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.
Last number I heard which was 2 years ago was 95000
7mm PRC soon to be the most popular cartridge in North America
We are closer to 110,000 resident hunters now. Couldn't say with any certainty about non-resident.
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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.