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
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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the answer will come but I believe approx 90,000 residents lately
"If you ever go into the bush, there are grizzly bears lurking behind just about every bush, waiting to pounce, so you need a powerful gun, with huge bullets" - Gatehouse ~ 2004
Do the numbers keep dropping? I suspect so but have no data to back that up.
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
"If you ever go into the bush, there are grizzly bears lurking behind just about every bush, waiting to pounce, so you need a powerful gun, with huge bullets" - Gatehouse ~ 2004
Last number I heard which was 2 years ago was 95000
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We are closer to 110,000 resident hunters now. Couldn't say with any certainty about non-resident.
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