2006 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation Wisconsin

              U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Wisconsin
2006 National Survey
of Fishing, Hunting,
and Wildlife-Associated
Recreation
2006 National Survey of
Fishing, Hunting, and
Wildlife-Associated Recreation
FHW/06-WI
Issued May 2008
Wisconsin
U.S. Department of the Interior
Dirk Kempthorne,
Secretary
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
H. Dale Hall,
Director
U.S. Department of Commerce
Carlos M. Gutierrez,
Secretary
John J. Sullivan,
Deputy Secretary
Economics and Statistics Administration
Cynthia A. Glassman,
Under Secretary for Economic Affairs
U.S. CENSUS BUREAU
Steve H. Murdock,
Director
The U.S. Department of the Interior protects and manages the Nation’s natural resources and cultural
heritage; provides scientifi c and other information about those resources; and honors its trust responsi-bilities
or special commitments to American Indians, Alaska Natives, and affi liated Island Communities.
The mission of the Department’s U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is working with others to conserve,
protect, and enhance fi sh, wildlife, and their habitats for the continuing benefi t of the American people.
The Service is responsible for national programs of vital importance to our natural resources, including
administration of the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Programs. These two programs provide fi nan-cial
assistance to the States for projects to enhance and protect fi sh and wildlife resources and to assure
their availability to the public for recreational purposes. Multistate grants from these programs fund the
National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation.
Suggested Citation
U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, and U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S.
Census Bureau. 2006 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
H. Dale Hall,
Director
Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration
Rowan Gould,
Assistant Director
U.S. Department of the Interior
Dirk Kempthorne,
Secretary
U.S. CENSUS BUREAU
Steve H. Murdock,
Director
Economics and Statistics
Administration
Cynthia A. Glassman,
Under Secretary for Economic Affairs
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Contents
List of Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv
Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi
Survey Background and Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Highlights
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Wildlife-Associated Recreation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Sportspersons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Anglers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Hunters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Wildlife Watchers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
1996–2006 Comparisons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Tables
Guide to Statistical Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Fishing and Hunting Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Wildlife-Watching Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
National Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Appendixes
A. Defi nitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
B. 2005 Participation of 6- to 15-Year-Olds: Data From Screening Interviews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
C. Signifi cant Methodological Changes From Previous Surveys and Regional Trends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
D. Sample Design and Statistical Accuracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
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Fishing and Hunting
1. Fishing and Hunting in Wisconsin by Resident and Nonresident Sportspersons: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
2. Anglers and Hunters, Days of Participation, and Trips in Wisconsin by Type of Fishing
and Hunting: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
3. Anglers and Hunters, Trips, and Days of Participation: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
4. Wisconsin Resident Anglers and Hunters by Place Fished or Hunted: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
5. Wisconsin Resident Anglers and Hunters, Days of Participation, and Trips in the
United States by Type of Fishing and Hunting: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
6. Freshwater Anglers, Trips, Days of Fishing, and Type of Water Fished: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
7. Freshwater Anglers and Days of Fishing in Wisconsin by Type of Fish: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
8. Great Lakes Anglers, Trips, and Days of Fishing in Wisconsin: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
9. Great Lakes Anglers and Days of Fishing in Wisconsin by Type of Fish: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
10. Saltwater Anglers, Trips, and Days of Fishing in Wisconsin: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
11. Saltwater Anglers and Days of Fishing in Wisconsin by Type of Fish: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
12. Hunters, Trips, and Days of Hunting in Wisconsin by Type of Hunting: 2006. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
13. Hunters and Days of Hunting in Wisconsin by Type of Game: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
14. Hunters and Days of Hunting in Wisconsin by Type of Land: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
15. Selected Characteristics of Wisconsin Resident Anglers and Hunters: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
16. Summary of Expenditures in Wisconsin by State Residents and Nonresidents Combined for
Fishing and Hunting: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
17. Summary of Fishing Trip and Equipment Expenditures in Wisconsin by State Residents and
Nonresidents Combined by Type of Fishing: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
18. Summary of Hunting Trip and Equipment Expenditures in Wisconsin by State Residents and
Nonresidents Combined by Type of Hunting: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
19. Expenditures in Wisconsin by State Residents and Nonresidents Combined for Fishing: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
20. Expenditures in Wisconsin by State Residents and Nonresidents Combined for Hunting: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
21. Trip and Equipment Expenditures in Wisconsin for Fishing and Hunting by Wisconsin Residents
and Nonresidents: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
22. Summary of Wisconsin Residents’ Fishing and Hunting Expenditures Both Inside and Outside
Wisconsin: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
23. In-State and Out-of-State Expenditures by Wisconsin Residents for Fishing and Hunting: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Wildlife Watching
24. Wildlife Watching in Wisconsin by State Residents and Nonresidents Combined: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
25. Participants, Trips, and Days of Participation in Away-From-Home Wildlife Watching in
Wisconsin: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
26. Away-From-Home Wildlife-Watching Participants by Wildlife Observed, Photographed, or
Fed in Wisconsin: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
List of Tables
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27. Participation in Wildlife-Watching Activities Around the Home in Wisconsin: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
28. Wisconsin Residents Participating in Wildlife Watching in the United States: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
29. Wild Bird Observers and Days of Observation in Wisconsin by State Residents and
Nonresidents: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
30. Selected Characteristics of Wisconsin Residents Participating in Wildlife Watching: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
31. Expenditures in Wisconsin by State Residents and Nonresidents Combined for Wildlife
Watching: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
32. Trip and Equipment Expenditures in Wisconsin for Wildlife Watching by Wisconsin Residents
and Nonresidents: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
33. Wildlife-Watching Expenditures Both Inside and Outside Wisconsin by Wisconsin
Residents: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
34. In-State and Out-of-State Expenditures by Wisconsin Residents for Wildlife Watching: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
35. Participation of Wisconsin Resident Wildlife-Watching Participants in Fishing and
Hunting: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
36. Participation of Wisconsin Resident Sportspersons in Wildlife-Watching Activities: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
National Tables
37. Participation in Wildlife-Associated Recreation by State Residents Both Inside and Outside
Their Resident State: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
38. Anglers and Hunters by Sportsperson’s State of Residence: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
39. Participation in Wildlife-Associated Recreation in Each State by Both Residents and
Nonresidents of the State: 2006. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
40. Anglers and Hunters by State Where Fishing or Hunting Took Place: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
vi 2006 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation—Wisconsin U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
I fi nd duck hunting with friends in
a bottomland hardwood swamp or
fi shing with my kids on an Oregon
river bolsters my spirit and reminds me
why I care about conservation and our
wildlife heritage.
But wildlife-associated and vital
recreation—activities such as hunting,
fi shing, and birding—also provide
signifi cant fi nancial support for wildlife
conservation in our Nation’s economy.
According to information from the
newest National Survey of Fishing,
Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated
Recreation, 87.5 million Americans
spent more than $122 billion in 2006
on wildlife-related recreation. And
this spending supports hundreds of
thousands of jobs in industries and
businesses.
The Survey is conducted every fi ve
years at the request of State fi sh and
wildlife agencies to measure the impor-tance
of wildlife-based recreation to the
American people. The 2006 Survey
represents the 11th in a series that
began in 1955. Developed in collabo-ration
with the States, the Association
of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, and
national conservation organizations,
the Survey has become one of the most
important sources of information on
fi sh and wildlife-related recreation in
the United States.
In the 75-year history of the Sport Fish
and Wildlife Restoration Programs,
excise taxes on fi rearms, ammunition,
archery, and angling equipment have
generated a cumulative total of more
than $10 billion for wildlife conserva-tion
efforts by State and Territorial
wildlife agencies for fi sh and wildlife
management.
My thanks go to the men and women
who took time to participate in the
survey, as well as to the State fi sh and
wildlife agencies for their fi nancial
support through the Multistate Conser-vation
Grant Programs. Without that
support, the 2006 Survey would never
have been possible.
I am comforted to know that my chil-dren
and all Americans will have the
opportunity to appreciate our Nation’s
rich wildlife tradition. Along with
a record number of Americans, we
continue to enjoy wildlife. We are
laying the foundation for conservation’s
future.
H. Dale Hall
Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Foreword
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service 2006 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation—Wisconsin vii
Survey Background and Method
The National Survey of Fishing,
Hunting, and Wildlife-Asso ciated
Recreation (Survey) has been
conducted since 1955 and is one of
the oldest and most comprehensive
continuing recreation surveys. The
Survey collects information on the
number of anglers, hunters, and wild-life
watchers; how often they partici-pate;
and how much they spend on their
activities in the United States.
Preparations for the 2006 Survey began
in 2004 when the Association of Fish
and Wildlife Agencies (AFWA) recom-mended
that the Fish and Wildlife
Service conduct the 11th Survey of
wildlife-related recreation. Funding
came from the Multistate Conservation
Grant Programs, authorized by Sport
Fish and Wildlife Restoration Acts, as
amended.
We consulted with State and Federal
agencies and nongovernmental
o rganizations such as the Wildlife
Management Institute and American
Sportfi shing Association to determine
survey content. Other sportsper-sons’
organizations and conservation
groups, industry representatives, and
researchers also provided valuable
advice.
Four regional technical committees
were set up under the auspices of the
AFWA to ensure that State fi sh and
wildlife agencies had an opportunity to
participate in all phases of survey plan-ning
and design. The committees were
made up of agency representatives.
Data collection for the Survey was
carried out by the U.S. Census Bureau
in two phases. The fi rst phase was the
screen which began in April 2006.
During this phase, the Census Bureau
interviewed a sample of 85,000 house-holds
nationwide to determine who
in the household had fi shed, hunted,
or wildlife watched in 2005, and who
had engaged or planned to engage
in those activities in 2006. In most
cases, one adult household member
provided information for all members.
The screen primarily covered 2005
activities while the next, more in-depth
phase covered 2006 activities. For
more information on 2005 data, refer to
Appendix B.
The second phase of data collection
consisted of three detailed inter-view
waves. The fi rst began in April
2006 concurrent with the screen, the
second in September 2006, and the
last in January 2007. Interviews were
conducted with samples of likely
anglers, hunters, and wildlife watchers
who were identifi ed in the initial
screening phase. Interviews were
conducted primarily by phone, with
in-person interviews for respondents
who could not be reached by phone.
Respondents in the second survey
phase were limited to those who were
at least 16 years old. Each respondent
provided information pertaining only to
his or her activities and expenditures.
Sample sizes were designed to provide
statistically reliable results at the state
level. Information on sampling proce-dures,
sample sizes, and response rates
is found in Appendix D.
Comparability With Previous
Surveys
The 2006 Survey questions and meth-odology
were similar to those used
in the 2001, 1996, and 1991 Surveys.
Therefore, the estimates are compa-rable.
The methodology of these Surveys
did differ importantly from the 1985
and 1980 Surveys, so these estimates
are not directly comparable to those
of earlier surveys. Changes in meth-odology
included reducing the recall
period over which respondents had to
report their activities and expenditures.
Previous Surveys used a 12-month
recall period, which resulted in greater
reporting bias. Research found that the
amount of activity and expenditures
reported in 12-month recall surveys
was overestimated in comparison
with that reported using shorter recall
periods.
Highlights
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Introduction
The National Survey of Fishing,
Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated
Recreation reports results from inter-views
with U.S. residents about their
fi shing, hunting, and wildlife watching.
This report focuses on 2006 participa-tion
and expenditures of persons 16
years of age and older.
The Survey is a snapshot of one year.
The information it collected tells us
how many people participated and
how much they spent on their activi-ties
in the State in 2006. It does not
tell us how many anglers, hunters, and
wildlife watchers there were because
many do not participate every year.
For example, based on information
collected by the Survey’s household
screen and detailed phase, we can
estimate that about 33 percent more
anglers and hunters participated nation-ally
in at least 1 of the 4 years prior to
the survey year 2006.
In addition to 2006 estimates, we also
provide trend information in the High-lights
section and Appendix C of the
report. The 2006 numbers reported can
be compared with those in the 1991,
1996, and 2001 Survey reports because
they used similar methodologies. The
2006 estimates should not be directly
compared with results from Surveys
conducted earlier than 1991 because
of changes in methodology to improve
accuracy.
The report also provides information
on participation in wildlife recreation
in 2005, particularly of persons 6 to 15
years of age. The 2005 information is
provided in Appendix B. Information
about the Survey’s scope and coverage
is in Appendix D. The remainder of this
section defi nes important terms used in
the Survey.
This report does not provide infor-mation
about the State’s wildlife
resources. That, and additional infor-mation
on wildlife-related recreation,
may be obtained from State fi sh and
wildlife agencies. The Association of
Fish and Wildlife Agencies can provide
the addresses and telephone numbers of
those agencies. The Association’s Web
site is .
Wildlife-Associated Recreation
Wildlife-associated recreation is
fi shing, hunting, and wildlife-watching
activities. These categories are not
mutually exclusive because many indi-viduals
participated in more than one
activity. Wildlife-associated recreation
is reported in two major categories: (1)
fi shing and hunting and (2) wildlife
watching, which includes observing,
photographing, and feeding fi sh or
wildlife.
Fishing and Hunting
This Survey reports information about
residents of the United States who
fi shed or hunted in 2006, regardless of
whether they were licensed. The fi shing
and hunting sections report information
for three groups: (1) sportspersons, (2)
anglers, and (3) hunters.
Sportspersons
Sportspersons are those who fi shed
or hunted. Individuals who fi shed
or hunted commercially in 2006 are
reported as sportspersons only if they
also fi shed or hunted for recreation.
The sportspersons group is composed
of three subgroups, as shown in the
diagram on this page: (1) those that
fi shed and hunted, (2) those that only
fi shed, and (3) those that only hunted.
The total number of sportspersons is
equal to the sum of people who only
fi shed, only hunted, and both hunted
and fi shed. It is not the sum of all
anglers and all hunters because those
people who both fi shed and hunted are
included in both the angler and hunter
population and would be incorrectly
counted twice.
Anglers
Anglers are sportspersons who only
fi shed plus those who fi shed and
hunted. Anglers include not only
licensed hook and line anglers, but
also those who have no license and
those who use special methods such as
fi shing with spears.
Three types of fi shing are reported: (1)
freshwater, excluding the Great Lakes,
(2) Great Lakes, and (3) saltwater.
Since many anglers participated in
more than one type of fi shing, the total
number of anglers is less than the sum
of the three types of fi shing.
Hunters
Hunters are sportspersons who only
hunted plus those who hunted and
fi shed. Hunters include not only
licensed hunters using rifl es and shot-guns
but also those who had no license
and those who hunted with a bow and
arrow, primitive fi rearm, or pistol or
handgun.
Sportspersons
Anglers Hunters
Fished
only
Fished
and
hunted
Hunted
only
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Four types of hunting are reported: (1)
big game, (2) small game, (3) migra-tory
bird, and (4) other animals. Since
many hunters participated in more than
one type of hunting, the sum of hunters
for big game, small game, migratory
bird, and other animals exceeds the
total number of hunters.
Wildlife Watchers
Since 1980, the National Survey has
included information on wildlife-watching
activities in addition to
fi shing and hunting. The 1991, 1996,
2001, and 2006 Surveys, unlike the
1980 and 1985 Surveys, collected data
only for activities where the primary
purpose was wildlife watching. The
1980 and 1985 Surveys included esti-mates
of unplanned wildlife watching
around the home and while on trips
taken for another purpose.
The 2006 Survey uses a strict defi ni-tion
of wildlife watching. Participants
must either take a “special interest”
in w ildlife around their homes or take
a trip for the “primary purpose” of
wildlife watching. Secondary wild-life
watching, such as incidentally
observing wildlife while pleasure
driving, is not included.
Two types of wildlife watching
are reported: (1) away-from-home
(formerly nonresidential) activities and
(2) around-the-home (formerly residen-tial)
activities. Because some people
participated in more than one type of
wildlife watching, the sum of partici-pants
in each type will be greater than
the total number of wildlife watchers.
The two types of wildlife-watching
activity are explained next.
Away-From-Home Wildlife
Watching
This group includes persons who
took trips or outings of at least 1 mile
from home for the primary purpose of
observing, feeding, or photographing
fi sh and wildlife. Trips to fi sh, hunt,
or scout and trips to zoos, circuses,
aq uariums, and museums are not
considered wildlife-watching activities.
Around-the-Home Wildlife
Watching
This group includes those who
participated within 1 mile of home and
involves one or more of the following:
(1) closely observing or trying to iden-tify
birds or other wildlife; (2) photo-graphing
wildlife; (3) feeding birds or
other wildlife; (4) maintaining natural
areas of at least 1/4 acre where benefi t
to wildlife is the primary concern; (5)
maintaining plantings (shrubs, agri-cultural
crops, etc.) where benefi t to
wildlife is the primary concern; or (6)
visiting public parks within 1 mile
of home for the primary purpose of
observing, feeding, or photographing
wildlife.
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2006 Wisconsin Summary
Fishing
Anglers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,394,000
Days of fi shing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,823,000
Average days per angler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Total expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,647,035,000
Trip-related . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $747,312,000
Equipment and other . . . . . . . . . . . . . $899,723,000
Average per angler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$1,180
Average trip expenditure per day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $36
Hunting
Hunters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 697,000
Days of hunting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,059,000
Average days per hunter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Total expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$1,312,128,000
Trip-related . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $275,268,000
Equipment and other . . . . . . . . . . . .$1,036,860,000
Average per hunter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,868
Average trip expenditure per day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $27
Wildlife Watching
Total wildlife-watching participants . . . . . 2,039,000
Away-from-home participants . . . . . . . . . . 685,000
Around-the-home participants . . . . . . . . . 1,703,000
Days of participation away from home . . . . . 5,547,000
Average days of participation
away from home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Total expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $744,689,000
Trip-related . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $260,166,000
Equipment and other . . . . . . . . . . . . . $484,524,000
Average per participant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $357
Average trip expenditure per day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $47
Activities in Wisconsin by Residents
and Nonresidents Activities in Wisconsin by Nonresidents
Fishing
Anglers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381,000
Days of fi shing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,789,000
Average days per angler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Total expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $580,183,000
Trip-related . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $301,395,000
Equipment and other . . . . . . . . . . . . . $278,788,000
Average per angler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$1,525
Average trip expenditure per day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $80
Hunting
Hunters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48,000
Days of hunting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380,000
Average days per hunter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Total expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $41,245,000
Trip-related . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $25,084,000
Equipment and other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $16,161,000
Average per hunter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $856
Average trip expenditure per day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $66
Wildlife Watching
Total wildlife-watching participants . . . . . . 329,000
Away-from-home participants . . . . . . . . . . 329,000
Around-the-home participants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (X)
Days of participation away from home . . . . 1,786,000
Average days of participation
away from home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Total expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $220,752,000
Trip-related . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $186,977,000
Equipment and other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $33,776,000
Average per participant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $647
Average trip expenditure per day . . . . . . . . . . . . . $105
(X) Not applicable.
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Activities in Wisconsin by Residents
Fishing
Anglers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,014,000
Days of fi shing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,034,000
Average days per angler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Total expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$1,066,852,000
Trip-related . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $445,917,000
Equipment and other . . . . . . . . . . . . . $620,935,000
Average per angler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$1,053
Average trip expenditure per day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $26
Hunting
Hunters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 649,000
Days of hunting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,679,000
Average days per hunter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Total expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$1,270,883,000
Trip-related . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $250,184,000
Equipment and other . . . . . . . . . . . .$1,020,699,000
Average per hunter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,958
Average trip expenditure per day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $26
Wildlife Watching
Total wildlife-watching participants . . . . 1,710,000
Away-from-home participants . . . . . . . . . . 356,000
Around-the-home participants . . . . . . . . 1,703,000
Days of participation away from home . . . . . 3,760,000
Average days of participation
away from home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Total expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $523,937,000
Trip-related . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $73,189,000
Equipment and other . . . . . . . . . . . . . $450,748,000
Average per participant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $306
Average trip expenditure per day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $19
Activities by Wisconsin Residents Both Inside
and Outside Wisconsin
Fishing
Anglers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,025,000
Days of fi shing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,771,000
Average days per angler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Total expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,193,390,000
Trip-related . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $554,321,000
Equipment and other . . . . . . . . . . . . . $639,069,000
Average per angler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$1,164
Average trip expenditure per day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $31
Hunting
Hunters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 652,000
Days of hunting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,998,000
Average days per hunter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Total expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$1,329,161,000
Trip-related . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $291,119,000
Equipment and other . . . . . . . . . . . .$1,038,042,000
Average per hunter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,039
Average trip expenditure per day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $29
Wildlife Watching
Total wildlife-watching participants . . . . . 1,710,000
Away-from-home participants . . . . . . . . . . 424,000
Around-the-home participants . . . . . . . . . 1,703,000
Days of participation away from home . . . . . 4,568,000
Average days of participation
away from home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Total expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $644,271,000
Trip-related . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $188,626,000
Equipment and other . . . . . . . . . . . . . $455,645,000
Average per participant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $377
Average trip expenditure per day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $41
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Participation in Wisconsin
The 2006 Survey found that 2.9 million
Wisconsin residents and nonresidents
16 years old and older fi shed, hunted,
or wildlife watched in Wisconsin. Of
the total number of participants, 1.4
million fi shed, 697 thousand hunted,
and 2.0 million participated in wildlife -
watching activities, which include
observing, feeding, and photographing
wildlife. The sum of anglers, hunters,
and wildlife watchers exceeds the total
number of participants in wildlife -
related recreation because many
individuals engaged in more than
one wildlife-related activity.
Participation by 6-to-15-Year-Old
Wisconsin Residents
The focus of the National Survey is
on the activity of participants 16 years
old and older. However, the activity of
6- to 15-year-olds can be calculated
using the screening data covering the
year 2005. It is assumed for estima-tion
purposes that the relative activity
levels of 6-to-15-year-old participants
and participants 16 years old and older
remained the same in 2005 and 2006.
Based on this assumption, in addi-tion
to the 1.0 million resident anglers
16 years old and older, there were
230 thousand resident anglers 6 to 15
years old. Also, in addition to the 652
thousand residents 16 years old and
older who hunted, there were 59 thou-sand
6-to-15-year-old residents who
hunted. Finally, there were 1.7 million
Wisconsin residents 16 years old and
older and 207 thousand 6- to 15-year-olds
who wildlife watched. Further
information on 6- to 15-year-olds is
provided in Appendix B.
Expenditures in Wisconsin
In 2006, state residents and nonresi-dents
spent $3.9 billion on wildlife
recreation in Wisconsin. Of that total,
trip-related expenditures were $1.3
billion and equipment purchases totaled
$1.4 billion. The remaining $1.2 billion
was spent on licenses, contributions,
land ownership and leasing, and other
items.
Wildlife-Associated Recreation
Participants in Wildlife-Associated Recreation
in Wisconsin: 2006
(U.S. residents 16 years old and older)
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.9 million
Sportspersons
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.6 million
Anglers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.4 million
Hunters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 697 thousand
Wildlife Watchers
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.0 million
Away from home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 685 thousand
Around the home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.7 million
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses.
Source: Tables 3, 24, and 39.
Percent of Total Participants
by Activity
(Total: 2.9 million participants)
Wildlife
watching
Fishing Hunting
48%
24%
70%
Wildlife-Associated Recreation
Expenditures in Wisconsin
(Total: $3.9 billion)
Equipment
37%
Trip-related
33%
Other
31%
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Sportspersons
In 2006, 1.6 million state resident
and nonresident sportspersons 16
years old and older fi shed or hunted
in Wisconsin. This group comprised
1.4 million anglers (88 percent of
all sportspersons) and 697 thousand
hunters (44 percent of all sports-persons).
Among the 1.6 million
sportspersons who fi shed or hunted in
the state, 885 thousand (56 percent)
fi shed but did not hunt in Wisconsin.
Another 188 thousand (12 percent)
hunted but did not fi sh there. The
remaining 509 thousand (32 percent)
fi shed and hunted in Wisconsin in 2006.
Sportspersons’ Participation in Wisconsin
(State residents and nonresidents 16 years old and older)
Sportspersons (fi shed or hunted) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.6 million
Anglers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.4 million
Fished only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 885 thousand
Fished and hunted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509 thousand
Hunters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 697 thousand
Hunted only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 thousand
Hunted and fi shed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509 thousand
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses.
Source: Table 1.
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Anglers
Participants and Days of Fishing
In 2006, 1.4 million state residents and
nonresidents 16 years old and older
fi shed in Wisconsin. Of this total, 1.0
million anglers (73 percent) were state
residents and 381 thousand anglers (27
percent) were nonresidents. Anglers
fi shed a total of 20.8 million days in
Wisconsin—an average of 15 days
per angler. State residents fi shed 17.0
million days—82 percent of all fi shing
days in Wisconsin. Nonresidents fi shed
3.8 million days in Wisconsin—18
percent of all fi shing days in the state.
A large majority of Wisconsin residents
who fi shed anywhere in the United
States did so in their resident state.
There were 1.0 million Wisconsin resi-dents
16 years old and older who fi shed
in the United States in 2006 for a total
of 17.8 million days. An estimated 99
percent of all Wisconsin residents who
fi shed did so in their home state. Of all
fi shing days by Wisconsin residents,
96 percent or 17.0 million were in their
home state.
Some state residents fi shed in states
other than Wisconsin. In 2006, 144
thousand Wisconsin residents fi shed in
other states—14 percent of all residents
fi shing in any state. They fi shed 800
thousand days as nonresidents, repre-senting
4 percent of all days fi shed by
Wisconsin residents. For further details
about fi shing in Wisconsin, see Table 3.
Anglers in Wisconsin
(State residents and nonresidents 16 years old and older)
Anglers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.4 million
Resident . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.0 million
Nonresident . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381 thousand
Days of fi shing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.8 million
Resident . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.0 million
Nonresident . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.8 million
Source: Table 3.
In State/Out of State
(State residents 16 years old and older)
Wisconsin anglers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.0 million
In Wisconsin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.0 million
In other states. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 thousand
Days of fi shing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.8 million
In Wisconsin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.0 million
In other states. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800 thousand
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses.
Source: Table 3.
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Fishing Expenditures in Wisconsin
All fi shing-related expenditures in
Wisconsin totaled $1.6 billion in
2006. Trip-related expenditures, which
include food and lodging, transporta-tion,
and other trip expenses, totaled
$747 million—45 percent of all fi shing
expenditures. Expenditures for food
and lodging were $352 million and
transportation expenditures were $226
million. Other trip expenses, such as
equipment rental, bait, and cooking
fuel, totaled $170 million. Each angler
spent an average of $536 on trip-related
costs during 2006.
Anglers spent $623 million on equip-ment
in Wisconsin in 2006, 38 percent
of all fi shing expenditures. Fishing
equipment (rods, reels, line, etc.)
spending totaled $152 million—24
percent of the equipment total. Auxil-iary
equipment expenditures (tents,
special fi shing clothes, etc.) and special
equipment expenditures (boats, vans,
etc.) amounted to $471 million—76
percent of the equipment total. Special
and auxiliary equipment are items that
were purchased for fi shing but could be
used in activities other than fi shing.
The purchase of other items, such as
magazines, membership dues, licenses,
permits, stamps, and land leasing and
ownership, amounted to $276 million—
17 percent of all fi shing expenditures.
For more details about fi shing expen-ditures
in Wisconsin, see Tables 19 and
21 through 23.
Fishing Expenditures in Wisconsin
(State residents and nonresidents 16 years old and older)
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1.6 billion
Trip-related . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $747 million
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $623 million
Fishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $152 million
Auxiliary and special . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $471 million
Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $276 million
Source: Table 19.
Percent of Anglers by Residence
(Total: 1.4 million participants)
Residents Nonresidents
73%
27%
Fishing Expenditures
in Wisconsin
(Total: $1.6 billion)
Trip-related
45%
Other
17%
Equipment
38%
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Hunters
Participants and Days of Hunting
In 2006, there were 697 thousand
residents and nonresidents 16 years old
and older who hunted in Wisconsin.
Resident hunters numbered 649 thou-sand,
accounting for 93 percent of the
hunters in Wisconsin. There were 48
thousand nonresidents who hunted in
Wisconsin—7 percent of the state’s
hunters. Residents and nonresidents
hunted 10.1 million days in 2006,
an average of 14 days per hunter.
Residents hunted 9.7 million days in
Wisconsin or 96 percent of all hunting
days, while nonresidents spent 380
thousand days hunting in Wisconsin or
4 percent of all hunting days.
There were 652 thousand Wisconsin
residents 16 years old and older who
hunted in the United States in 2006
for a total of 10.0 million days. An
estimated 100 percent of all Wisconsin
residents who hunted did so in their
home state. Of all hunting days by
Wisconsin residents, 97 percent or
9.7 million were spent pursuing game
in their home state.
Some state residents hunted in states
other than Wisconsin. Altogether, 39
thousand or 6 percent of all Wisconsin
hunters hunted in other states. Their
337 thousand days of hunting in other
states represented 3 percent of all days
Wisconsin residents spent hunting in
2006. For more information on hunting
activities by Wisconsin residents, see
Table 3.
Hunters in Wisconsin
(State residents and nonresidents 16 years old and older)
Hunters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 697 thousand
Resident . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 649 thousand
Nonresident . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 thousand
Days of hunting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.1 million
Resident . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.7 million
Nonresident . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380 thousand
Source: Table 3.
In State/Out of State
(State residents 16 years old and older)
Wisconsin hunters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 652 thousand
In Wisconsin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 649 thousand
In other states. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 thousand
Days of hunting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.0 million
In Wisconsin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.7 million
In other states. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337 thousand
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses.
Source: Table 3.
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Hunting Expenditures in Wisconsin
All hunting-related expenditures in
Wisconsin totaled $1.3 billion in 2006.
Trip-related expenses, such as food
and lodging, transportation, and other
trip expenses, totaled $275 million��
21 percent of total expenditures.
Expenditures for food and lodging
were $147 million and transportation
expenditures were $104 million. Other
trip expenses, such as equipment rental,
totaled $24 million for the year. The
average trip-related expenditure per
hunter was $395.
Hunters spent $317 million on equip-ment—
24 percent of all hunting
expenditures. Hunting equipment
(guns, ammunition, etc.) totaled $170
million and made up 54 percent of
all equipment costs. Hunters spent
$146 million on auxiliary equipment
(tents, special hunting clothes, etc.)
and special equipment (boats, vans,
etc.), accounting for 46 percent of total
equipment expenditures for hunting.
Special and auxiliary equipment are
items that were purchased for hunting
but could be used in activities other
than hunting.
The purchase of other items, such as
magazines, membership dues, licenses,
permits, and land leasing and owner-ship,
cost hunters $720 million—55
percent of all hunting expenditures. For
more details on hunting expenditures in
Wisconsin, see Tables 20 through 23.
Hunting Expenditures in Wisconsin
(State residents and nonresidents 16 years old and older)
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1.3 billion
Trip-related . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $275 million
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $317 million
Hunting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $170 million
Auxiliary and special . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $146 million
Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $720 million
Source: Table 20.
Percent of Hunters by Residence
(Total: 697 thousand participants)
Residents Nonresidents
93%
7%
Hunting Expenditures
in Wisconsin
(Total: $1.3 billion)
Trip-related
21%
Other
55%
Equipment
24%
12 2006 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation—Wisconsin U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Wildlife Watchers
Participants and Days of Activity
In 2006, 2.0 million U.S. residents 16
years old and older fed, observed, or
photographed wildlife in Wisconsin.
Most of them, 84 percent (1.7 million),
enjoyed their activities close to home
and are called “around-the-home”
participants. Those persons who
enjoyed wildlife at least 1 mile from
home are called “away-from-home”
participants. People participating
in away-from-home activities in
Wisconsin in 2006 numbered 685
thousand—34 percent of all wildlife
watchers in Wisconsin. Of the 685
thousand, 356 thousand were state
residents and 329 thousand were
nonresidents.
Wisconsin residents 16 years old
and older who enjoyed away-from-home
wildlife watching within their
state totaled 356 thousand. Of this
group, 328 thousand participants
observed wildlife and 121 thousand
photographed wildlife. Since some
individuals engaged in more than one
away-from-home activity during the
year, the sum of wildlife observers and
photographers exceeds the total number
of away-from-home participants.
Wisconsin residents spent 3.8 million
days engaged in away-from-home
wildlife -watching activities in their
state. They spent 3.1 million days
observing wildlife and 986 thousand
days photographing wildlife. The sum
of days observing and photographing
wildlife exceeds the total days of
wildlife -watching activity because
individuals engaged in more than one
activity on some days. For further
details about away-from-home activi-ties,
see Table 25.
Wisconsin residents also took an active
interest in wildlife around their homes.
In 2006, 1.7 million state residents
enjoyed observing, feeding, and photo-graphing
wildlife within 1 mile of their
homes. Among this around-the-home
group, 1.5 million fed, 1.1 million
observed, and 445 thousand photo-graphed
wildlife around their homes.
Another 271 thousand participants
maintained natural areas of 1/4 acre or
more for wildlife; 260 thousand partici-pants
maintained plantings for the
Wildlife-Watching Participants in Wisconsin
(State residents and nonresidents 16 years old and older)
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.0 million
Around the home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.7 million
Away from home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 685 thousand
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses.
Source: Table 24.
Away-From-Home Wildlife-Watching Participation in Wisconsin
(State residents and nonresidents 16 years old and older)
Participants, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 685 thousand
Observe wildlife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 657 thousand
Feed wildlife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 thousand
Photograph wildlife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323 thousand
Days, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.5 million
Observe wildlife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.7 million
Feed wildlife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 717 thousand
Photograph wildlife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.7 million
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses.
Source: Table 25.
Around-the-Home Wildlife-Watching Participation in Wisconsin
(State residents 16 years old and older)
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.7 million
Feed wildlife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.5 million
Observe wildlife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1 million
Photograph wildlife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445 thousand
Maintain natural areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271 thousand
Maintain plantings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260 thousand
Visit public areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367 thousand
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses.
Source: Table 27.
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benefi t of wildlife; and 367 thousand
participants visited public parks within
a mile of home because of the wildlife.
Summing the number of participants in
these six activities results in an esti-mate
that exceeds the total number of
around-the-home participants because
many people participated in more than
one type of around-the-home activity.
In addition, 24 percent of resident
around-the-home wildlife watchers
also enjoyed wildlife away from home.
For further details about Wisconsin
residents participating in around-the-home
wildlife-watching activities, see
Table 27.
Wild Bird Observers
Bird watching attracted many wildlife
enthusiasts in Wisconsin. In 2006, 1.5
million people observed birds around
the home and on trips in the state.
Seventy-two percent (1.0 million)
observed wild birds around the home
while 43 percent (622 thousand) took
trips away from home to watch birds.
Wildlife-Watching Expenditures
in Wisconsin
Wildlife watchers spent $745 million
on wildlife-watching activities in
Wisconsin in 2006. Trip-related expen-ditures,
including food and lodging
($172 million), transportation ($80
million), and other trip expenses ($9
million), such as equipment rental,
amounted to $260 million. This
summation comprised 35 percent of
all wildlife-watching expenditures by
participants. The average of the trip-related
expenditures for away-from-home
participants was $367 per person
in 2006.
Wildlife-watching participants spent
$285 million on equipment—38
percent of all their expenditures.
Specifi cally, wildlife-watching equip-ment
(binoculars, special clothing,
etc.) expenditures totaled $200 million,
70 percent of the equipment total.
Auxiliary equipment expenditures
(tents, backpacking equipment, etc.)
and special equipment expenditures
(campers, trucks, etc.) amounted to $85
million—30 percent of all equipment
costs. Special and auxiliary equip-ment
are items that were purchased for
wildlife-watching recreation but can be
used in activities other than wildlife-watching
activities.
Other items purchased by wildlife -
watching participants, such as
magazines, membership dues and
contributions, land leasing and owner-ship,
and plantings, totaled $199
million—27 percent of all wildlife-watching
expenditures. For more details
about wildlife-watching expenditures
in Wisconsin, see Table 31.
Wild Bird Observers in Wisconsin
(State residents and nonresidents 16 years old and older)
Participants, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.5 million
Around the home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.0 million
Away from home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 622 thousand
Days, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141.7 million
Around the home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136.9 million
Away from home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.8 million
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses.
Source: Table 29.
Wildlife-Watching Expenditures in Wisconsin
(State residents and nonresidents 16 years old and older)
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $745 million
Trip-related . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $260 million
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $285 million
Wildlife watching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $200 million
Auxiliary and special . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $85 million
Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $199 million
Source: Table 31.
Around-the-Home and
Away-From-Home Participation
by Wisconsin Residents
(Total: 1.7 million participants)
Both around
the home and
away from
home
Around the
home only
76%
24%
Wildlife-Watching Expenditures
in Wisconsin
(Total: $745 million)
Trip-related
35%
Other
27%
Equipment
38%
14 2006 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation—Wisconsin U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
1996–2006 Comparisons
Comparing the estimates from the
1996, 2001, and 2006 Surveys gives
a perspective on the state of wildlife-related
recreation in the late 1990s and
early-to-mid 2000s in Wisconsin. Only
the most general recreation compari-sons
are presented here.
The best way to compare estimates
from surveys is not to compare the
estimates themselves but to compare
the confi dence intervals around the
estimates. A 90-percent confi dence
interval around an estimate gives the
range of estimates that 90 percent of all
possible representative samples would
supply. If the 90-percent confi dence
intervals of two surveys’ estimates
overlap, it is not possible to say the two
estimates are statistically different.
The state resident estimates cover the
participation and expenditure activity
of Wisconsin residents anywhere in
the United States. The in-state esti-mates
cover the participation, day, and
expenditure activity of U.S. residents in
Wisconsin.
The expenditure estimates were made
comparable by adjusting the estimates
for infl ation—all estimates are in 2006
dollars.
Wisconsin 1996 and 2006 Comparison
(Numbers in thousands)
1996 2006 Percent change
Fishing
Anglers in state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,474 1,394 *
Days in state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,130 20,823 *
In-state expenditures by U.S. anglers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,381,686 $1,647,035 *
State resident anglers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 968 1,025 *
Total expenditures by state residents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,207,105 $1,193,390 *
Hunting
Hunters in state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 665 697 *
Days in state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,042 10,059 *
In-state expenditures by U.S. hunters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,101,783 $1,312,128 *
State resident hunters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 598 652 *
Total expenditures by state residents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,099,110 $1,329,161 *
Away-From-Home Wildlife Watching
Participants in state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,045 685 –34
Days in state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,154 5,547 –54
State resident participants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 691 424 –39
Around-the-Home Wildlife Watching
Total participants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,592 1,703 *
Observers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,274 1,059 *
Feeders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,453 1,534 *
Wildlife-Watching Expenditures
In-state expenditures by U.S. wildlife watchers . . . . . . . . . . $1,175,607 $744,689 *
Total expenditures by state residents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $761,700 $644,271 *
* Not different from zero at the 10 percent level of signifi cance.
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Wisconsin 2001 and 2006 Comparison
(Numbers in thousands)
2001 2006 Percent change
Fishing
Anglers in state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,412 1,394 *
Days in state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,042 20,823 *
In-state expenditures by U.S. anglers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,145,870 $1,647,035 44
State resident anglers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 981 1,025 *
Total expenditures by state residents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $962,774 $1,193,390 *
Hunting
Hunters in state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 660 697 *
Days in state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,653 10,059 *
In-state expenditures by U.S. hunters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $913,138 $1,312,128 *
State resident hunters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 591 652 *
Total expenditures by state residents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $723,231 $1,329,161 84
Away-From-Home Wildlife Watching
Participants in state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000 685 –32
Days in state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,499 5,547 –66
State resident participants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 769 424 –45
Around-the-Home Wildlife Watching
Total participants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,076 1,703 –18
Observers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,521 1,059 –30
Feeders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,822 1,534 –16
Wildlife-Watching Expenditures
In-state expenditures by U.S. wildlife watchers . . . . . . . . . . $1,495,246 $744,689 –50
Total expenditures by state residents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,387,472 $644,271 –54
* Not different from zero at the 10 percent level of signifi cance.
1996 2001 2006 1996 2001 2006 1996 2001 2006
Number of People Who Hunted and
Fished in Wisconsin: 1996–2006
(In thousands)
665
1,474
660
1,412
697
1,394
Number of People Who Wildlife Watched
in Wisconsin: 1996–2006
(In thousands)
1,045
1,592
1,000
2,076
685
1,703
Total Expenditures by Participants
in Wisconsin: 1996–2006
(In millions of 2006 dollars)
1,382
1,102
1,176 1,146
913
1,495
1,647
1,312
745
Hunters
Anglers
Away from home
Around the home
Wildlife watchers
Hunters
Anglers
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Purpose and Coverage of Tables
The statistical tables of this report were
designed to meet a wide range of needs
for those interested in wildlife-related
recreation. Special terms used in these
tables are defi ned in Appendix A.
The tables are based on responses to
the 2006 Survey, which was designed
to collect data about participation in
wi ldlife-related recreation. To have
taken part in the Survey, a respondent
must have been a U.S. resident (a
resident of one of the 50 states or the
District of Columbia). No one residing
outside the United States (including
U.S. citizens) was eligible for inter-viewing.
Therefore, reported state and
national totals do not include partici-pation
by those who were not U.S.
residents or who were U.S. citizens
residing outside the United States.
Comparability With Previous
Surveys
The numbers reported can be compared
with those in the 1991, 1996, and 2001
Survey Reports. The methodology used
in 2006 was similar to that used in
those Surveys. These results should not
be directly compared to results from
Surveys earlier than 1991 since there
were major changes in methodology
in 1991. These changes were made to
improve accuracy in the estimates.
Coverage of an Individual Table
Since the Survey covers many activi-ties
in various places by participants
of different ages, all table titles,
headnotes, stubs, and footnotes are
designed to identify and articulate each
item being reported in the table. For
example, the title of Table 2 shows that
data about anglers and hunters, their
days of participation, and their number
of trips are reported by type of activity.
By contrast, the title of Table 7 indi-cates
that it contains data on freshwater
anglers and the days they fi shed for
different species.
Percentages Reported in the Tables
Percentages are reported in the tables
for the convenience of the user. When
exclusive groups are being reported, the
base of a percentage is apparent from
its context because the percents add to
100 percent (plus or minus a rounding
error). For example, Table 2 reports
the number of trips taken by big game
hunters, those taken by small game
hunters, those taken by migratory bird
hunters, and those taken by hunters
pursuing other animals. These comprise
100 percent because they are exclusive
categories.
Percents should not add to 100 when
nonexclusive groups are being reported.
Using Table 2 as an example again,
note that adding the percentages associ-ated
with the total number of big game
hunters, total small game hunters,
total migratory bird hunters, and total
hunters of other animals will not yield
total hunters because respondents could
hunt for more than one type of game.
When the base of the percentage is not
apparent in context, it is identifi ed in a
footnote. For example, Table 15 reports
two percentages with different bases:
one base being the number of total
participants at the head of the column
and the other base being the total popu-lation
who are described by the row
category. Footnotes are used to clarify
the bases of the reported percentages.
Footnotes to the Tables
Footnotes are used to clarify the infor-mation
or items that are being reported
in a table. Symbols in the body of a
table indicate important footnotes.
These symbols are used in the tables
to refer to the same footnote each time
they appear:
* Estimate based on a sample size of
10–29.
... Sample size too small to report data
reliably because there were fewer
than 10 responses.
W Less than .5 dollars.
Z Less than 0.5 percent.
X Not applicable.
NA Not asked.
Estimates based upon fewer than 10
responses are regarded as being based
on a sample size that is too small for
reliable reporting. An estimate based
upon at least 10 but fewer than 30
responses is treated as an estimate
based on a small sample size. Other
footnotes appear, as necessary, to
qualify or clarify the estimates reported
in the tables. In addition, these two
important footnotes appear frequently:
• Detail does not add to total because
of multiple responses.
• Detail does not add to total because
of multiple responses and nonre-sponse.
“Multiple responses” is a term used
to refl ect the fact that individuals or
their characteristics fall into more than
one category. Using Table 12 as an
example, those who hunt for big game,
small game, migratory birds, and other
animals are counted only once as a
hunter in the “Total, all hunting” row.
Another example is Table 15, where
total anglers and hunters add up to
more than total sportspersons. Totals
will be smaller than the sum of subcat-egories
when multiple responses exist.
“Nonresponse” exists because the
Survey questions were answered
voluntarily and some respondents did
not or could not answer all the ques-tions.
Totals are greater than the sum of
subcategories when nonresponses have
occurred. This occurs because some
respondents answered the question that
provided the category estimate but did
not answer the subcategory questions.
Guide to Statistical Tables
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Table 1. Fishing and Hunting in Wisconsin by Resident and Nonresident Sportspersons: 2006
(Population 16 years old and older. Numbers in thousands)
Sportspersons
Total, state
residents and nonresidents
State residents Nonresidents
Number
Percent of
sportspersons Number
Percent of
resident
sportspersons Number
Percent of
nonresident
sportspersons
Total sportspersons (fished or hunted) . . . . . . . . 1,582 100 1,174 100 408 100
Total anglers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,394 88 1,014 86 381 93
Fished only. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 885 56 525 45 360 88
Fished and hunted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509 32 489 42 ... ...
Total hunters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 697 44 649 55 *48 *12
Hunted only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 12 160 14 *28 *7
Hunted and fished . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509 32 489 42 ... ...
* Estimate based on a sample size of 10–29. ... Sample size too small to report data reliably.
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses.
Table 2. Anglers and Hunters, Days of Participation, and Trips in Wisconsin by Type of Fishing and
Hunting: 2006
(Population 16 years old and older. Numbers in thousands)
Type of fishing and hunting
Participants Days of participation Trips
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
FISHING
Total, all fishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,394 100 20,823 100 12,646 100
Total, all freshwater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,349 97 19,921 96 12,646 100
Freshwater, except Great Lakes. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,253 90 16,216 78 9,516 75
Great Lakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235 17 3,705 18 3,130 25
Saltwater. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ...
HUNTING
Total, all hunting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 697 100 10,059 100 6,837 100
Big game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 639 92 7,950 79 4,636 68
Small game. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222 32 2,059 20 1,575 23
Migratory bird . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *75 *11 *756 *8 *580 *8
Other animals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ...
* Estimate based on a sample size of 10–29. ... Sample size too small to report data reliably.
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses.
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Table 3. Anglers and Hunters, Trips, and Days of Participation: 2006
(Population 16 years old and older. Numbers in thousands)
Anglers and hunters, trips,
and days of participation
Activity in Wisconsin Activity by Wisconsin residents in United States
Total, state
residents and
nonresidents
State residents Nonresidents
Total, in state
of residence and
in other states
In state
of residence
In other
states
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
FISHING
Total anglers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,394 100 1,014 73 381 27 1,025 100 1,014 99 144 14
Total trips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,646 100 11,248 89 1,398 11 11,688 100 11,248 96 440 4
Total days of fishing. . . . . . . . . 20,823 100 17,034 82 3,789 18 17,771 100 17,034 96 800 4
Average days of fishing . . . . . . 15 (X) 17 (X) 10 (X) 17 (X) 17 (X) 6 (X)
HUNTING
Total hunters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 697 100 649 93 *48 *7 652 100 649 100 *39 *6
Total trips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,837 100 6,607 97 *229 *3 6,691 100 6,607 99 *84 *1
Total days of hunting . . . . . . . . 10,059 100 9,679 96 *380 *4 9,998 100 9,679 97 *337 *3
Average days of hunting . . . . . 14 (X) 15 (X) *8 (X) 15 (X) 15 (X) *9 (X)
(X) Not applicable. * Estimate based on a sample size of 10–29.
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses.
Table 4. Wisconsin Resident Anglers and Hunters by Place Fished or Hunted: 2006
(State population 16 years old and older. Numbers in thousands)
Place fished or hunted
Anglers Hunters
Number Percent Number Percent
Total, all places. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,025 100 652 100
In-state only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 881 86 613 94
In-state and other states . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 13 *36 *6
In other states only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
* Estimate based on a sample size of 10–29. ... Sample size too small to report data reliably.
Note: Detail may not add to total because of multiple responses and nonresponse.
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Table 5. Wisconsin Resident Anglers and Hunters, Days of Participation, and Trips in the United States
by Type of Fishing and Hunting: 2006
(State population 16 years old and older. Numbers in thousands)
Type of fishing and hunting
Participants Days of participation Trips
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
FISHING
Total, all fishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,025 100 17,771 100 11,688 100
Total, all freshwater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 993 97 17,479 98 11,531 99
Freshwater, except Great Lakes. . . . . . . . . . . . 930 91 14,425 81 8,464 72
Great Lakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 18 3,499 20 3,067 26
Saltwater. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ...
HUNTING
Total, all hunting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 652 100 9,998 100 6,691 100
Big game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 613 94 7,929 79 4,598 69
Small game. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 31 2,036 20 1,480 22
Migratory bird . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *72 *11 *736 *7 *566 *8
Other animals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ...
* Estimate based on a sample size of 10–29. ... Sample size too small to report data reliably.
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses.
Table 6. Freshwater Anglers, Trips, Days of Fishing, and Type of Water Fished: 2006
(Population 16 years old and older. Numbers in thousands)
Anglers, trips, and days of fishing
Activity in Wisconsin
Total, state
residents and nonresidents
State residents Nonresidents
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Total anglers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,253 100 918 73 336 27
Total trips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,516 100 8,241 87 1,274 13
Total days of fishing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,216 100 13,424 83 2,792 17
Average days of fishing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 (X) 15 (X) 8 (X)
ANGLERS
Total, all types of water. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,253 100 918 73 336 27
Ponds, lakes, or reservoirs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,041 100 799 77 242 23
Rivers or streams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489 100 406 83 83 17
DAYS
Total, all types of water. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,216 100 13,424 83 2,792 17
Ponds, lakes, or reservoirs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,026 100 11,007 84 2,019 16
Rivers or streams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,439 100 3,931 89 508 11
(X) Not applicable.
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses.
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Table 7. Freshwater Anglers and Days of Fishing in Wisconsin by Type of Fish: 2006
(Population 16 years old and older. Numbers in thousands)
Anglers and days of fishing
Activity in Wisconsin
Total, state
residents and nonresidents
State residents Nonresidents
Number
Percent of
total
types
Percent of
anglers/
days Number
Percent of
anglers/
days Number
Percent of
anglers/
days
ANGLERS
Total, all types of fish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,253 100 100 918 73 336 27
Crappie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304 24 100 220 73 83 27
Panfish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 760 61 100 622 82 138 18
White bass, striped bass, striped bass hybrids . . . . . 157 12 100 116 74 *41 *26
Black bass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403 32 100 298 74 106 26
Catfish, bullheads. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *46 *4 *100 ... ... ... ...
Walleye, sauger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 494 39 100 370 75 125 25
Northern pike, pickerel, muskie, muskie hybrids . . . 422 34 100 301 71 121 29
Steelhead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Trout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *90 *7 *100 *50 *56 *40 *44
Salmon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Anything1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 13 100 121 75 *39 *25
Other freshwater fish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
DAYS
Total, all types of fish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,216 100 100 13,424 83 2,792 17
Crappie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,417 21 100 2,918 85 499 15
Panfish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,635 53 100 7,766 90 869 10
White bass, striped bass, striped bass hybrids . . . . . 1,559 10 100 1,424 91 *135 *9
Black bass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,242 26 100 3,271 77 972 23
Catfish, bullheads. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *855 *5 *100 ... ... ... ...
Walleye, sauger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,077 37 100 5,156 85 921 15
Northern pike, pickerel, muskie, muskie hybrids . . . 4,265 26 100 3,265 77 1,000 23
Steelhead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Trout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *690 *4 *100 *580 *84 *110 *16
Salmon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Anything1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 982 6 100 728 74 *253 *26
Other freshwater fish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
* Estimate based on a sample size of 10–29. ... Sample size too small to report data reliably.
1 Respondent fished for no specific species and identified ‘‘Anything’’ from a list of categories of fish.
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses.
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Table 8. Great Lakes Anglers, Trips, and Days of Fishing in Wisconsin: 2006
(Population 16 years old and older. Numbers in thousands)
Anglers, trips, and days of fishing
Activity in Wisconsin
Total, state
residents and nonresidents
State residents Nonresidents
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Total anglers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235 100 176 75 *60 *25
Total trips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,130 100 3,007 96 *124 *4
Total days . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,705 100 3,348 90 *357 *10
Average days of fishing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 (X) 19 (X) *6 (X)
* Estimate based on a sample size of 10–29. (X) Not applicable.
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses.
Table 9. Great Lakes Anglers and Days of Fishing in Wisconsin by Type of Fish: 2006
(Population 16 years old and older. Numbers in thousands)
Anglers and days of fishing
Activity in Wisconsin
Total, state
residents and nonresidents
State residents Nonresidents
Number
Percent of
total
types
Percent of
anglers/
days Number
Percent of
anglers/
days Number
Percent of
anglers/
days
ANGLERS
Total, all types of fish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235 100 100 176 75 *60 *25
Perch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Black bass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Walleye, sauger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Northern pike, pickerel, muskie, muskie hybrids . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Salmon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 62 100 *103 *71 *43 *29
Steelhead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Lake trout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *91 *39 *100 *86 *95 ... ...
Other trout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *79 *34 *100 *61 *77 ... ...
Anything1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Other Great Lakes fish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
DAYS
Total, all types of fish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,705 100 100 3,348 90 *357 *10
Perch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Black bass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Walleye, sauger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Northern pike, pickerel, muskie, muskie hybrids . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Salmon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,502 41 100 *1,268 *84 *234 *16
Steelhead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Lake trout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *1,148 *31 *100 *1,118 *97 ... ...
Other trout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *1,022 *28 *100 *919 *90 ... ...
Anything1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Other Great Lakes fish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
* Estimate based on a sample size of 10–29. ... Sample size too small to report data reliably.
1 Respondent fished for no specific species and identified ‘‘Anything’’ from a list of categories of fish.
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses.
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Table 10. Saltwater Anglers, Trips, and Days of Fishing in Wisconsin: 2006
This table does not apply to this state.
Table 11. Saltwater Anglers and Days of Fishing in Wisconsin by Type of Fish: 2006
This table does not apply to this state.
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Table 12. Hunters, Trips, and Days of Hunting in Wisconsin by Type of Hunting: 2006
(Population 16 years old and older. Numbers in thousands)
Hunters, trips, and days of hunting
Activity in Wisconsin
Total, state
residents and nonresidents
State residents Nonresidents
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
HUNTERS
Total, all hunting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 697 100 649 93 *48 *7
Big game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 639 100 613 96 *26 *4
Small game. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222 100 198 89 ... ...
Migratory bird . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *75 *100 *72 *96 ... ...
Other animals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ...
TRIPS
Total, all hunting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,837 100 6,607 97 *229 *3
Big game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,636 100 4,565 98 *71 *2
Small game. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,575 100 1,439 91 ... ...
Migratory bird . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *580 *100 *557 *96 ... ...
Other animals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ...
DAYS
Total, all hunting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,059 100 9,679 96 *380 *4
Big game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,950 100 7,740 97 *210 *3
Small game. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,059 100 1,889 92 ... ...
Migratory bird . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *756 *100 *699 *92 ... ...
Other animals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ...
* Estimate based on a sample size of 10–29. ... Sample size too small to report data reliably.
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses.
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Table 13. Hunters and Days of Hunting in Wisconsin by Type of Game: 2006
(Population 16 years old and older. Numbers in thousands)
Type of game
Hunters, state
residents and nonresidents
Days of hunting
Number Percent Number Percent
Total, all types of game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 697 100 10,059 100
Big game, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 639 92 7,950 79
Deer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 620 89 6,683 66
Elk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Bear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Wild turkey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 23 1,187 12
Other big game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Small game, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222 32 2,059 20
Rabbit, hare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *67 *10 *425 *4
Quail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Grouse/prairie chicken . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *77 *11 *814 *8
Squirrel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *60 *9 *465 *5
Pheasant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 17 1,114 11
Other small game. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Migratory birds, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *75 *11 *756 *8
Waterfowl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *66 *9 *716 *7
Geese . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *54 *8 *483 *5
Duck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *48 *7 *517 *5
Dove . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Other migratory bird . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Other animals, total 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
* Estimate based on a sample size of 10–29. ... Sample size too small to report data reliably.
1 Includes groundhog, raccoon, fox, coyote, crow, prairie dog, etc.
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses.
Table 14. Hunters and Days of Hunting in Wisconsin by Type of Land: 2006
(Population 16 years old and older. Numbers in thousands)
Hunters and days of hunting
Total, state
residents and nonresidents
State residents Nonresidents
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
HUNTERS
Total, all types of land. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 697 100 649 100 *48 *100
Public land, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236 34 223 34 ... ...
Public land only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *96 *14 *93 *14 ... ...
Public and private land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 20 129 20 ... ...
Private land, total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 579 83 534 82 *45 *94
Private land only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440 63 405 62 *35 *73
Private and public land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 20 129 20 ... ...
DAYS
Total, all types of land. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,059 100 9,679 100 *380 *100
Public land1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,437 24 2,374 25 ... ...
Private land2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,862 78 7,508 78 *354 *93
* Estimate based on a sample size of 10–29. ... Sample size too small to report data reliably.
1 Days of hunting on public land includes both days spent solely on public land and those spent on public and private land.
2 Days of hunting on private land includes both days spent solely on private land and those spent on private and public land.
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses and nonresponse.
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Table 15. Selected Characteristics of Wisconsin Resident Anglers and Hunters: 2006
(State population 16 years old and older. Numbers in thousands)
Characteristic
Population
Sportspersons
(fished or hunted)
Anglers Hunters
Number Percent Number
Percent
who
partici-pated
Percent
of
sports-persons
Number
Percent
who
partici-pated
Percent
of
anglers Number
Percent
who
partici-pated
Percent
of
hunters
Total persons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,350 100 1,185 27 100 1,025 24 100 652 15 100
Population Density of Residence
Urban . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,014 69 608 20 51 547 18 53 264 9 40
Rural . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,336 31 578 43 49 479 36 47 388 29 60
Population Size of Residence
Metropolitan statistical area
(MSA). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,259 75 820 25 69 719 22 70 438 13 67
1,000,000 or more . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,296 30 233 18 20 211 16 21 *92 *7 *14
250,000 to 999,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . 704 16 179 25 15 164 23 16 *92 *13 *14
Less than 250,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,259 29 408 32 34 344 27 34 253 20 39
Outside MSA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,091 25 365 33 31 307 28 30 214 20 33
Sex
Male . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,067 48 864 42 73 731 35 71 548 27 84
Female . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,283 52 321 14 27 295 13 29 *104 *5 *16
Age
16 to 17 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 3 *39 *30 *3 ... ... ... ... ... ...
18 to 24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432 10 *69 *16 *6 *66 *15 *6 ... ... ...
25 to 34 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 668 15 173 26 15 153 23 15 *92 *14 *14
35 to 44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 849 20 255 30 21 216 25 21 151 18 23
45 to 54 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 910 21 375 41 32 319 35 31 202 22 31
55 to 64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 667 15 164 25 14 143 21 14 *96 *14 *15
65 years and older . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 697 16 111 16 9 101 14 10 *49 *7 *8
Ethnicity
Hispanic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 3 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Non-Hispanic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,209 97 1,180 28 100 1,025 24 100 646 15 99
Race
White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,982 92 1,148 29 97 988 25 96 630 16 97
Black. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 4 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
All others . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 4 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Annual Household Income
Under $10,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 3 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
$10,000 to $19,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 5 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
$20,000 to $29,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415 10 *79 *19 *7 *79 *19 *8 ... ... ...
$30,000 to $39,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 492 11 175 36 15 *146 *30 *14 *101 *20 *15
$40,000 to $49,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328 8 98 30 8 *78 *24 *8 *71 *22 *11
$50,000 to $74,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 894 21 295 33 25 250 28 24 178 20 27
$75,000 to $99,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350 8 163 47 14 138 39 13 *81 *23 *12
$100,000 or more. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 562 13 156 28 13 150 27 15 *104 *18 *16
Not reported . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 976 22 193 20 16 166 17 16 *77 *8 *12
Education
11 years or less . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346 8 *60 *17 *5 *53 *15 *5 ... ... ...
12 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,643 38 461 28 39 373 23 36 332 20 51
1 to 3 years college . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,156 27 324 28 27 293 25 29 172 15 26
4 years college or more . . . . . . . . . . . 1,205 28 341 28 29 306 25 30 113 9 17
* Estimate based on a sample size of 10–29. ... Sample size too small to report data reliably.
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses. Percent who participated shows the percent of each row’s population who participated in the activity
named by the column (the percent of those living in urban areas who fished, etc.). Remaining percent columns show the percent of each column’s participants who
are described by the row heading (the percent of anglers who lived in urban areas, etc.).
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Table 16. Summary of Expenditures in Wisconsin by State Residents and Nonresidents Combined for
Fishing and Hunting: 2006
(Population 16 years old and older)
Expenditure item
Amount
(thousands
of dollars)
Spenders
(thousands)
Average per
spender
(dollars)
Average per
sportsperson
(dollars)
FISHING AND HUNTING
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,174,312 1,610 1,972 1,995
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 499,094 1,180 423 316
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330,038 1,265 261 209
Other trip costs1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193,449 1,055 183 122
Equipment (fishing, hunting). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326,651 966 338 202
Auxiliary equipment2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94,480 352 269 55
Special equipment3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 727,389 147 4,955 459
Magazines and books. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,640 240 28 4
Membership dues and contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,200 157 97 9
Other4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 981,372 1,238 793 620
FISHING
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,647,035 1,358 1,213 1,180
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351,744 1,002 351 252
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225,688 1,059 213 162
Other trip costs1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169,879 994 171 122
Fishing equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152,350 746 204 108
Auxiliary equipment2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,795 102 87 6
Special equipment3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *462,275 *112 *4,114 *332
Magazines and books. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *1,448 *80 *18 *1
Membership dues and contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *2,662 *37 *71 *2
Other4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272,193 928 293 195
HUNTING
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,312,128 732 1,791 1,869
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147,349 477 309 211
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104,350 523 200 150
Other trip costs1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,569 197 119 34
Hunting equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170,466 482 354 235
Auxiliary equipment2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53,572 207 259 76
Special equipment3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Magazines and books. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *2,648 *78 *34 *3
Membership dues and contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *8,277 *65 *128 *12
Other4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 709,179 611 1,161 1,016
UNSPECIFIED5
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211,315 201 1,052 128
* Estimate based on a sample size of 10–29. ... Sample size too small to report data reliably.
1 Includes boating costs, equipment rental, guide fees, access fees, heating and cooking fuel, and ice and bait (for fishing only).
2 Includes tents, special clothing, etc.
3 Includes boats, campers, 4x4 vehicles, cabins, etc.
4 Includes land leasing and ownership, licenses, stamps, tags, and permits.
5 Respondent could not specify whether expenditure was primarily for either fishing or hunting.
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses and nonresponse. See Tables 19–20 for a detailed listing of expenditure items.
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Table 17. Summary of Fishing Trip and Equipment Expenditures in Wisconsin by State Residents and
Nonresidents Combined by Type of Fishing: 2006
(Population 16 years old and older)
Expenditure item
Amount
(thousands of dollars)
Spenders
(thousands)
Average per spender
(dollars)
Average per angler
(dollars)
ALL FISHING
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,329,136 1,299 1,023 953
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351,744 1,002 351 252
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225,688 1,059 213 162
Other trip costs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128,284 994 129 92
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 623,420 780 800 446
ALL FRESHWATER
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,299,919 1,273 1,021 932
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351,744 1,002 351 261
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225,308 1,059 213 167
Other trip costs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128,284 994 129 95
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 594,583 726 819 409
FRESHWATER, EXCEPT
GREAT LAKES
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,090,614 1,189 917 868
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268,890 917 293 215
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177,340 970 183 141
Other trip costs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119,462 902 132 95
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 524,923 675 777 417
GREAT LAKES
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209,304 246 851 716
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82,855 166 499 352
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47,968 205 234 204
Other trip costs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,822 179 49 37
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *69,660 *102 *684 *123
SALTWATER
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Other trip costs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
* Estimate based on a sample size of 10–29. ... Sample size too small to report data reliably.
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses and nonresponse. See Table 19 for detailed listing of expenditure items.
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Table 18. Summary of Hunting Trip and Equipment Expenditures in Wisconsin by State Residents and
Nonresidents Combined by Type of Hunting: 2006
(Population 16 years old and older)
Expenditure item
Amount
(thousands of dollars)
Spenders
(thousands)
Average per spender
(dollars)
Average per hunter
(dollars)
ALL HUNTING
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 592,025 642 922 838
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147,349 477 309 211
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104,350 523 200 150
Other trip costs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,569 197 119 34
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316,756 502 631 444
BIG GAME
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411,425 587 700 633
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121,952 434 281 191
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75,818 471 161 119
Other trip costs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,237 148 83 19
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201,418 412 489 304
SMALL GAME
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91,193 209 436 1,417
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,471 159 135 435
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,837 162 135 442
Other trip costs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *9,114 *73 *124 *185
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38,772 110 352 356
MIGRATORY BIRD
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *66,844 *81 *827 *1,352
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *3,709 *39 *95 *402
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *6,090 *54 *113 *660
Other trip costs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *54,829 *51 *1,074 *49
OTHER ANIMALS
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Other trip costs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
* Estimate based on a sample size of 10–29. ... Sample size too small to report data reliably.
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses and nonresponse. See Table 20 for detailed listing of expenditure items.
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Table 19. Expenditures in Wisconsin by State Residents and Nonresidents Combined for Fishing: 2006
(Population 16 years old and older)
Expenditure item
Expenditures Spenders
Amount
(thousands
of dollars)
Average per
angler
(dollars)
Number
(thousands)
Percent of
anglers
Average per
spender
(dollars)
Total, all items. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,647,035 1,180 1,358 97 1,213
TRIP-RELATED EXPENDITURES
Total trip-related. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 747,312 536 1,222 88 611
Food and lodging, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351,744 252 1,131 81 311
Food . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224,653 161 997 72 225
Lodging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127,091 91 313 22 405
Transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225,688 162 1,059 76 213
Other trip costs, total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169,879 122 994 71 171
Privilege and other fees1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,310 11 239 17 64
Boating costs2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92,957 67 477 34 195
Bait . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45,293 32 796 57 57
Ice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,374 5 339 24 22
Heating and cooking fuel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,946 6 162 12 55
EQUIPMENT AND OTHER EXPENDITURES
PRIMARILY FOR FISHING
Fishing equipment, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152,350 108 746 53 204
Reels, rods, and rod-making components . . . . . . . . . . . 43,005 30 353 25 122
Lines, hooks, sinkers, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,146 21 527 38 55
Artificial lures and flies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,564 20 523 38 53
Creels, stringers, fish bags, landing nets, and gaff
hooks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *2,604 *2 *123 *9 *21
Minnow seines, traps, and bait containers. . . . . . . . . . . *1,223 *1 *94 *7 *13
Other fishing equipment3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48,807 35 310 22 157
Auxiliary equipment4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,795 6 102 7 87
Special equipment5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *462,275 *332 *112 *8 *4,114
Other fishing costs6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276,303 198 939 67 294
* Estimate based on a sample size of 10–29.
1 Includes boat or equipment rental and fees for guides, pack trip (party and charter boats, etc.), public land use, and private land use.
2 Boat launching, mooring, storage, maintenance, insurance, pumpout fees, and fuel.
3 Includes electronic fishing devices (depth finders, fish finders, etc.), tackle boxes, ice fishing equipment, and other fishing equipment.
4 Includes tents, special fishing clothing, etc.
5 Includes boats, campers, 4x4 vehicles, cabins, etc.
6 Includes magazines and books, membership dues and contributions, land leasing and ownership, and licenses, stamps, tags, and permits.
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses and nonresponse. Percent of anglers may be greater than 100 because spenders who did not fish in this
state are included.
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Table 20. Expenditures in Wisconsin by State Residents and Nonresidents Combined for Hunting: 2006
(Population 16 years old and older)
Expenditure item
Expenditures Spenders
Amount
(thousands
of dollars)
Average per
hunter
(dollars)
Number
(thousands)
Percent of
hunters
Average per
spender
(dollars)
Total, all items. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,312,128 1,868 732 105 1,791
TRIP-RELATED EXPENDITURES
Total trip-related. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275,268 395 568 81 485
Food and lodging, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147,349 211 568 81 260
Food . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103,088 148 475 68 217
Lodging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *44,261 *63 *75 *11 *593
Transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104,350 150 523 75 200
Other trip costs, total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *23,569 *34 *197 *28 *119
Privilege and other fees1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *15,657 *22 *87 *12 *181
Boating costs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ...
Heating and cooking fuel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ...
EQUIPMENT AND OTHER EXPENDITURES
PRIMARILY FOR HUNTING
Hunting equipment, total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170,466 235 482 69 354
Firearms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *62,890 *90 *107 *15 *590
Ammunition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,427 43 421 60 72
Other hunting equipment2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77,149 101 245 35 315
Auxiliary equipment3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53,572 76 207 30 259
Special equipment4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ...
Other hunting costs5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 720,103 1,030 628 90 1,147
* Estimate based on a sample size of 10–29. ... Sample size too small to report data reliably.
1 Includes guide fees, pack trip or package fees, public and private land use access fees, and rental of equipment such as boats and hunting or camping equipment.
2 Includes bows, arrows, archery equipment, telescopic sights, decoys and game calls, handloading equipment and components, hunting dogs and associated costs, hunting
knives, and other hunting equipment.
3 Includes tents, special hunting clothing, etc.
4 Includes boats, campers, 4x4 vehicles, cabins, etc.
5 Includes magazines and books, membership dues and contributions, land leasing and ownership, and licenses, stamps, and permits.
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses and nonresponse. Percent of hunters may be greater than 100 percent because spenders who did not hunt
in this state are included.
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Table 21. Trip and Equipment Expenditures in Wisconsin for Fishing and Hunting by Wisconsin
Residents and Nonresidents: 2006
(Population 16 years old and older)
Expenditure item
Amount
(thousands
of dollars)
Spenders
(thousands)
Average per
spender
(dollars)
Average per
sportsperson
(dollars)
STATE RESIDENTS AND NONRESIDENTS
Trip and equipment expenditures for fishing and hunting,
total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,144,316 1,486 1,443 1,356
Trip and equipment expenditures for fishing, total. . . . . . . . . . 1,370,732 1,299 1,055 983
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351,744 1,002 351 252
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225,688 1,059 213 162
Boating costs1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92,957 477 195 67
Other trip costs2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76,922 939 82 55
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 623,420 780 800 447
Trip and equipment expenditures for hunting, total. . . . . . . . . 592,025 642 922 849
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147,349 477 309 211
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104,350 523 200 150
Boating costs1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Other trip costs2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,934 189 122 33
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316,756 502 631 454
Unspecified equipment3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181,560 77 2,345 115
STATE RESIDENTS
Trip and equipment expenditures for fishing and hunting,
total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,683,968 1,077 1,564 1,435
Trip and equipment expenditures for fishing, total. . . . . . . . . . 964,888 940 1,027 952
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191,954 686 280 189
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138,307 738 187 136
Boating costs1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57,475 336 171 57
Other trip costs2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58,180 692 84 57
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 518,971 636 817 512
Trip and equipment expenditures for hunting, total. . . . . . . . . 555,975 577 964 857
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139,382 431 323 215
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94,458 477 198 146
Boating costs1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Other trip costs2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,837 166 95 24
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305,791 469 653 471
Unspecified equipment3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *163,105 *66 *2,478 *139
NONRESIDENTS
Trip and equipment expenditures for fishing and hunting,
total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460,348 409 1,124 1,127
Trip and equipment expenditures for fishing, total. . . . . . . . . . 405,843 360 1,128 1,067
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159,790 316 505 420
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87,381 321 272 230
Boating costs1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35,482 142 250 93
Other trip costs2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,742 248 76 49
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104,449 144 725 275
Trip and equipment expenditures for hunting, total. . . . . . . . . 36,050 65 551 748
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *7,967 *46 *174 *165
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *9,892 *46 *216 *205
Boating costs1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Other trip costs2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *10,965 *34 *327 *227
Unspecified equipment3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
* Estimate based on a sample size of 10–29. ... Sample size too small to report data reliably.
1 Includes boat launching, mooring, storage, maintenance, insurance, pumpout fees, and fuel.
2 Includes equipment rental, guide and access fees, ice and bait for fishing, and heating and cooking oil.
3 Respondent could not specify whether item was for hunting or fishing.
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses and nonresponse.
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Table 22. Summary of Wisconsin Residents’ Fishing and Hunting Expenditures Both Inside and Outside
Wisconsin: 2006
(State population 16 years old and older)
Expenditure item
Amount
(thousands
of dollars)
Spenders
(thousands)
Average per
spender
(dollars)
Average per
sportsperson
(dollars)
FISHING AND HUNTING
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,698,139 1,165 2,317 2,276
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413,779 867 477 349
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281,710 933 302 238
Other trip costs1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149,951 781 192 126
Equipment (fishing, hunting). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309,603 824 376 261
Auxiliary equipment2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75,027 329 228 63
Special equipment3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *627,352 *120 *5,243 *529
Magazines and books. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,875 216 27 5
Membership dues and contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,937 143 104 13
Other4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 819,906 978 839 692
FISHING
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,193,390 991 1,204 1,164
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258,603 713 363 252
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168,823 759 222 165
Other trip costs1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126,895 740 171 124
Fishing equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144,248 619 233 141
Auxiliary equipment2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,835 98 90 9
Special equipment3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *377,768 *91 *4,170 *368
Magazines and books. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *1,393 *78 *18 *1
Membership dues and contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *2,571 *26 *99 *3
Other4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104,256 697 150 102
HUNTING
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,329,161 646 2,059 2,039
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155,176 443 350 238
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112,887 489 231 173
Other trip costs1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,056 182 127 35
Hunting equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161,344 456 354 248
Auxiliary equipment2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57,814 205 282 89
Special equipment3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Magazines and books. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *2,166 *71 *31 *3
Membership dues and contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *8,350 *68 *124 *13
Other4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 715,650 578 1,239 1,098
UNSPECIFIED5
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171,576 167 1,025 145
* Estimate based on a sample size of 10–29. ... Sample size too small to report data reliably.
1 Includes boating costs, equipment rental, guide fees, access fees, heating and cooking fuel, and ice and bait (for fishing only).
2 Includes tents, special clothing, etc.
3 Includes boats, campers, 4x4 vehicles, cabins, etc.
4 Includes land leasing and ownership, licenses, stamps, tags, and permits.
5 Respondent could not specify whether expenditure was primarily for either fishing or hunting.
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses and nonresponse. See Tables 19–20 for a detailed listing of expenditure items.
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Table 23. In-State and Out-of-State Expenditures by Wisconsin Residents for Fishing and Hunting: 2006
(State population 16 years old and older)
Expenditure item
Amount
(thousands
of dollars)
Spenders
(thousands)
Average per
spender
(dollars)
Average per
sportsperson
(dollars)
IN WISCONSIN
Expenditures for fishing and hunting, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,511,346 1,153 2,179 2,140
Trip-related expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 696,101 1,018 683 593
Equipment (fishing and hunting). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299,551 808 371 255
Auxiliary equipment1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67,155 314 214 57
Special equipment2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *625,516 *120 *5,227 *533
Other3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 823,023 987 834 701
Expenditures for fishing, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,066,852 979 1,090 1,053
Trip-related expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445,917 884 504 440
Fishing equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135,297 609 222 133
Auxiliary equipment1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,742 89 87 8
Special equipment2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *375,932 *91 *4,150 *371
Other3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101,964 682 150 101
Expenditures for hunting, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,270,883 646 1,969 1,958
Trip-related expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250,184 522 480 385
Hunting equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160,713 453 355 248
Auxiliary equipment1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52,359 199 263 81
Special equipment2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Other3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 714,908 581 1,231 1,102
Unspecified expenditures for fishing and hunting, total4 . . . . . 169,787 162 1,050 145
OUT OF STATE
Expenditures for fishing and hunting, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188,141 218 864 1,097
Trip-related expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152,356 149 1,023 889
Equipment (fishing and hunting). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *10,052 *51 *197 *59
Auxiliary equipment1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Special equipment2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Other3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,621 118 149 103
Expenditures for fishing, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127,697 166 768 886
Trip-related expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109,562 119 923 760
Fishing equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *8,951 *42 *211 *62
Auxiliary equipment1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Special equipment2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Other3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *6,255 *70 *90 *43
Expenditures for hunting, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *59,532 *60 *985 *1,523
Trip-related expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *42,794 *39 *1,095 *1,095
Hunting equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Auxiliary equipment1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Special equipment2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Other3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *11,185 *45 *246 *286
Unspecified expenditures for fishing and hunting, total 4 . . . . ... ... ... ...
* Estimate based on a sample size of 10–29. ... Sample size too small to report data reliably.
1 Includes tents, special hunting or fishing clothing, etc.
2 Includes boats, campers, 4x4 vehicles, cabins, etc.
3 Includes magazines, books, membership dues, contributions, land leasing and ownership, stamps, tags, and licenses.
4 Respondent could not specify whether expenditure was primarily for either fishing or hunting.
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses and nonresponse.
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Table 24. Wildlife Watching in Wisconsin by State Residents and Nonresidents Combined: 2006
(Population 16 years old and older. Numbers in thousands)
Participants Number Percent
Total