Does anyone know if statistics are available for the numbers of resident and non-resident hunting licenses issued in BC? Trying to find them for a university paper but I'm having troubles locating a source
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Does anyone know if statistics are available for the numbers of resident and non-resident hunting licenses issued in BC? Trying to find them for a university paper but I'm having troubles locating a source
the answer will come but I believe approx 90,000 residents lately
Do the numbers keep dropping? I suspect so but have no data to back that up.
Last number I heard which was 2 years ago was 95000
We are closer to 110,000 resident hunters now. Couldn't say with any certainty about non-resident.
The number of persons who actually purchase a license is far lower than the number of people that possess a hunter number. I know a few people that if they don't get an LEH draw don't buy a license, and there are many people that have simply quit hunting and still possess a hunter number.
I had a copy of the harvest stats from the ministry a couple of years back. They seemed perfectly willing to share at the time but I haven't since asked for an update. It had useful data not just on harvest numbers but also days spent hunting so you can get an idea of hunter effort.