The abundance of game animals throughout the U.S. is a strong testimony to the success of hunters as conservationists. This is also a good measure of the health of the Hunting industry..

The National Shooting Sports Foundation   put together the following information:

Hunting is BIG BUSINESS.

According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

The most recent survey report (2006) indicated in that year:

•          12.5 million People 16 years old and older enjoyed hunting a variety of animals within the United States. They hunted 220 million days and took 185 million trips. Hunting expenditures totaled $22.9 billion.
•          An estimated 10.7 million hunters pursued big game, such as deer and elk, on 164 million days.
•          There were 4.8 million hunters of small game including squirrels and rabbits.
•          They hunted small game on 52 million days and spent $2.4 billion on small game hunting trips and equipment.
•          2.3 million hunted migratory birds such as doves or waterfowl
•           3.1 million hunted other animals such as woodchucks and raccoons

The National Shooting Sports Foundation  research department has shown that:

•          Sportsmen contribute nearly $8million every day, adding more than $2.9 billion every year for conservation.
•          Hunters and target shooters have paid $6.8 billion in excise taxes since the inception of the Pittman-Robertson Act in1937.
•          Hunting in America is big business, generating 600,000 jobs in the United States.
•          For more than 80 years, sportsmen have paid more than $13.7 billion for on-the-ground projects in every state, protecting our natural environment and our fish and wildlife.
•          The $4.95 billion in annual federal tax money generated by hunters’ spending could cover the annual paychecks of 150,000 U.S. Army Sergeants.

Hunting is a BIG BUSINESS with a future

From the headwaters of the Yukon River in Alaska and down through the Rocky Mountain States and then from Coast to Coast, there are many great areas to hunt. Of the 185 million hunting trips made every year many are individuals who are looking for a guided hunt.

Who is going to show them their way to a successful hunt?

It could be you!

For those individuals who have the interest in hunting and the outdoors, as well as the drive and determination to make things happen, there are many opportunities to make a living and more.