http://www.ec.gc.ca/reom-mbs/default...=en&n=C9046964
About 200,000 Canada-wide, and increasing every so slightly, but well off the 400,000 to 500,000 from the 70's and 80's.
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http://www.ec.gc.ca/reom-mbs/default...=en&n=C9046964
About 200,000 Canada-wide, and increasing every so slightly, but well off the 400,000 to 500,000 from the 70's and 80's.
I see the increase mainly because I have so many nieces and nephews that are between the ages of 15 to 35. Not to mention all the friends they hunt with. Very different hunting scene in this neck of the woods compared to the Kemptville area. I have gone to many sold out waterfowl functions such as Delta, Ducks Unlimited, Wild Turkey Federation, Rondeau Rod and Gun Club since moving back to my stomping grounds where i grew up. I have not seen anything like with the amount of young people getting into waterfowl hunting.
Many years ago before I left Chatham Ontario age 22 I was involved as a member of Ducks Unlimited. My brother in law was my mentor and I clearly remember at all the fund raising functions duck hunter numbers being way done for many years. Very different story today and clearly see it going up. Maybe you can dig up some Delta and Ducks Unlimited membership numbers stats.
2012 looks like an upswing is starting. In fact that's roughly when I noticed more and more young people getting into hunting. Blame it on Duck Dynasty or give them some credit.lolQuote:
Originally Posted by werner.reiche
Thanks Werner, that's what we needed.Quote:
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So using that chart in that link, it shows that, in Ontario, the increase in permits between 2006 (54,404) and 2013 (62,009) was growth of about 12%. or 7,605 Hunters over a 7 yr period, that's 1,100 a year across the province...not huge numbers.
The population of Ontario grows at a rate of 1% per year, so the population grew 7% over the same period of time. So the growth, as a per capita, is even smaller.
AND that is with the popularity of 'Duck Dynasty' as a catalyst for newbies to join the sport....which historical is short lived and the numbers drop off again.
No I don't believe it's short lived if anything you will see this trend continue to grow. You need to get yourself more around the younger generation and witness the interest being shown for the great outdoors and appreciation for the environment. My kids especially between 20 to 25 yrs of age have a real interest in naturally grown food off the land , hunting for it and ways to sustain it. Lots of young pups on this forum that hunt as well as their friends and I am sure some of them were not from hunting families. I don't think it will ever be like the early years but at least were seeing new hunters.
Your not accepting the numbers (facts) YD....it doesn't matter what you see in your enclave...there are not huge number of hunters joining the sport across the province...growth is small and slow, barely keeping up with the increase in population growth.
We have hunt camps all thru this WMU that are closing due to dropping numbers of new hunters joining them. The numbers from the MNR confirm it. As I pointed out in an earlier post, the numbers are close to 50/50 for those WMU's increasing compared to those decreasing.
Nevertheless, the trend is that hunting has been growing over the past decade.
Exactly welsh and even if it's slow in growth. I would rather see that than a huge explosion of new hunters. And I will continue to support like many other new hunters Delta and Ducks Unlimited.
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hahaha...yes it's taken 13 years for Waterfowler's go claw back to the 2000 numbers...it's going take another 40 years to get back to 1990 numbers..Quote:
Originally Posted by yellow dog
Slower growth than my GIC's...LOL....
The long-term decline in numbers since the 1970s will not be recovered, because it is driven by major demographic trends.
But that isn't relevant here. Canada in the Rough was not on television in the 1970s. The complaint was that removing hunting shows from TV now is terrible because hunting is seeing a recruitment failure at present. In fact, hunting is growing, which means that the recruitment failure does not, in fact, exist.