Wildlife Success
Wildlife Harvest

Check out the value hunters contribute to the management of wild game populations.

White-tailed Deer - Population in 1900 = 500,000; population today = 19 million.

Canada Geese - Population in 1940's = 1,110,000; population today = 3,760,000.

Wild Turkey - Population in 1900 = 100,000; population today = 4,500,000.

Elk - Population in 1907 = 41,000; population today = 800,000.

Pronghorn Antelope - Population in 1900 = 12,000; population today = 1 million.

Anyone who enjoys wildlife, nature and the great outdoors owes hunters and fishermen, America's first true conservationists, a hearty thank you.

(posted June 17, 1999)
 

Women Numbers Increasing In Shooting Sports

According to statistics from the Woman's Shooting Sports Foundation (WSSF) located in Colorado Springs, Colorado:

Five million women participate annually in target shooting. This is 22% of all participants.)

Women represent about 11% of the total hunting population. The number of female hunters has increased by 15% from 1989 to 2,018,000 in 1997.

Between 1989 and 1997, the number of female shogun shooters trended upward by 23%, from 958,000 in 1989 to 1,177,000 participants in 1997.

Between 1990 and 1997, women's participation in sporting clays increased by 112% to 458,000 in 1997.

(posted June 11, 1999)
 

Bird Watching Fastest Growing Sport
Wildlife Harvest News

Unfortunately, unlike hunting and fishing, no money is contributed from equipment sales, or user fees to support bird or wildlife conservation. In fact, it is taxes on the sale of hunting and shooting equipment and user fees paid by hunters, that are the key funding components of the many state and National Wildlife Refuges used commonly by birders.

All birders owe a big thanks to hunters, for without these hunting fees, many state and federal wildlife areas would not receive the funding needed to stay in operation. (posted June 11, 1999)
 

Ping Pong More Dangerous Than Sport Hunting
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