US Fish and Wildlife 2006 Survey of Hunting and Fishing
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has released a 24-page report titled 2006 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting and Wildlife-Associated Recreation.
Some interesting survey results for 2006:
- More than 87 million Americans, or 38 percent of the United States’ population age 16 or older hunted, fished or observed wildlife.
- They spent $120 billion that year pursuing those activities which is roughly equivalent to one out of every 100 dollars of goods and services produced in our economy.
- 12.5 million hunters spent $22.7 billion last year. Although hunter and fisherman numbers are slightly declining, expenditures are increasing.
- Hunting of animals such as coyote, fox and raccoon attracted 1.1 million hunters who spent 15.2 million days afield.
The entire report can be found here
http://library.fws.gov/nat_survey2006.pdf