How many bowhunters in BC ?

[bluesman]

Any idea how many bowhunters there are in BC ?

[warnniklz]

I take advantage of sept 1-9 andDec 1- 10... but don't for a moment call myself a bow hunter

[338win mag]

The Man should know, your posed too tick off the ...are you a bowhunter? on your licence thingy...

[Spy]

The Man should know, your posed too tick off the ...are you a bowhunter? on your licence thingy...

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[338win mag]

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When you apply for a hunting licence in BC there is a question asking if your a bow hunter, don't they ask that anymore?

[J_T]

When you apply for a hunting licence in BC there is a question asking if your a bow hunter, don't they ask that anymore?

Actually, doesnt it ask something about "hunting with a bow"? Not whether you refer to yourself as a bowhunter or not.
If we support science based decisions, it seems to me this is a fundamental piece of required data.

[J_T]

I'm no good at inserting images or tables on this site. My apologies. I made this request to Gov in November of last year.
Under the Proportion of Responses, the third column should have a heading 'skip'. For some reason I can't get it to show.

Table 1: Count of responses to the bow hunting question when purchasing a hunting licence, broken down by area of residence based on mailing address information. Data includes 2019/20 hunting licences to date (Nov. 14, 2019).

Region	Count of responses			Proportion of responses			Total Count
	Yes	No	Skip	Yes	No
1	3,769	9,253	2,670	24%	59%	17%	15,692
2	4,726	16,209	2,975	20%	68%	12%	23,910
3	1,887	7,076	575	20%	74%	6%	9,538
4	4,841	4,845	1,258	44%	44%	11%	10,944
5	1,214	4,081	695	20%	68%	12%	5,990
6	1,444	2,837	365	31%	61%	8%	4,646
7	3,194	8,794	1,889	23%	63%	14%	13,877
8	4,272	7,109	1,023	34%	57%	8%	12,404
All regions	25,347	60,204	11,450	26%	62%	12%	97,001

This data includes hunters who purchased a hunting licence and answered the bow hunting question, and whose residence area is known (the total responses is slightly different from the data provided previously, since there are some hunters whose residence area is unknown). The data is broken down by residence area, and this does not necessarily reflect the area in which the person hunts.

[J_T]

I'm no good at inserting images or tables on this site. My apologies. I made this request to Gov in November of last year.
Under the Proportion of Responses, the third column should have a heading 'skip'. For some reason I can't get it to show.

Table 1: Count of responses to the bow hunting question when purchasing a hunting licence, broken down by area of residence based on mailing address information. Data includes 2019/20 hunting licences to date (Nov. 14, 2019).

Region	Count of responses			Proportion of responses			Total Count
	Yes	No	Skip	Yes	No
1	3,769	9,253	2,670	24%	59%	17%	15,692
2	4,726	16,209	2,975	20%	68%	12%	23,910
3	1,887	7,076	575	20%	74%	6%	9,538
4	4,841	4,845	1,258	44%	44%	11%	10,944
5	1,214	4,081	695	20%	68%	12%	5,990
6	1,444	2,837	365	31%	61%	8%	4,646
7	3,194	8,794	1,889	23%	63%	14%	13,877
8	4,272	7,109	1,023	34%	57%	8%	12,404
All regions	25,347	60,204	11,450	26%	62%	12%	97,001

This data includes hunters who purchased a hunting licence and answered the bow hunting question, and whose residence area is known (the total responses is slightly different from the data provided previously, since there are some hunters whose residence area is unknown). The data is broken down by residence area, and this does not necessarily reflect the area in which the person hunts.

Update for 2020/2021 Licence Purchases
This data includes hunters who purchased a hunting licence and answered the bow hunting question, and whose region of residence is known (some hunters residence area is unknown). The data is broken down by region of residence, and this does not necessarily reflect the area in which the person hunts.

2020/21 licence year
Region	Count of responses			Proportion of responses			Total Count
	Yes	No	Skip	Yes	No
1	4,133	10,096	2,903	24%	59%	17%	17,132
2	5,343	17,816	2,934	20%	68%	11%	26,093
3	2,075	7,564	687	20%	73%	7%	10,326
4	5,360	5,070	1,468	45%	43%	12%	11,898
5	1,353	3,976	1,089	21%	62%	17%	6,418
6	1,533	2,929	522	31%	59%	10%	4,984
7	4,049	9,486	1,269	27%	64%	9%	14,804
8	4,773	8,142	653	35%	60%	5%	13,568
All regions	28,619	65,079	11,525	27%	62%	11%	105,223

[338win mag]

Good post JT

[Spy]

This is a very interesting topic, thanks for the clarification 338 I’ve never seen that question.