ORIGINAL: DennyF
Actually, I believe license sales were declining previous to last year and probably had been for some time prior to that. Blaming declining license sales solely on PGC deermanagement, soundskinda short sighted to me.
From the other M.B.:
Just to keep last year's drop in perspective, here are the previous five year's basic hunting license sales. This is only for the basic hunting license and does not include the various stamps, antlerless licenses or the furtaker license sales:
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2000…………..1,038,846………………+ 5,531…………………...+ 0.5 %
2001…………..1,047,820………………+ 8,974…………………...+ 0.9 %
2002…………..1,017,154……………- 30,666……………… …...- 2.9 %
2003…………..1,018,248…………… + 1,094…………………...+ 0.1 %
2004…………..1,013,866………………- 4,382…………………...- 0.4 %
2005……………...964,158……………….-49,708…………………..- 4.9 %
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The source of this is also the PGC.
(supplied by Dick Bodenhorn
WCO, Elk County)