Summary
Hunting facts * Americans hunt 228 million days per year. * More than 38 million Americans hunt and fish. * More Americans hunt and shoot than play golf. * Non-resident hunting license, tag, stamp and permit sales have risen 41.2 percent since 1993. * Hunters and anglers support more jobs nationwide than the number of people employed by Wal-Mart. * An average hunter spends $1,638 every year on the sport. * Americans annually buy 1.1 billion shotshells. * Hunting gear is the third best selling sporting goods item. Sales are growing faster than all other sporting goods categories. * Teenage girls are the fastest growing market in sport shooting. * According to research, 72 percent more women are hunting with firearms today than just five years ago. [...] 50 percent more women are now target shooting. * Through license sales and excise taxes on equipment, hunters and anglers pay for most fish and wildlife conservation programs. * Excise taxes paid on sporting firearms, ammunition and archery equipment have generated approximately $5.6 billion for wildlife conservation since 1939.
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The Sportsman's Paradise
A trip in a boat with a rod and reel for an afternoon, or packing the blaze orange for a crisp fall weekend in the woods may not seem to have a major impact on the economy.
But in Wisconsin--particularly in Northeast and central Wisconsin--hunting and fishing are major sources of revenue for businesses and government.The economic impact of fishing and hunting in Wisconsin is o...See the full content of this document
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