Estimated Number of Hunters by Species

a Estimates don't include number of hunters on shooting preserves.

b Cautionary note: these low values may have been caused by inadvertently not including the TMA map on the 1998-1999 survey instructions. See 1998-1999 annual report

**Estimated Number of Hunters by Species Table**
Year	Rabbit	Grouse	Squirrel	Pheasant^a	Woodcock
1990	436,961	299,534	369,848	274,957	30,045
1991	405,004	292,418	348,868	254,051	24,681
1992	373,800	254,724	329,726	217,189	25,916
1993	347,129	242,398	311,103	198,657	23,452
1994	335,715	259,727	326,271	205,384	19,401
1995	297,570	239,014	293,852	182,224	15,702
1996	280,351	214,272	279,259	171,275	14,464
1997	261,115	197,994	267,051	148,900	13,374
1998	242,509	183,511	252,738	158,497	12,907
1999	221,179	174,576	238,887	142,142	12,212
2000	229,906	162,073	238,540	149,260	12,977
2001	213,295	161,186	231,436	146,751	14,411
2002	195,078	149,106	201,694	123,879	12,652
2003	181,426	134,115	199,922	130,676	15,321
2005	149,647	112,210	166,476	105,508	13,615
2006	145,712	105,282	174,151	96,590	11,978
2007	135,956	95,429	154,653	90,548	12,574
2008	137,842	102,139	171,786	86,052	11,709
2009	139,772	104,228	157,907	91,549	9,934
2010	125,537	91,003	150,309	71,579	8,223
2011	109,369	79,687	165,927	88,307	-
2012	94,761	67,544	150,036	87,341	5,058
2013	91,928	66,113	145,992	92,091	6,706
2014	74,528	50,925	120,538	80,280	4,469
2015	73,286	49,726	117,277	86,349	5,872
2016	62,378	40,094	100,482	74,953	4,402
2017	45,565	32,693	95,252	35,738	5,977
2018	45,333	24,144	79,164	33,709	3,952
2019	40,425	21,547	89,383	35,692	3,607
2020	40,886	21,177	92,947	43,216	4,215
2021	38,325	18,061	79,658	42,414	4,538
2022	34,764	16,030	67,993	39,406	3,822
2023	30,920	12,958	78,007	34,782	3,286
2024	30,393	11,918	79,006	40,735	3,250

Year	Quail^a	Dove	Geese	Duck^a	Hare	Woodchuck	Crow	Porcupine
1990	5,378	93,532	33,509	28,443	7,831	123,204	39,579
1991	3,279	86,377	36,032	29,247	7,601	118,257	39,014
1992	1,444	76,998	38,301	29,263	6,156	114,515	34,442
1993	2,657	73,462	41,577	35,782	5,801	109,576	34,648
1994	1,323	74,589	40,106	34,097	7,236	117,251	37,841
1995	1,451	67,754	28,715	30,274	5,949	113,127	36,782
1996	1,184	65,808	31,119	32,434	5,011	101,576	30,087
1997	1,009	60,178	30,574	32,180	3,723	104,561	30,696
1998	1,116	57,579	32,238	34,103	5,506	92,517	31,390
1999	1,550	49,551	33,734	31,503	4,379	90,853	29,131
2000	1,870	52,496	35,628	31,998	3,666	99,294	29,371
2001	2,029	51,144	38,292	31,893	4,930	99,787	33,343
2002	1,342	50,883	41,240	32,328	3,818	91,149	28,470
2003	3,518	46,580	44,467	34,173	5,091	92,986	27,591
2005	3,222	41,328	37,426	26,673	5,033	71,682	23,380
2006	3,322	40,145	35,226	27,628	5,211	80,522	26,880
2007	3,112	40,166	34,803	27,136	3,030	75,554	23,228
2008	2,396	39,780	33,814	27,654	2,890	80,116	25,706
2009	4,412	37,895	31,732	25,870	4,703	69,407	31,519
2010	3,499	25,490	-	19,160	2,756	71,618	20,835
2011	2,578	-	-	-	4,039	87,549	25,290	7,775
2012	1,835	-	-	-	2,237	99,191	25,817	6,597
2013	2,280	-	-	-	2,410	109,559	25,271	8,666
2014	-	21,429	-	-	4,796	68,088	17,741	6,128
2015	-	17,169	-	-	3,434	63,463	13,352	6,209
2016	-	16,218	-	-	3,014	62,628	13,844	5,011
2017	-	16,395	-	-	1,248	56,948	11,523	2,695
2018	-	16,531	-	-	1,945	49,109	9,781	3,861
2019	-	14,418	-	-	1,455	46,992	9,827	3,012
2020	-	15,008	17,653	-	2,512	44,532	8,362	3,854
2021	-	15,965	12,088	-	1,129	40,974	7,804	2,267
2022	-	15,031	17,198	-	1,272	36,724	7,673	2,824
2023	-	13,462	17,357	-	1,496	38,177	4,312	1,965
2024	-	13,170	16,918	-	1,146	38,203	5,400	1,491

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