Crazy Horse RVN

It appears that the "minority" of PA hunters has spoken. Would you consider this alarming?

HUNTING LICENSE SYSTEM HUNTING LICENSE YEAR-TO-DATE SALES COMPARISONS DATE 8/15/06

LICENSE DIVISION FROM FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING UP TO AND INCLUDING JULY SECTION B

REPORT LICS2502 COMPARING 2005/2006 TO 2006/2007 PAGE: 2

L_I_C_E_N_S_E_ _T_Y_P_E_ PREVIOUS YEAR'S CURRENT YEAR'S * QUANTITY PERCENTAGE

L_I_C_E_N_S_E_S_ _S_O_L_D_ L_I_C_E_N_S_E_S_ _S_O_L_D_ * D_I_F_F_E_R_E_N_C_E_ D_I_F_F_E_R_E_N_C_E_

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ANTLERLESS *

A_R_M_E_D_ _F_O_R_C_E_S_ _L_I_C_E_N_S_E_S_ *

ARMED FORCES 171 227 * 56 33 %

D A V A N T L E R L E S S _ _ _ _ _ _ _3_6_3_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _3_6_1_ * -2 1 % DOWN

TOTAL ARMED FORCES 534 588 * 54 10 %

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A_N_T_L_E_R_L_E_S_S_ _R_E_P_L_A_C_E_M_E_N_T_S_ 1 0 * -1 100 % DOWN

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F_U_R_T_A_K_E_R_ _L_I_C_E_N_S_E_S_ *

RESIDENT *

ADULT 9,105 7,176 * -1,929 21 % DOWN

JUNIOR 98 26 * -72 73 % DOWN

SENIOR 238 141 * -97 41 % DOWN

S E N I O R L I F E T I M E _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _1_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _2_ * 1 100 %

TOTAL RESIDENT 9,442 7,345 * -2,097 22 % DOWN

NON RESIDENT *

ADULT 21 3 * -18 86 % DOWN

J U N I O R _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _0_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _0_ * 0 0 %

TOTAL NON RESIDENT 21 3 * -18 86 % DOWN

TOTAL FURTAKER 9,463 7,348 * -2,115 22 % DOWN

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B_E_A_R_ _L_I_C_E_N_S_E_S_ *

BEAR RESIDENT 47,542 32,920 * -14,622 31 % DOWN

BEAR NON RESIDENT 569 241 * -328 58 % DOWN

TOTAL BEAR 48,111 33,161 * -14,950 31 % DOWN

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M_I_G_R_A_T_O_R_Y_ _B_I_R_D_ *

RESIDENT MIGRATORY BIRD 44,273 30,412 * -13,861 31 % DOWN

NON RESIDENT MIGRATORY BIRD 630 442 * -188 30 % DOWN

TOTAL MIGRATORY BIRD 44,903 30,854 * -14,049 31 % DOWN

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S_P_R_I_N_G_ _T_U_R_K_E_Y_ _L_I_C_E_N_S_E_S_ *

RESIDENT SPRING TURKEY 0 3 * 3 100 %

NON RESIDENT TURKEY 0 0 * 0 0 %

TOTAL SPRING TURKEY 0 3 * 3 100 %

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* * * T_O_T_A_L_ _L_I_C_E_N_S_E_S_ _S_O_L_D_ 720,802 454,206 * -266,596 37 % DOWN

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* * * T_O_T_A_L_ _M_O_N_E_Y_ _G_E_N_E_R_A_T_E_D_ $11,262,556.00 $6,748,583.00 * -4,513,973.00 40 % DOWN

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HUNTING LICENSE SYSTEM HUNTING LICENSE YEAR-TO-DATE SALES DOLLARS COMPARISONS DATE 8/15/06

LICENSE DIVISION FROM FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING UP TO AND INCLUDING JULY SECTION D

REPORT LICS2602 COMPARING 2005/2006 TO 2006/2007 PAGE: 1

L_I_C_E_N_S_E_ _T_Y_P_E_ PREVIOUS YEAR'S CURRENT YEAR'S * QUANTITY PERCENTAGE

M_O_N_E_Y_ _G_E_N_E_R_A_T_E_D_ M_O_N_E_Y_ _G_E_N_E_R_A_T_E_D_ * D_I_F_F_E_R_E_N_C_E_ D_I_F_F_E_R_E_N_C_E_

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G_E_N_E_R_A_L_ _H_U_N_T_I_N_G_ _L_I_C_E_N_S_E_S_ *

RESIDENT *

ADULT $5,526,353.00 $3,245,183.00 * -2,281,170.00 41 % DOWN

MILITARY $288.00 $413.00 * 125.00 43 %

LANDOWNER $2,356.00 $1,524.00 * -832.00 35 % DOWN

JUNIOR $79,150.00 $36,877.00 * -42,273.00 53 % DOWN

JUNIOR COMB $204,962.00 $120,963.00 * -83,999.00 41 % DOWN

SENIOR $167,857.00 $94,380.00 * -73,477.00 44 % DOWN

SENIOR LIFETIME $68,952.00 $50,592.00 * -18,360.00 27 % DOWN

SENIOR LIFE COMB $177,255.00 $177,457.00 * 202.00 0 %

SENIOR LIFE UPGRADE $6,630.00 $5,049.00 * -1,581.00 24 % DOWN

S R L I F E R E N E W A L _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _$_0_._0_0_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _$_0_._0_0_ * 0.00 0 %

TOTAL RESIDENT $6,233,803.00 $3,732,438.00 * -2,501,365.00 40 % DOWN

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ADULT $1,025,696.00 $414,882.00 * -610,814.00 60 % DOWN

JUNIOR $32,135.00 $4,401.00 * -27,734.00 86 % DOWN

JUNIOR COMB $4,628.00 $2,503.00 * -2,125.00 46 % DOWN

S E V E N D A Y _ _ _ _ _$_1_,_6_6_9_._0_0_ _ _ _ _ _$_4_,_0_8_0_._0_0_ * 2,411.00 144 %

TOTAL NON RESIDENT $1,064,128.00 $425,866.00 * -638,262.00 60 % DOWN

TOTAL GENERAL HUNTING $7,297,931.00 $4,158,304.00 * -3,139,627.00 43 % DOWN

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A_R_C_H_E_R_Y_ *

RESIDENT ARCHERY $1,806,971.00 $1,182,588.00 * -624,383.00 35 % DOWN

NON RESIDENT ARCHERY $88,924.00 $24,615.00 * -64,309.00 72 % DOWN

TOTAL ARCHERY $1,895,895.00 $1,207,203.00 * -688,692.00 36 % DOWN

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M_U_Z_Z_L_E_L_O_A_D_E_R_ *

RESIDENT MUZZLELOADER $991,691.00 $644,515.00 * -347,176.00 35 % DOWN

NON RESIDENT MUZZLELOADER $50,805.00 $19,964.00 * -30,841.00 61 % DOWN

TOTAL MUZZLELOADER $1,042,496.00 $664,479.00 * -378,017.00 36 % DOWN

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A_N_T_L_E_R_L_E_S_S_ _L_I_C_E_N_S_E_S_ *

RESIDENT *

ANTLERLESS $0.00 $175.00 * 175.00 100 %

A N T L E R L E S S L A N D _ _ _ _ _$_7_,_3_0_5_._0_0_ _ _ _ _ _$_5_,_3_2_5_._0_0_ * -1,980.00 27 % DOWN

TOTAL RESIDENT $7,305.00 $5,500.00 * -1,805.00 25 % DOWN

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ANTLERLESS $0.00 $350.00 * 350.00 100 %

A N T L E R L E S S L A N D _ _ _ _ _$_2_,_4_2_5_._0_0_ _ _ _ _ _$_1_,_5_7_5_._0_0_ * -850.00 35 % DOWN

TOTAL NON RESIDENT $2,425.00 $1,925.00 * -500.00 21 % DOWN

TOTAL ANTLERLESS $9,730.00 $7,425.00 * -2,305.00 24 % DOWN

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cardeer

wonder Why ????????

Mike Hill

What ya gonna do Pa. is another lost state. Thaks to Alt

Windwalker7

I've had several coworkers tell me that if the license increase goes into effect next year that they won't be getting one.

I myself will not be getting a PA license either. I'll probably start hunting West Virginia againor Maryland.

As everyone has probably seen, the PGC has big problems and has no one to blame but themselves. Its a shame they can't even see it.

No other state has its hunters, hating their WCO's as much as Pennsylvania.

BTBowhunter

There are a lot of different ingredients contributing to this problem and as much as I hate to say it, the attitude expressed by the PGC in the USP case is deep in the core of our problems.

While I have regarded the USP as little more than a noisy nuisance for many years and while I despise the misguided lawsuit they have filed, The PGC's contention that a group of license buying sportsmen has no legal standing to challenge them demonstrates a degree of arrogance that is unsurpassed.

Make no mistake, I dont agreee with the basis of the USP's suit. I think more good is happening than bad with our evolving deer management program. But the declaration by the PGC that the people who fund them have no legal right to challenge them is appalling.

chr103yod

Besides ruining the deer herd a lot of the hunting population in PA is getting older. My dad is in his fifties and he's starting to slow down a little bit. The PGC should cater to older hunters and stop trying to screw them. Everywhere you turn there are more yellow gates restricting access. This makes it harder and harder for older hunters to have a good hunting experience. Who wants to sit next to the highway when they could have drove in a trial to hunt. I think a lot of guys will either stop hunting all together or just hunt somewhere else.

Totemkopf

Crazy Horse were does your data come from? It's not posted on the PGC site.Some of yourdata has to be made up how can you have nonresident anterlless license information when they are not accepted til 6 days after your study dates

T_in_PA3

It's data for the month of July. When do the current licenses go on sale? July 1. Got a whole months worth of data there. Send it off to the legislators and proclaim the doom of the PGC already.

Mocha Java

Try calling the PGC License Division at (717) 787-2804.

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.

HR (hunter reduction) works!

Bionicrooster

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....