Reports throughout 2020 highlighted the impact COVID-19 had on Americans and spotlighted their pursuit to get outdoors, connect with nature and escape the effects of the pandemic. Participation in outdoor recreation activities soared and as previous media coverage indicated, early reports suggested hunting license sales increased as well. The Council to Advance Hunting and the Shooting Sports initiated a study in early 2021 to investigate how COVID-19 impacted hunters’ rates of purchasing licenses. The Council worked with Southwick Associates to collect license data from more than 40 state fish and wildlife agencies and review monthly license sales for residents and nonresidents for 2019 and 2020.
The data collected for this study indicate an approximate 5% increase in hunting license sales year over year between 2019 and 2020. Resident sales increased by 5.4% and nonresident sales increased by 1.6% during this same period.
https://cahss.org/covid-19-and-hunting/
The data collected for this study indicate an approximate 5% increase in hunting license sales year over year between 2019 and 2020. Resident sales increased by 5.4% and nonresident sales increased by 1.6% during this same period.
https://cahss.org/covid-19-and-hunting/