1996–<strong>2006</strong> <strong>Hunting</strong> Participants, Days, <strong>and</strong> Expenditures (U.S. population 16 years old <strong>and</strong> older. Numbers in thous<strong>and</strong>s) 1996 <strong>2006</strong> 1996–<strong>2006</strong> Number Percent Number Percent percent change Hunters, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,975 100 12,510 100 –10 Big game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,288 81 10,682 85 –5* Small game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,945 50 4,797 38 –31 Migratory bird . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,073 22 2,293 18 –25 Other animal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,521 11 1,128 9 –26 Days, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256,676 100 219,925 100 –14 Big game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153,784 60 164,061 75 7 * Small game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75,117 29 52,395 24 –30 Migratory bird . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26,501 10 19,770 9 –25 Other animal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24,522 10 15,205 7 –38 <strong>Hunting</strong>, total (<strong>2006</strong> dollars) . . . . . . . $26,486,173 100 $22,893,156 100 –14* Trip-related . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,624,069 25 6,678,614 29 1 * Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,484,381 55 10,731,501 47 –26 <strong>Hunting</strong> equipment . . . . . . . . . . . 7,091,539 27 5,366,357 23 –24 Auxiliary equipment . . . . . . . . . . 1,584,433 6 1,330,216 6 –16* Special equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,808,408 22 4,034,928 18 –31* Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,377,723 20 5,483,041 24 2 * * Not different from zero at the 5 percent level <strong>of</strong> significance. 2001–<strong>2006</strong> <strong>Hunting</strong> Participants, Days, <strong>and</strong> Expenditures (U.S. population 16 years old <strong>and</strong> older. Numbers in thous<strong>and</strong>s) 2001 <strong>2006</strong> 2001–<strong>2006</strong> Number Percent Number Percent percent change Hunters, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,034 100 12,510 100 –4* Big game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,911 84 10,682 85 –2* Small game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,434 42 4,797 38 –12 Migratory bird . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,956 23 2,293 18 –22 Other animal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,047 8 1,128 9 8 * Days, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228,368 100 219,925 100 –4* Big game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153,191 67 164,061 75 7 * Small game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60,142 26 52,395 24 –13* Migratory bird . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,310 13 19,770 9 –33 Other animal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,207 8 15,205 7 –21* <strong>Hunting</strong>, total (<strong>2006</strong> dollars) . . . . . . . $23,461,530 100 $22,893,156 100 –2* Trip-related . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,978,797 25 6,678,614 29 12 * Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,794,490 50 10,731,501 47 –9* <strong>Hunting</strong> equipment . . . . . . . . . . . 5,192,593 22 5,366,357 23 3 * Auxiliary equipment . . . . . . . . . . 1,369,198 6 1,330,216 6 –3* Special equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,232,699 22 4,034,928 18 –23* Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,688,242 24 5,483,041 24 –4* * Not different from zero at the 5 percent level <strong>of</strong> significance. U.S. Fish & <strong>Wildlife</strong> Service <strong>2006</strong> <strong>National</strong> <strong>Survey</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Fishing</strong>, <strong>Hunting</strong>, <strong>and</strong> <strong>Wildlife</strong>-<strong>Associated</strong> Recreation 33
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