Hunting license sales vs revenue past 40+ years.

[VaderSpade]

Another thread got me wondering what the real numbers are.

In 1970, 690,790 Resident Hunting licenses were sold, revenue was $2,763,160

In 2013, 251,046 Resident Hunting licenses were sold, revenue was $10,669,455

The trend is pretty consistent.

http://www.dfg.ca.gov/licensing/statistics/

With less than half the hunters in the woods than there was 40 years ago why are we bumping shoulders more and more?

Up here the answer is that they are closing down the woods. Where's the money going? Clearly it's not going to help hunters!

[VaderSpade]

Junior hunting licenses went from 70,964 to 20,960. We are a dying breed!

[DSMeyer]

Ah but what isn't taken into account is how many people actually go out and buy a license? I know I've seen some folk out there that I know were questionable.