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www.knowhunting.com , www.nssf.com

Dr Dave Samuel of Knowhunting.com and the National Shooting Sports Foundation should help you out. Look for links about numbers of hunters and the dollars etc....good luck. I hope your paper does justice for hunting.

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<font color=red>Rob</font id=red>

In the summer 2002 NWTF The Caller In 2001, noted that 37 million hunters and anglers spent $70 billion which is a huge boost to the ecomony. Hunters and anglers are acknowledged as the major source of funds for healthy fish and wildlife populations and as a major contributor to the national economy.

Noted: Roughly 34 million anglers and 13 million hunters over the age of 16.

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<font color=red>Rob</font id=red>

The U.S Fish and Wildlife Service and the Census Bureau has a lot of information that will be useful to you . Here is a link to get you started.

http://www.census.gov/prod/www/abs/fishing.html