RETAIL VALUE OF A HUNTER?

According to a just-released survey from the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF, during his or her lifetime, an average American hunter spends $17,726.59 on hunting equipment. When licenses and lodging, food and fuel, magazines and meat processing, plus other expenses are included, the average lifetime total spent on hunting jumps to $96,017.92.

These figures were calculated as part of the 2006 NSSF-commissioned research which looked at hunters' total expenditures from age 16 to 75.

During that period, an average hunter in the U.S. annually spends: $70 on rifles, $53 on shotguns, $9 on muzzleloaders, $21 on handguns, $49 on ammunition, $12 on decoys, and $49 on dogs and supplies.

For more on the Study, go to the NSSF website.

http://www.nssf.org