Fishing And Hunting Is Big Business
Fifty million of the 130 million
people in the U.S. over 12 years old
went fishing, hunting, or both in
1960.
Close to $4 billion was spent on
these pastimes.
650^million recreation-days were
spent on fishing and hunting.
These and many other interest
ing facts about the tremendous
growth in sport fishing and hunt
ing are told in the booklet pub
lished by the Bureau of Sport Fish
eries and Wildlife of the U. S. De
partment of the Interior, entitled
“1960 National Survey Of Fishing
and Hunting.”
The booklet reveals the chang
ing habits of the American people
in their pursuit of recreation, and
the impact of leisure-time pursuits
on the economy of the nation. It
is a detailed study of the participa
tion of people in these sports, in
cluding types of fishing and hunt
ing, expenditures, mileage traveled.
As a nation we play a little more
each year, according to the report.
We devote a little more of our in
come to recreation. Hunting and
fishing has fast become popular
sports for the entire family to in
dulge together in—this includes
the ladies, too.
Here are a few statistics on the
sport fishermen:
$2,690,872,000 was spent by 25,
323.000 fishermen in 1960; recrea
tion-days spent was 465,769,000.
Trips taken, 412,343,000; miles by
automobile, 18,834,947,000.
The hunter spent less, but fig
ures for him are impressive. 14,
637.000 hifnters spent $1,161,242,
000 and occupied 192,539,000 rec
reation-days doing it. Trips taken
totaled 178,284,000, chalking up 7,
612.615.000 miles by automobile.
There has been a steady increase
of women wbo fish. 36 percent of
the households of the nation either
fish or hunt and/or both. One in
every four men fish, or a total of
14,750,000. One in every ten women
fish, for a total of 5,683,000. This
is nearly 1,000,000 more than in
1955.
A sharp increase is also noted in
men who hunt compared to 1955.
Then there were 9,675,000 men who
hunted; in 1960 there were 11,169,
000 men who hunted. The increase
in women who indulge in this so
called manly sport is even more im
pressive. In 1955, 418,000 women
hunted; in 1980, 860,000 women
hunted, awd not for husbands,
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Freshwater fishermen are in the
majority, with 21,677,000 indulg
ing in the sport in 1960, in compar
ison to a total of 6,292,000 salt
water fishermen.
It might be interesting to note
in conclusion the expenditures of
persons who fished and/or hunted
in 1960. Of a total of $3,852,116,000,
expenditures are broken down as
follows: Food, $286,983,000, lodg
ing, $89,516,000; transportation, au
tomobile, $529,749,000; bus, rail,
air or water, $14,759,000; auxiliary
equipment- boats and boat motors,
$881,051,000, general, $331,964,000;
fishing and hunting equipment,
$663,789,000; licenses, tags and per
mits, $110,844,000, duck stamps,
$4,575,000. Privilege fees and
other: annual lease and privilege
fees, $23,435,000; daily entrance
and privilege fees, $49,670,000;
bait, guide fees, and other ex
penses, $609,685,000; other, $256,
097.000.
Five percent of all fishermen
and/or hunters belonged to fishing
and hunting clubs, or a total of
1.527.000.
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“Daily Monitor” has heard from a
Nigerian boy who wants to do some
swapping. These are his terms:
One tiiger skin or zebra hide for a
wash-and-wear suit.
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