[george76]

What states have the most hunters and anglers?

Texas is No. 1 (2.6 million), Florida No. 2 (two million), California No. 3 (1.7 million), Ohio No. 4 (1.48 million) and Pennsylvania No. 5 (1.41 million).

What states are the big spenders?

Texas is No. 1 ($6.6 billion), Florida No. 2 ($4.8 billion), California No. 3 ($3.6 billion), Pennsylvania No. 4 ($3.5 billion) and Minnesota No. 5 ($3.4 billion).

http://www.kwes.com/global/story.asp?s=7519486

[Cicero]

The original report is here (warning, big pdf file with lots of pictures):

http://www.nssf.org/07report/CompleteReport.pdf

Unfortunately, none of these reports mentions where the other states stand. I was curious about Vermont, because we draw a fair number of deer hunters, but I suspect most of them don’t spend much.

[george76]

Annual spending by Wisconsin sportsmen is equal to the revenues of the state’s dairy industry ($3.1 billion).

[MD_Willington_1976]

This is also one of the talking points here in Washington State for Legal Permanent Residents, currently, LPR’s need to obtain an Alien Firearms License to purchase any modern firearm, the DOL is no longer is issuing the AFL’s.

That is a problem for State Hunting and Fishing revenue. They miss out on revenue from LPR’s because of this, sure we may be a minority but we still like to hunt.

[rdl6989]

Annual spending by Florida anglers is three times greater than the cash receipts from the state's orange crop ($4.4 billion vs. 1.2 billion).

I was stuned when I read that. I guess that puts it in perspective.

[CrappieLuck]

Thanks for the ping. This is some really good info. I’ve shared it with friends on my favorite hunting forum as well.

Thanks again.
CL