Number of Hunters in BC

[Cyrus]

Way more hunters out there than ever imo

[MichelD]

Way more hunters out there than ever imo

I don't have the stats but there was a peak of 150,000 or more in the 1970s.

But the numbers today are WAY better equipped than those days when Bill and Mike would throw a couple sleeping bags and an axe and Coleman lamp in the family station wagon and go up to 100 Mile moose hunting.

[Whonnock Boy]

Closer to 180,000

I don't have the stats but there was a peak of 150,000 or more in the 1970s.

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[2chodi]

SPECIES	(All)
WMU	999
PROV FLAG	9
	Values
Row Labels	R HUNTERS	NR HUNTERS
2005	124272	9226
2006	129913	9299
2007	133729	7696
2008	141136	8051
2009	143676	7212
2010	150777	6956
2011	152004	6621
2012	161903	6025
2013	163916	5721
2014	165689	6145
2015	180826	6180
Grand Total	1647841	79132

Species licences sold.

[two-feet]

If we could ever quit the in-fighting, get our shit together, we would form a very powerful bloc.

[one-shot-wonder]

Way more hunters out there than ever imo

Hunting licenses to B.C. residents peaked in 1981-82 season at 174,000, before sliding to less than 82,000 in 2003. A hunter recruitment and retention plan was implemented shortly after in hopes of attracting resident hunters once again. I believe last year or so we have rebounded to something in the range of 110,000 licenses sold.

Way more roads out there than ever........hence the impression that we are back to the 'hay days', clearly we are not.

[mpotzold]

Hunting licenses to B.C. residents peaked in 1981-82 season at 174,000, before sliding to less than 82,000 in 2003. A hunter recruitment and retention plan was implemented shortly after in hopes of attracting resident hunters once again. I believe last year or so we have rebounded to something in the range of 110,000 licenses sold.

Way more roads out there than ever........hence the impression that we are back to the 'hay days', clearly we are not.

Introducing the Omineca Model in 1981 didn't help matters.

[todbartell]

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.

I have the 1976-2015 stats, harvest is up and down depending on species and area, for a variety of factors. Interesting tool

In my backyard, 1975-1985, avg of 787 moose hunters per year. Killed on avg 181 moose per year, each hunter spent on avg 30 days hunting per moose kill. The last ten years, 550 hunters avg, 112 kills, 43 days per kill