Is The Economy Driving Up Hunting License Sales?

It’s often been said that when the economy goes sour and people are either out of work or their work slows, they buy hunting and fishing licenses and go rustle up some grub. What also seems to be a trend is that when this happens, those going hunting and fishing do so for the food not so much for the recreation.

I am beginning to hear grumblings from different corners of the country that hunting license sales are edging up from recent years and some are thinking it might be related to the economy. Newsday.com is reporting that the state of New York is seeing a jump up of around 75,000 licenses but can’t quite get a handle on the real reasons why. I suppose time will tell.

What about where you live? Are you going to hunt and fish more now that things might be tightening up in your household? Is the price of gas going to have the opposite affect and force you to hunt and fish less? Please feel free to leave comments here about your personal perspective and if you can provide any substantiated evidence of increased license sales in your area or state, we’d appreciated hearing about it.

Tom Remington

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