Percent of U.S. Population Who Hunted Percent of U.S. Population Who Wildlife by Household Income Away-From-Home Wildlife Watchers Watched by Household Income by Type of Wildlife Observed, Less than $20,000 Photographed, or Fed Less than $20,000 23% (In millions) $20,000 to $34,989 Number Percent Total, all wildlife 100 $20,000 to $34,999 $35 000 to $49,959 Birds . . . . . - . . 20.0 $35,000 to $49,999 36% Waterfowl. - . 15.4 $50 000 to 574,999 Birds of prey . 14.0 $50,000 to $74,995 Songbirds . . 13.7 $75,000 to 899,909 Other water birds. . 11.5 $75,000 to $99,998 80%% Other birds . $100,000 or more 7% Land mammals . . 16.2 70 $100,000 or more 43% Fish . . 29 Wildlife Watching Bird Watchers Marine mammals. . 3.4 Wildlife Watchers Other (turtles, butterflies, etc) . . . . . . 10.4 47.7 million Quick Facts (In millions) 41 8 million From the 2006 National Survey Number Percent Total participants . . . . 71.1 Wildlife-Watching Expenditures of Fishing, Hunting, and Total: 845.7 billion 23.0 Wildlife-Associated Recreation Away from home. 32 Other Observe wildlife . 21.5 30 21% Photograph wildlife. 11.7 59.6 billion 15.9 million Feed wildlife . Around the home 95 Equipment Feed wildlife . . - 78 Trip-related 51% Observe wildlife 44. 63 28% 523.2 billion Photograph wildlife. 18. 26 312 9 billion Maintain plantingsatural areas 14.5 Total Around the Away from Visit public parks/areas. . . . 13.3 19 home home Average trip-related expenditures: $560 por participant. Percent of Around-the-Home Observers Average trip-related expenditures: $37 per day. by Type of Wildlife Observed Percent of Wildlife Watchers by Age Total, 100% all wildlife 16 to 17 2%% Birds 65 and oldor 19% 18 to 24 Mammals 5% U.5. Department of Commerce 55 10 64 25 to 34 Economics and Statistics Administration Insects, 36%% 19% 11% LLS. CENSUS BUREAU spiders acting as collecting agent for that Reptiles, 29% 45 10 54 35 to 44 U.5. Department of the Interior amphibians 21% FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE Fish and other wildlife 205 Col 5 Col 6 Col 7Quick In 2006, 87 million U.S. Comparative Fishing All fishing Percent of U.S. Population Who Fished Comparative Hunting by Type of Hunting residents 16 years old and by Type of Fishing Freshwater except Great Lakes by Household Income older, 38 percent of the 18 Great Lakes population, participated in 15 Facts Saltwater Days per 11 wildlife-related recreation Less than $20,000 hunter 17 activities. 13 Days per Wildlife-Related Recreationists: 2006 angler 12 520,000 to $34,999 8534 11 Trip related 18435 30.0 million anglers Trip-rolabod 15597 expenditures 8249 12.5 million hunters $751 535,000 to $49.999 per hunter $301 71.1 million wildlife watchers per angler $686 $30 All hunting Trip-rolabod 850,000 to $74,999 18% These recreationists spent $122 billion on their Trip-related 528 Big game fishing, hunting, and wildlife watching (closely expenditures $27 expenditures $23 Small game $35 observing, feeding, and photographing wildlife). per day $75.000 to $99,989 19%% por day Migratory bird Other animal The 2006 National Survey of Fishing. Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation Anglers Pursuing Selected Fish $ 100,000 or more is a comprehensive source of wildlife-related by Type of Fishing Hunters Pursuing Selected Game recreation information. Information is provided (In millions] by Type of Hunting (In millions) in national and state printed reports and at qubinos usy Number of anglers Percent . Anglers, total . . . . . D'DC - 100 Hunting Game sought Number of hunters Percent Hunters, total . . . - - . . . 12.5 100 Freshwater except Great Lakes. 25. Black bass 10.0 Hunters and Days of Hunting Big game 10.7 Fishing Panfish . . . .. 7.5 (In millions) Deer TO.T Catfish bulhead 7.0 Hunters Days Wild turkey . 2.6 21 Number Percent Number Percent Trout . Elk . Total hunting . . . 12.5 101 220 100 Anglers and Days of Fishing Great Lakes . . 1.4 Big game . . .. 85 164 75 (In millions) Small game. . . . 4.8 Anglers Waleye, sauger. . . . 38 Perch. Migratory bird . . 20 Small game . . . Rabbit, hare 1.4 16 15 Number Percent Number Percent 11 Total fishing . . - 100 Salmon . Other animal . . . Squirrel. 1.8 517 100 Lake trout. Pheasant . 1.6 13 Freshwater, total . 10 Freshwater, except Qual . . . Great Lakes. 25 0 420 Saltwater - . . . . . 7.T 21 Great Lakes. . 1.4 18 3 Flatfish (flounder, halibut] Migratory birds . 2.3 18 Red drum (redfish) Doves. 1.2 10 Saltwater . . . 17 1.8 Sea trout . . . 1.6 5 Hunting Expenditures Ducks. 1.1 Striped bass 1.4 Total: $22.9 billion Geese. . . . Fishing Expenditures Trip-related Percent of Hunters by Age Group Total: $42.2 bilion Percent of Anglers by Age Group 16 to 17 16 to 17 $6.7 billion 4% Other 4% 65 and older 18 to 24 Other 65 and older 18 to 24 13%% 10% 8%% Equipment 24% $5.5 billion 55 to 64 47%% $5.5 billion 55 to 64 15% 25 to 34 15% 25 to 34 Trip-related $10.7 billion 16% Equipment 42% 45% $17.9 billion 45 to 54 45 to 54 35 to 44 $18.8 billion 22% 35 to 44 23% 25% Col 1 Col 2 Col 3 Col 4