FWIW, last year at this time sales were down 11%, but they ended the year down only 6%.
This year they are down 40% fromlast year'salready down 11%.
If this trend continues, sales will be down even more than last year's dismal drop. Please keep in mind that, according to my American Hunter (March issue?), sales had stabilized in the country as a whole.
Or they could go up, right? I think that using 1 month of data, especially the first month when most people aren't even thinking of getting a license is just another way to bend data to support an opinion. I would rather see what the #'s look like at the end of August....