for every 100 hunters leaving, only 69 new come in
According to the National Shooting Sports Foundation, as reported in American Hunter, Feb 2006 issue
Though the trend has been losing hunters every year, between 2003 and 2004 hunter numbers grew .3 % to 14,779,071
33 states don't allow kids under age of 12 to big game hunt
16 years old is the minimum age for a kid to hunt with a firearm in New York
10,860 is the number of deer killed in MO youth hunts in 2005
Clearly hunting needs more youth hunters, regardless of what some might say here on this forum.
I just wanted to be clear that theviews of the woods being too crowed and we need LESS hunters are nothing but detrimental to the sport of hunting
RE: for every 100 hunters leaving, only 69 new come in
You're dead on right, but kids (or adults who want to start hunting), need places to hunt. I personally think that improving access to private hunting land and making more state and federal land open for hunting is important.
But then again, i believe that there are some folks here who don't give a hoot what happens to hunting in the future as long as they can still bag their buck now.
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RE: for every 100 hunters leaving, only 69 new come in
It really depends on the state and the portion of the state where someone lives. There's not much of anything within an hours drive of where I now live in Ohio. In the area of southern Illinois where i grew up, there are a few small public tracts, but they are around 30 miles away.
I would like to see many more public access tracts of land distributed throughout states. South Dakota does a good job with their program of leasing private land and using it for public hunting.
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RE: for every 100 hunters leaving, only 69 new come in
Ifferd,
Keep in mind that, given high divorce rates in recent decades, a lot of kids are growing up without fathers around. I wouldn't write them off as lost. Neither would I forget about kids that grow up in non-hunting families. I could be wrong, but Iwould think that some current youth hunting programs are now operating precisely because there are kids without relatives to take them hunting.
You are right on track about urban sprawl. Here in Dayton, they are turning woods and cornfields into subdivisions and strip malls every day. Too bad since a lot of those folks would likely be just as happy in high rise apartments in the middle of town.
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RE: for every 100 hunters leaving, only 69 new come in
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I personally think that improving access to private hunting land and making more state and federal land open for hunting is important.
Thats is true, though most states do have large tracts of public lands at least a kid can cut their teeth on - providing someone takes them !
I think more hunters need to step up to the plate and buy a piece of land to hunt on.Its not the Gooberments job to buy land for you to hunt on.If we want deer to hunt we need to own the land so it does not become a housing development.Having a place to take your family in the offseason to cut browse trim apple trees or just spend some time beats the heck out of watching yourkids play video games.
Deer need the land and we need the deer its a two way street.
Interest rates are low as we will ever see.
But now lets whin we don't have the money to buy land as we grab our new switchback throw it in our Excursion and head over to the indoor range. []
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