2006 National survey of fishing, hunting, and wildlife-associated recreation Michigan

              U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Michigan
2006 National Survey
of Fishing, Hunting,
and Wildlife-Associated
Recreation
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
Economics and Statistics Administration
Cynthia A. Glassman,
Under Secretary for Economic Affairs
U.S. CENSUS BUREAU
Steve H. Murdock,
Director
2006 National Survey of
Fishing, Hunting, and
Wildlife-Associated Recreation
FHW/06-MI
Issued March 2008
Michigan
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
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service 2006 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation—Michigan iii
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
iv 2006 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation—Michigan U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Fishing and Hunting
1. Fishing and Hunting in Michigan by Resident and Nonresident Sportspersons: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
2. Anglers and Hunters, Days of Participation, and Trips in Michigan by Type of Fishing
and Hunting: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
3. Anglers and Hunters, Trips, and Days of Participation: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
4. Michigan Resident Anglers and Hunters by Place Fished or Hunted: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
5. Michigan 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 Michigan by Type of Fish: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
8. Great Lakes Anglers, Trips, and Days of Fishing in Michigan: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
9. Great Lakes Anglers and Days of Fishing in Michigan by Type of Fish: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
10. Saltwater Anglers, Trips, and Days of Fishing in Michigan: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
11. Saltwater Anglers and Days of Fishing in Michigan by Type of Fish: 2006. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
12. Hunters, Trips, and Days of Hunting in Michigan by Type of Hunting: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
13. Hunters and Days of Hunting in Michigan by Type of Game: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
14. Hunters and Days of Hunting in Michigan by Type of Land: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
15. Selected Characteristics of Michigan Resident Anglers and Hunters: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
16. Summary of Expenditures in Michigan by State Residents and Nonresidents Combined for
Fishing and Hunting: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
17. Summary of Fishing Trip and Equipment Expenditures in Michigan by State Residents and
Nonresidents Combined by Type of Fishing: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
18. Summary of Hunting Trip and Equipment Expenditures in Michigan by State Residents and
Nonresidents Combined by Type of Hunting: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
19. Expenditures in Michigan by State Residents and Nonresidents Combined for Fishing: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
20. Expenditures in Michigan by State Residents and Nonresidents Combined for Hunting: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
21. Trip and Equipment Expenditures in Michigan for Fishing and Hunting by Michigan Residents
and Nonresidents: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
22. Summary of Michigan Residents’ Fishing and Hunting Expenditures Both Inside and Outside
Michigan: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
23. In-State and Out-of-State Expenditures by Michigan Residents for Fishing and Hunting: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Wildlife Watching
24. Wildlife Watching in Michigan by State Residents and Nonresidents Combined: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
25. Participants, Trips, and Days of Participation in Away-From-Home Wildlife Watching in
Michigan: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
26. Away-From-Home Wildlife-Watching Participants by Wildlife Observed, Photographed, or
Fed in Michigan: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
List of Tables
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27. Participation in Wildlife-Watching Activities Around the Home in Michigan: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
28. Michigan Residents Participating in Wildlife Watching in the United States: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
29. Wild Bird Observers and Days of Observation in Michigan by State Residents and
Nonresidents: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
30. Selected Characteristics of Michigan Residents Participating in Wildlife Watching: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
31. Expenditures in Michigan by State Residents and Nonresidents Combined for Wildlife
Watching: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
32. Trip and Equipment Expenditures in Michigan for Wildlife Watching by Michigan Residents
and Nonresidents: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
33. Wildlife-Watching Expenditures Both Inside and Outside Michigan by Michigan
Residents: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
34. In-State and Out-of-State Expenditures by Michigan Residents for Wildlife Watching: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
35. Participation of Michigan Resident Wildlife-Watching Participants in Fishing and
Hunting: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
36. Participation of Michigan 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—Michigan 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—Michigan 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
2 2006 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation—Michigan U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
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 <www.fi shwildlife.org>.
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 Michigan Summary
Fishing
Anglers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,394,000
Days of fi shing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24,822,000
Average days per angler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Total expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,671,114,000
Trip-related . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $584,030,000
Equipment and other . . . . . . . . . . . .$1,087,084,000
Average per angler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$1,193
Average trip expenditure per day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $24
Hunting
Hunters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 753,000
Days of hunting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,905,000
Average days per hunter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Total expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $915,884,000
Trip-related . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $262,326,000
Equipment and other . . . . . . . . . . . . . $653,558,000
Average per hunter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,203
Average trip expenditure per day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $22
Wildlife Watching
Total wildlife-watching participants . . . . 3,227,000
Away-from-home participants . . . . . . . . 1,034,000
Around-the-home participants . . . . . . . . 2,826,000
Days of participation away from home . . . 10,043,000
Average days of participation
away from home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Total expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,622,521,000
Trip-related . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $339,188,000
Equipment and other . . . . . . . . . . . $1,283,334,000
Average per participant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $485
Average trip expenditure per day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $34
Activities in Michigan by Residents and Nonresidents Activities in Michigan by Nonresidents
Fishing
Anglers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318,000
Days of fi shing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,290,000
Average days per angler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Total expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $216,932,000
Trip-related . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $147,516,000
Equipment and other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $69,416,000
Average per angler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $683
Average trip expenditure per day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $64
Hunting
Hunters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,000
Days of hunting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170,000
Average days per hunter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Total expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $72,133,000
Trip-related . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $20,591,000
Equipment and other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $51,542,000
Average per hunter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,263
Average trip expenditure per day . . . . . . . . . . . . . $121
Wildlife Watching
Total wildlife-watching participants . . . . . . 281,000
Away-from-home participants . . . . . . . . . . 281,000
Around-the-home participants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (X)
Days of participation away from home . . . . . 1,443,000
Average days of participation
away from home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Total expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $84,556,000
Trip-related . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $61,301,000
Equipment and other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $23,256,000
Average per participant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $264
Average trip expenditure per day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $42
(X) Not applicable.
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Activities in Michigan by Residents
Fishing
Anglers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,077,000
Days of fi shing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,532,000
Average days per angler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Total expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$1,454,182,000
Trip-related . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $436,514,000
Equipment and other . . . . . . . . . . . .$1,017,668,000
Average per angler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$1,350
Average trip expenditure per day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $19
Hunting
Hunters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 721,000
Days of hunting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,735,000
Average days per hunter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Total expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $843,751,000
Trip-related . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $241,735,000
Equipment and other . . . . . . . . . . . . . $602,016,000
Average per hunter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,170
Average trip expenditure per day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $21
Wildlife Watching
Total wildlife-watching participants . . . . . 2,946,000
Away-from-home participants . . . . . . . . . . 753,000
Around-the-home participants . . . . . . . . . 2,826,000
Days of participation away from home . . . . . 8,600,000
Average days of participation
away from home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Total expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,537,965,000
Trip-related . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $277,887,000
Equipment and other . . . . . . . . . . . $1,260,078,000
Average per participant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $522
Average trip expenditure per day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $32
Activities by Michigan Residents Both Inside
and Outside Michigan
Fishing
Anglers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,098,000
Days of fi shing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,239,000
Average days per angler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Total expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,662,875,000
Trip-related . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $491,229,000
Equipment and other . . . . . . . . . . . .$1,171,646,000
Average per angler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$1,514
Average trip expenditure per day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $21
Hunting
Hunters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 721,000
Days of hunting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,756,000
Average days per hunter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Total expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $846,455,000
Trip-related . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $243,130,000
Equipment and other . . . . . . . . . . . . . $603,325,000
Average per hunter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,174
Average trip expenditure per day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $21
Wildlife Watching
Total wildlife-watching participants . . . . . 2,947,000
Away-from-home participants . . . . . . . . . . 827,000
Around-the-home participants . . . . . . . . . 2,826,000
Days of participation away from home . . . 11,582,000
Average days of participation
away from home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Total expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,790,310,000
Trip-related . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $522,877,000
Equipment and other . . . . . . . . . . . $1,267,432,000
Average per participant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $608
Average trip expenditure per day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $45
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Participation in Michigan
The 2006 Survey found that 4.2 million
Michigan residents and nonresidents
16 years old and older fi shed, hunted,
or wildlife watched in Michigan. Of
the total number of participants, 1.4
million fi shed, 753 thousand hunted,
and 3.2 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
Michigan 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 1.1 million resident anglers
16 years old and older, there were
356 thousand resident anglers 6 to 15
years old. Also, in addition to the 721
thousand residents 16 years old and
older who hunted, there were 48 thou-sand
6-to-15-year-old residents who
hunted. Finally, there were 2.9 million
Michigan residents 16 years old and
older and 571 thousand 6- to 15-year-olds
who wildlife watched. Further
information on 6- to 15-year-olds is
provided in Appendix B.
Expenditures in Michigan
In 2006, state residents and nonresi-dents
spent $5.1 billion on wildlife
recreation in Michigan. Of that total,
trip-related expenditures were $1.2
billion and equipment purchases totaled
$2.8 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 Michigan: 2006
(U.S. residents 16 years old and older)
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.2 million
Sportspersons
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.7 million
Anglers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.4 million
Hunters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 753 thousand
Wildlife Watchers
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.2 million
Away from home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.0 million
Around the home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.8 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: 4.2 million participants)
Wildlife
watching
Fishing Hunting
33%
18%
77%
Wildlife-Associated
Recreation Expenditures in Michigan
(Total: $5.1 billion)
Equipment
54%
Trip-related
23%
Other
23%
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Sportspersons
In 2006, 1.7 million state resident and
nonresident sportspersons 16 years old
and older fi shed or hunted in Michigan.
This group comprised 1.4 million
anglers (83 percent of all sportspersons)
and 753 thousand hunters (45 percent
of all sportspersons). Among the 1.7
million sportspersons who fi shed
or hunted in the state, 933 thousand
(55 percent) fi shed but did not hunt
in Michigan. Another 291 thousand
(17 percent) hunted but did not fi sh
there. The remaining 462 thousand (27
percent) fi shed and hunted in Michigan
in 2006.
Sportspersons’ Participation in Michigan
(State residents and nonresidents 16 years old and older)
Sportspersons (fi shed or hunted) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.7 million
Anglers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.4 million
Fished only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 933 thousand
Fished and hunted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462 thousand
Hunters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 753 thousand
Hunted only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291 thousand
Hunted and fi shed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462 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 Michigan. Of this total, 1.1
million anglers (77 percent) were state
residents and 318 thousand anglers (23
percent) were nonresidents. Anglers
fi shed a total of 24.8 million days in
Michigan—an average of 18 days
per angler. State residents fi shed 22.5
million days—91 percent of all fi shing
days in Michigan. Nonresidents fi shed
2.3 million days in Michigan—9
percent of all fi shing days in the state.
A large majority of Michigan residents
who fi shed anywhere in the United
States did so in their resident state.
There were 1.1 million Michigan resi-dents
16 years old and older who fi shed
in the United States in 2006 for a total
of 23.2 million days. An estimated 98
percent of all Michigan residents who
fi shed did so in their home state. Of
all fi shing days by Michigan residents,
97 percent or 22.5 million were in their
home state.
Some state residents fi shed in states
other than Michigan. In 2006, 103
thousand Michigan residents fi shed in
other states—9 percent of all residents
fi shing in any state. They fi shed 856
thousand days as nonresidents, repre-senting
4 percent of all days fi shed by
Michigan residents. For further details
about fi shing in Michigan, see Table 3.
Anglers in Michigan
(State residents and nonresidents 16 years old and older)
Anglers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.4 million
Resident . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1 million
Nonresident . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318 thousand
Days of fi shing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.8 million
Resident . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.5 million
Nonresident . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.3 million
Source: Table 3.
In State/Out of State
(State residents 16 years old and older)
Michigan anglers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1 million
In Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1 million
In other states. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 thousand
Days of fi shing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.2 million
In Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.5 million
In other states. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 856 thousand
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses.
Source: Table 3.
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Fishing Expenditures in Michigan
All fi shing-related expenditures in
Michigan totaled $1.7 billion in 2006.
Trip-related expenditures, which
include food and lodging, transporta-tion,
and other trip expenses, totaled
$584 million—35 percent of all fi shing
expenditures. Expenditures for food
and lodging were $210 million and
transportation expenditures were $180
million. Other trip expenses, such as
equipment rental, bait, and cooking
fuel, totaled $194 million. Each angler
spent an average of $419 on trip-related
costs during 2006.
Anglers spent $721 million on equip-ment
in Michigan in 2006, 43 percent
of all fi shing expenditures. Fishing
equipment (rods, reels, line, etc.)
spending totaled $190 million—26
percent of the equipment total. Auxil-iary
equipment expenditures (tents,
special fi shing clothes, etc.) and special
equipment expenditures (boats, vans,
etc.) amounted to $531 million—74
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 $366 million—
22 percent of all fi shing expenditures.
For more details about fi shing expendi-tures
in Michigan, see Tables 19 and 21
through 23.
Fishing Expenditures in Michigan
(State residents and nonresidents 16 years old and older)
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1.7 billion
Trip-related . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $584 million
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $721 million
Fishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $190 million
Auxiliary and special . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $531 million
Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $366 million
Source: Table 19.
Percent of Anglers by Residence
(Total: 1.4 million participants)
Residents Nonresidents
77%
23%
Fishing Expenditures in Michigan
(Total: $1.7 billion)
Trip-related
35%
Other
22%
Equipment
43%
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Hunters
Participants and Days of Hunting
In 2006, there were 753 thousand
residents and nonresidents 16 years
old and older who hunted in Michigan.
Resident hunters numbered 721
thousand, accounting for 96 percent of
the hunters in Michigan. There were
32 thousand nonresidents who hunted
in Michigan—4 percent of the state’s
hunters. Residents and nonresidents
hunted 11.9 million days in 2006, an
average of 16 days per hunter. Resi-dents
hunted 11.7 million days in
Michigan or 99 percent of all hunting
days, while nonresidents spent 170
thousand days hunting in Michigan or
1 percent of all hunting days.
There were 721 thousand Michigan
residents 16 years old and older who
hunted in the United States in 2006 for
a total of 11.8 million days. Almost all
of the Michigan residents who hunted
did so in their home state. They spent
11.7 million days pursuing game in
their home state. For more informa-tion
on hunting activities by Michigan
residents, see Table 3.
Hunters in Michigan
(State residents and nonresidents 16 years old and older)
Hunters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 753 thousand
Resident . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 721 thousand
Nonresident . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 thousand
Days of hunting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.9 million
Resident . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.7 million
Nonresident . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 thousand
Source: Table 3.
In State/Out of State
(State residents 16 years old and older)
Michigan hunters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 721 thousand
In Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 721 thousand
In other states. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
Days of hunting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.8 million
In Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.7 million
In other states. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
… Sample size too small to report data reliably.
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses.
Source: Table 3.
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Hunting Expenditures in Michigan
All hunting-related expenditures in
Michigan totaled $916 million in 2006.
Trip-related expenses, such as food and
lodging, transportation, and other trip
expenses, totaled $262 million—29
percent of total expenditures. Expendi-tures
for food and lodging were $134
million and transportation expenditures
were $106 million. Other trip expenses,
such as equipment rental, totaled $23
million for the year. The average trip-related
expenditure per hunter was
$348.
Hunters spent $372 million on equip-ment—
41 percent of all hunting
expenditures. Hunting equipment
(guns, ammunition, etc.) totaled $210
million and made up 57 percent of
all equipment costs. Hunters spent
$161 million on auxiliary equipment
(tents, special hunting clothes, etc.)
and special equipment (boats, vans,
etc.), accounting for 43 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 $282 million—31
percent of all hunting expenditures. For
more details on hunting expenditures in
Michigan, see Tables 20 through 23.
Hunting Expenditures in Michigan
(State residents and nonresidents 16 years old and older)
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $916 million
Trip-related . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $262 million
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $372 million
Hunting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $210 million
Auxiliary and special . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $161 million
Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $282 million
Source: Table 20.
Percent of Hunters by Residence
(Total: 753 thousand participants)
Residents Nonresidents
96%
4%
Hunting Expenditures in Michigan
(Total: $916 million)
Trip-related
29%
Other
31%
Equipment
41%
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Wildlife Watchers
Participants and Days of Activity
In 2006, 3.2 million U.S. residents 16
years old and older fed, observed, or
photographed wildlife in Michigan.
Most of them, 88 percent (2.8 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 Michigan
in 2006 numbered 1.0 million—32
percent of all wildlife watchers in
Michigan. Of the 1.0 million, 753
thousand were state residents and 281
thousand were nonresidents.
Michigan residents 16 years old and
older who enjoyed away-from-home
wildlife watching within their state
totaled 753 thousand. Of this group,
728 thousand participants observed
wildlife, 329 thousand fed wildlife, and
425 thousand photographed wildlife.
Since some individuals engaged in
more than 1 of the 3 away-from-home
activities during the year, the sum of
wildlife observers, feeders, and photog-raphers
exceeds the total number of
away-from-home participants.
Michigan residents spent 8.6 million
days engaged in away-from-home
wildlife-watching activities in their
state. They spent 7.1 million days
observing wildlife, 1.3 million days
feeding wildlife, and 3.2 million days
photographing wildlife. The sum of
days observing, feeding, and photo-graphing
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.
Michigan residents also took an active
interest in wildlife around their homes.
In 2006, 2.8 million state residents
enjoyed observing, feeding, and photo-graphing
wildlife within 1 mile of their
homes. Among this around-the-home
group, 2.4 million fed, 1.7 million
observed, and 990 thousand photo-graphed
wildlife around their homes.
Another 629 thousand participants
maintained natural areas of 1/4 acre
or more for wildlife; 424 thousand
Wildlife-Watching Participants in Michigan
(State residents and nonresidents 16 years old and older)
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.2 million
Around the home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.8 million
Away from home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.0 million
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses.
Source: Table 24.
Away-From-Home Wildlife-Watching Participation in Michigan
(State residents and nonresidents 16 years old and older)
Participants, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.0 million
Observe wildlife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 977 thousand
Feed wildlife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429 thousand
Photograph wildlife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542 thousand
Days, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.0 million
Observe wildlife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.3 million
Feed wildlife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.7 million
Photograph wildlife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.6 million
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses.
Source: Table 25.
Around-the-Home Wildlife-Watching Participation in Michigan
(State residents 16 years old and older)
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.8 million
Feed wildlife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.4 million
Observe wildlife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.7 million
Photograph wildlife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 990 thousand
Maintain natural areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 629 thousand
Maintain plantings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424 thousand
Visit public areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 574 thousand
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses.
Source: Table 27.
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participants maintained plantings
for the benefi t of wildlife; and 574
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 estimate 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,
25 percent of resident around-the-home
wildlife watchers also enjoyed wildlife
away from home. For further details
about Michigan residents participating
in around-the-home wildlife -watching
activities, see
Table 27.
Wild Bird Observers
Bird watching attracted many wildlife
enthusiasts in Michigan. In 2006, 2.0
million people observed birds around
the home and on trips in the state.
A majority, 79 percent (1.6 million)
observed wild birds around the home
while 45 percent (899 thousand) took
trips away from home to watch birds.
Wildlife-Watching Expenditures
in Michigan
Wildlife watchers spent $1.6 billion on
wildlife-watching activities in Michigan
in 2006. Trip-related expenditures,
including food and lodging ($190
million), transportation ($134 million),
and other trip expenses ($16 million),
such as equipment rental, amounted
to $339 million. This summation
comprised 21 percent of all wildlife-watching
expenditures by participants.
The average of the trip-related expendi-tures
for away-from-home participants
was $284 per person in 2006.
Wildlife-watching participants spent
$780 million on equipment—48 percent
of all their expenditures. Specifi cally,
wildlife-watching equipment (binocu-lars,
special clothing, etc.) expenditures
totaled $331 million, 42 percent of
the equipment total. Auxiliary equip-ment
expenditures (tents, backpacking
equipment, etc.) and special equipment
expenditures (campers, trucks, etc.)
amounted to $449 million—58 percent
of all equipment costs. Special and
auxiliary equipment are items that were
purchased for wildlife-watching recre-ation
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 $503
million—31 percent of all wildlife-watching
expenditures. For more
details about wildlife-watching expen-ditures
in Michigan, see Table 31.
Wild Bird Observers in Michigan
(State residents and nonresidents 16 years old and older)
Participants, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.0 million
Around the home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.6 million
Away from home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 899 thousand
Days, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174.3 million
Around the home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168.3 million
Away from home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.9 million
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses.
Source: Table 29.
Wildlife-Watching Expenditures in Michigan
(State residents and nonresidents 16 years old and older)
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1.6 billion
Trip-related . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $339 million
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $780 million
Wildlife watching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $331 million
Auxiliary and special . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $449 million
Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $503 million
Source: Table 31.
Around-the-Home and Away-
From-Home Participation
by Michigan Residents
(Total: 2.8 million participants)
Both around
the home and
away from
home
Around the
home only
75%
25%
Wildlife-Watching Expenditures
in Michigan
(Total: $1.6 billion)
Trip-related
21%
Other
31%
Equipment
48%
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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 Michigan. 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 Michigan residents anywhere in
the United States. The in-state esti-mates
cover the participation, day, and
expenditure activity of U.S. residents in
Michigan.
The expenditure estimates were made
comparable by adjusting the estimates
for infl ation—all estimates are in 2006
dollars.
Michigan 1996 and 2006 Comparison
(Numbers in thousands)
1996 2006 Percent change
Fishing
Anglers in state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,824 1,394 –24
Days in state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,709 24,822 *
In-state expenditures by U.S. anglers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,940,323 $1,671,114 *
State resident anglers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,485 1,098 –26
Total expenditures by state residents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,906,495 $1,662,875 *
Hunting
Hunters in state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 934 753 –19
Days in state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,408 11,905 –35
In-state expenditures by U.S. hunters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,542,328 $915,884 *
State resident hunters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 872 721 *
Total expenditures by state residents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,579,707 $846,455 *
Away-From-Home Wildlife Watching
Participants in state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,117 1,034 *
Days in state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,162 10,043 *
State resident participants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,075 827 *
Around-the-Home Wildlife Watching
Total participants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,506 2,826 *
Observers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,952 1,664 *
Feeders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,306 2,384 *
Wildlife-Watching Expenditures
In-state expenditures by U.S. wildlife watchers . . . . . . . . . . $1,637,727 $1,622,521 *
Total expenditures by state residents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,813,442 $1,790,310 *
* Not different from zero at the 10 percent level of signifi cance.
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Michigan 2001 and 2006 Comparison
(Numbers in thousands)
2001 2006 Percent change
Fishing
Anglers in state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,354 1,394 *
Days in state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,320 24,822 *
In-state expenditures by U.S. anglers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $955,956 $1,671,114 75
State resident anglers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,039 1,098 *
Total expenditures by state residents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,094,935 $1,662,875 *
Hunting
Hunters in state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 754 753 *
Days in state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,994 11,905 *
In-state expenditures by U.S. hunters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $558,890 $915,884 64
State resident hunters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 725 721 *
Total expenditures by state residents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $634,843 $846,455 *
Away-From-Home Wildlife Watching
Participants in state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 884 1,034 *
Days in state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,999 10,043 *
State resident participants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 747 827 *
Around-the-Home Wildlife Watching
Total participants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,361 2,826 20
Observers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,566 1,664 *
Feeders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,078 2,384 *
Wildlife-Watching Expenditures
In-state expenditures by U.S. wildlife watchers . . . . . . . . . . $789,743 $1,622,521 105
Total expenditures by state residents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $823,114 $1,790,310 118
* Not different from zero at the 10 percent level of signifi cance.
Number of People Who Hunted
and Fished in Michigan: 1996–2006
(In thousands)
Hunters
Anglers
1996 2001 2006
934
1,824
754
1,354
753
1,394
Number of People Who Wildlife
Watched in Michigan: 1996–2006
(In thousands)
Away from home
Around the home
1996 2001 2006
1,117
2,506
884
2,361
1,034
2,826
Total Expenditures by
Participants in Michigan
(In millions of 2006 dollars)
Wildlife watchers
Hunters
Anglers
1996 2001 2006
1,940
1,542
1,638
956
559
790
1,671
916
1,623
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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 Michigan 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) . . . . . . . . 1,685 100 1,349 100 336 100
Total anglers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,394 83 1,077 80 318 94
Fished only. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 933 55 628 47 304 91
Fished and hunted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462 27 449 33 ... ...
Total hunters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 753 45 721 53 *32 *9
Hunted only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291 17 272 20 ... ...
Hunted and fished . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462 27 449 33 ... ...
* 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 Michigan 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 24,822 100 18,811 100
Total, all freshwater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,342 96 26,658 107 18,811 100
Freshwater, except Great Lakes. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,192 85 19,677 79 14,360 76
Great Lakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461 33 6,981 28 4,451 24
Saltwater. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ...
HUNTING
Total, all hunting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 753 100 11,905 100 7,434 100
Big game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 715 95 10,357 87 5,525 74
Small game. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228 30 2,109 18 1,610 22
Migratory bird . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *60 *8 *357 *3 *221 *3
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 Michigan Activity by Michigan 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 1,077 77 318 23 1,098 100 1,077 98 *103 *9
Total trips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,811 100 17,900 95 911 5 18,293 100 17,900 98 *393 *2
Total days of fishing. . . . . . . . . 24,822 100 22,532 91 2,290 9 23,239 100 22,532 97 *856 *4
Average days of fishing . . . . . . 18 (X) 21 (X) 7 (X) 21 (X) 21 (X) *8 (X)
HUNTING
Total hunters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 753 100 721 96 *32 *4 721 100 721 100 ... ...
Total trips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,434 100 7,353 99 *81 *1 7,357 100 7,353 100 ... ...
Total days of hunting . . . . . . . . 11,905 100 11,735 99 *170 *1 11,756 100 11,735 100 ... ...
Average days of hunting . . . . . 16 (X) 16 (X) *5 (X) 16 (X) 16 (X) ... (X)
(X) Not applicable. * 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 4. Michigan 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,098 100 721 100
In-state only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 996 91 717 99
In-state and other states . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *81 *7 ... ...
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. Michigan 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,098 100 23,239 100 18,293 100
Total, all freshwater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,054 96 22,886 98 18,204 100
Freshwater, except Great Lakes. . . . . . . . . . . . 963 88 18,707 80 14,029 77
Great Lakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367 33 6,356 27 4,175 23
Saltwater. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ...
HUNTING
Total, all hunting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 721 100 11,756 100 7,357 100
Big game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 696 96 10,282 87 5,493 75
Small game. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215 30 2,028 17 1,579 21
Migratory bird . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ...
Other animals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ...
... 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 Michigan
Total, state
residents and nonresidents
State residents Nonresidents
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Total anglers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,192 100 941 79 250 21
Total trips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,360 100 13,750 96 610 4
Total days of fishing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,677 100 17,993 91 1,684 9
Average days of fishing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 (X) 19 (X) 7 (X)
ANGLERS
Total, all types of water. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,192 100 941 79 250 21
Ponds, lakes, or reservoirs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 962 100 772 80 190 20
Rivers or streams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440 100 391 89 *49 *11
DAYS
Total, all types of water. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,677 100 17,993 91 1,684 9
Ponds, lakes, or reservoirs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,175 100 13,791 91 1,384 9
Rivers or streams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,426 100 4,190 95 *236 *5
* Estimate based on a sample size of 10–29. (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 Michigan by Type of Fish: 2006
(Population 16 years old and older. Numbers in thousands)
Anglers and days of fishing
Activity in Michigan
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,192 100 100 941 79 250 21
Crappie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 12 100 *106 *72 *41 *28
Panfish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 665 56 100 585 88 *80 *12
White bass, striped bass, striped bass hybrids . . . . . *125 *10 *100 *116 *93 ... ...
Black bass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473 40 100 348 74 125 26
Catfish, bullheads. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *64 *5 *100 ... ... ... ...
Walleye, sauger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246 21 100 214 87 *32 *13
Northern pike, pickerel, muskie, muskie hybrids . . . 226 19 100 189 84 *37 *16
Steelhead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *42 *4 *100 ... ... ... ...
Trout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *157 *13 *100 *131 *83 ... ...
Salmon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *113 *10 *100 *93 *82 *20 *18
Anything1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 14 100 *129 *77 *38 *23
Other freshwater fish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *32 *3 *100 ... ... ... ...
DAYS
Total, all types of fish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,677 100 100 17,993 91 1,684 9
Crappie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,031 10 100 *1,747 *86 *283 *14
Panfish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,318 52 100 9,845 95 *472 *5
White bass, striped bass, striped bass hybrids . . . . . *1,820 *9 *100 *1,781 *98 ... ...
Black bass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,674 34 100 6,052 91 622 9
Catfish, bullheads. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *480 *2 *100 ... ... ... ...
Walleye, sauger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,341 22 100 3,737 86 *605 *14
Northern pike, pickerel, muskie, muskie hybrids . . . 2,909 15 100 2,722 94 *187 *6
Steelhead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *207 *1 *100 ... ... ... ...
Trout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *1,051 *5 *100 *955 *91 ... ...
Salmon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *1,229 *6 *100 *1,171 *95 *58 *5
Anything1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 880 4 100 *687 *78 *193 *22
Other freshwater fish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *407 *2 *100 ... ... ... ...
* 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 Michigan: 2006
(Population 16 years old and older. Numbers in thousands)
Anglers, trips, and days of fishing
Activity in Michigan
Total, state
residents and nonresidents
State residents Nonresidents
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Total anglers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461 100 367 80 94 20
Total trips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,451 100 4,150 93 301 7
Total days . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,981 100 6,280 90 701 10
Average days of fishing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 (X) 17 (X) 7 (X)
(X) Not applicable.
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses.
Table 9. Great Lakes Anglers and Days of Fishing in Michigan by Type of Fish: 2006
(Population 16 years old and older. Numbers in thousands)
Anglers and days of fishing
Activity in Michigan
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461 100 100 367 80 94 20
Perch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *140 *30 *100 *124 *89 ... ...
Black bass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *98 *21 *100 *85 *87 ... ...
Walleye, sauger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *142 *31 *100 *111 *78 *32 *22
Northern pike, pickerel, muskie, muskie hybrids . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Salmon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 32 100 *108 *73 *40 *27
Steelhead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *75 *16 *100 *70 *93 ... ...
Lake trout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *96 *21 *100 *73 *76 *23 *24
Other trout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *40 *9 *100 ... ... ... ...
Anything1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *110 *24 *100 *104 *95 ... ...
Other Great Lakes fish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
DAYS
Total, all types of fish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,981 100 100 6,280 90 701 10
Perch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *2,110 *30 *100 *2,073 *98 ... ...
Black bass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *968 *14 *100 *919 *95 ... ...
Walleye, sauger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *2,387 *34 *100 *2,216 *93 *170 *7
Northern pike, pickerel, muskie, muskie hybrids . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Salmon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,385 48 100 *2,994 *88 *391 *12
Steelhead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *929 *13 *100 *913 *98 ... ...
Lake trout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *2,415 *35 *100 *2,072 *86 *343 *14
Other trout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *933 *13 *100 ... ... ... ...
Anything1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *511 *7 *100 *470 *92 ... ...
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 Michigan: 2006
This table does not apply to this state.
Table 11. Saltwater Anglers and Days of Fishing in Michigan 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 Michigan by Type of Hunting: 2006
(Population 16 years old and older. Numbers in thousands)
Hunters, trips, and days of hunting
Activity in Michigan
Total, state
residents and nonresidents
State residents Nonresidents
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
HUNTERS
Total, all hunting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 753 100 721 96 *32 *4
Big game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 715 100 696 97 *19 *3
Small game. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228 100 215 94 ... ...
Migratory bird . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *60 *100 ... ... ... ...
Other animals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ...
TRIPS
Total, all hunting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,434 100 7,353 99 *81 *1
Big game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,525 100 5,489 99 *37 *1
Small game. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,610 100 1,579 98 ... ...
Migratory bird . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *221 *100 ... ... ... ...
Other animals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ...
DAYS
Total, all hunting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,905 100 11,735 99 *170 *1
Big game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,357 100 10,256 99 *101 *1
Small game. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,109 100 2,028 96 ... ...
Migratory bird . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *357 *100 ... ... ... ...
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 Michigan 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 753 100 11,905 100
Big game, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 715 95 10,357 87
Deer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 713 95 9,009 76
Elk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Bear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Wild turkey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *81 *11 *830 *7
Other big game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Small game, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228 30 2,109 18
Rabbit, hare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *131 *17 *1,378 *12
Quail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Grouse/prairie chicken . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *45 *6 *363 *3
Squirrel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *91 *12 *868 *7
Pheasant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *66 *9 *339 *3
Other small game. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Migratory birds, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *60 *8 *357 *3
Waterfowl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Geese . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Duck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
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 Michigan 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 753 100 721 100 *32 *100
Public land, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370 49 356 49 ... ...
Public land only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *123 *16 *116 *16 ... ...
Public and private land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247 33 239 33 ... ...
Private land, total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 620 82 595 83 *25 *79
Private land only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373 50 356 49 ... ...
Private and public land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247 33 239 33 ... ...
DAYS
Total, all types of land. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,905 100 11,735 100 *170 *100
Public land1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,600 30 3,476 30 ... ...
Private land2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,235 78 9,132 78 *103 *60
* 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 Michigan 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,804 100 1,371 18 100 1,098 14 100 721 9 100
Population Density of Residence
Urban . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,625 72 753 13 55 651 12 59 343 6 48
Rural . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,179 28 617 28 45 448 21 41 378 17 52
Population Size of Residence
Metropolitan statistical area
(MSA). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,557 84 1,011 15 74 829 13 76 524 8 73
1,000,000 or more . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,361 43 388 12 28 339 10 31 *160 *5 *22
250,000 to 999,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,008 26 332 17 24 293 15 27 *150 *7 *21
Less than 250,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,188 15 292 25 21 197 17 18 214 18 30
Outside MSA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,247 16 359 29 26 269 22 24 197 16 27
Sex
Male . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,633 47 1,111 31 81 874 24 80 673 19 93
Female . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,171 53 260 6 19 224 5 20 ... ... ...
Age
16 to 17 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365 5 *85 *23 *6 *76 *21 *7 ... ... ...
18 to 24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 723 9 *107 *15 *8 *88 *12 *8 ... ... ...
25 to 34 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,152 15 225 20 16 *182 *16 *17 *112 *10 *16
35 to 44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,684 22 351 21 26 282 17 26 202 12 28
45 to 54 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,499 19 232 15 17 *166 *11 *15 *109 *7 *15
55 to 64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,065 14 235 22 17 208 20 19 *119 *11 *17
65 years and older . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,315 17 *137 *10 *10 *96 *7 *9 *98 *7 *14
Ethnicity
Hispanic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372 5 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Non-Hispanic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,432 95 1,337 18 98 1,069 14 97 702 9 97
Race
White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,646 85 1,267 19 92 1,000 15 91 689 10 95
Black. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 958 12 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
All others . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 3 *62 *31 *4 *57 *28 *5 ... ... ...
Annual Household Income
Under $10,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259 3 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
$10,000 to $19,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 528 7 *95 *18 *7 ... ... ... ... ... ...
$20,000 to $29,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 689 9 *83 *12 *6 *55 *8 *5 ... ... ...
$30,000 to $39,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 718 9 *201 *28 *15 *173 *24 *16 *96 *13 *13
$40,000 to $49,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 625 8 *99 *16 *7 *72 *12 *7 ... ... ...
$50,000 to $74,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,073 14 249 23 18 208 19 19 *126 *12 *17
$75,000 to $99,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 759 10 166 22 12 *142 *19 *13 *98 *13 *14
$100,000 or more. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 777 10 204 26 15 *170 *22 *16 *102 *13 *14
Not reported . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,377 30 236 10 17 189 8 17 *146 *6 *20
Education
11 years or less . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,075 14 237 22 17 206 19 19 *92 *9 *13
12 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,849 37 444 16 32 320 11 29 308 11 43
1 to 3 years college . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,936 25 328 17 24 259 13 24 *190 *10 *26
4 years college or more . . . . . . . . . . . 1,944 25 363 19 26 313 16 29 *132 *7 *18
* 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 Michigan 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,511,799 1,732 2,028 2,071
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344,069 1,269 271 204
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285,952 1,282 223 170
Other trip costs1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216,335 1,030 210 128
Equipment (fishing, hunting). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415,808 1,087 383 242
Auxiliary equipment2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101,192 469 216 58
Special equipment3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *1,486,686 *177 *8,407 *878
Magazines and books. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,136 278 47 8
Membership dues and contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35,331 189 187 21
Other4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 613,290 1,332 460 362
FISHING
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,671,114 1,374 1,217 1,193
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210,052 981 214 151
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180,363 993 182 129
Other trip costs1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193,615 939 206 139
Fishing equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190,066 816 233 134
Auxiliary equipment2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *13,532 *124 *109 *9
Special equipment3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *517,039 *79 *6,511 *369
Magazines and books. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *3,634 *76 *48 *3
Membership dues and contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *22,624 *41 *550 *16
Other4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340,188 1,010 337 244
HUNTING
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 915,884 777 1,179 1,203
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134,017 597 225 178
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105,588 623 169 140
Other trip costs1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,720 250 91 30
Hunting equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210,202 530 397 273
Auxiliary equipment2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61,477 267 230 79
Special equipment3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Magazines and books. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *5,037 *94 *53 *7
Membership dues and contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *3,846 *54 *71 *5
Other4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273,103 667 410 358
UNSPECIFIED5
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 909,262 290 3,135 537
* 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 Michigan 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,215,972 1,275 954 867
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210,052 981 214 151
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180,363 993 182 129
Other trip costs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104,918 939 112 75
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 720,637 834 864 512
ALL FRESHWATER
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,193,019 1,253 952 880
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210,052 981 214 157
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180,363 993 182 134
Other trip costs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104,918 939 112 78
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 697,685 768 908 511
FRESHWATER, EXCEPT
GREAT LAKES
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 966,314 1,024 944 805
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129,781 800 162 109
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124,503 829 150 104
Other trip costs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85,449 765 112 72
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 626,580 606 1,035 520
GREAT LAKES
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226,705 490 463 480
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80,271 327 246 174
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55,860 327 171 121
Other trip costs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,469 318 61 42
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71,105 229 311 143
SALTWATER
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Other trip costs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
... 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 Michigan 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 633,899 735 863 833
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134,017 597 225 178
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105,588 623 169 140
Other trip costs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,720 250 91 30
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371,574 580 641 485
BIG GAME
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 508,891 682 746 708
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108,263 552 196 151
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80,871 580 139 113
Other trip costs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,005 204 98 28
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299,752 522 574 416
SMALL GAME
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84,640 226 374 1,532
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,516 156 144 725
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,184 168 126 682
Other trip costs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *2,148 *63 *34 *69
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *38,792 *117 *332 *56
MIGRATORY BIRD
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *17,280 *67 *258 *1,216
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Other trip costs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
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 Michigan 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,671,114 1,193 1,374 99 1,217
TRIP-RELATED EXPENDITURES
Total trip-related. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 584,030 419 1,173 84 498
Food and lodging, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210,052 151 1,117 80 188
Food . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145,152 104 973 70 149
Lodging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64,900 47 201 14 323
Transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180,363 129 993 71 182
Other trip costs, total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193,615 139 939 67 206
Privilege and other fees1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,501 15 230 17 89
Boating costs2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126,258 91 386 28 327
Bait . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37,349 27 809 58 46
Ice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,068 4 324 23 19
Heating and cooking fuel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *3,438 *2 *94 *7 *36
EQUIPMENT AND OTHER EXPENDITURES
PRIMARILY FOR FISHING
Fishing equipment, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190,066 134 816 59 233
Reels, rods, and rod-making components . . . . . . . . . . . 73,659 51 419 30 176
Lines, hooks, sinkers, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35,958 26 618 44 58
Artificial lures and flies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39,058 27 538 39 73
Creels, stringers, fish bags, landing nets, and gaff
hooks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *4,617 *3 *105 *8 *44
Minnow seines, traps, and bait containers. . . . . . . . . . . *789 *1 *41 *3 *19
Other fishing equipment3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35,985 26 278 20 129
Auxiliary equipment4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *13,532 *9 *124 *9 *109
Special equipment5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *517,039 *369 *79 *6 *6,511
Other fishing costs6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366,446 262 1,033 74 355
* 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 Michigan 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 915,884 1,203 777 103 1,179
TRIP-RELATED EXPENDITURES
Total trip-related. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262,326 348 669 89 392
Food and lodging, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134,017 178 665 88 202
Food . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117,783 156 597 79 197
Lodging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *16,234 *22 *78 *10 *209
Transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105,588 140 623 83 169
Other trip costs, total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *22,720 *30 *250 *33 *91
Privilege and other fees1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *5,860 *8 *43 *6 *137
Boating costs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ...
Heating and cooking fuel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ...
EQUIPMENT AND OTHER EXPENDITURES
PRIMARILY FOR HUNTING
Hunting equipment, total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210,202 273 530 70 397
Firearms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *76,338 *101 *159 *21 *481
Ammunition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,369 30 414 55 54
Other hunting equipment2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111,496 142 302 40 370
Auxiliary equipment3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61,477 79 267 35 230
Special equipment4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ...
Other hunting costs5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281,985 370 680 90 415
* 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 Michigan for Fishing and Hunting by Michigan 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,769,744 1,604 1,727 1,643
Trip and equipment expenditures for fishing, total. . . . . . . . . . 1,304,668 1,275 1,023 936
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210,052 981 214 151
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180,363 993 182 129
Boating costs1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126,258 386 327 91
Other trip costs2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67,357 896 75 48
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 720,637 834 864 517
Trip and equipment expenditures for hunting, total. . . . . . . . . 633,899 735 863 842
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134,017 597 225 178
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105,588 623 169 140
Boating costs1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Other trip costs2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,046 246 90 29
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371,574 580 641 494
Unspecified equipment3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 831,177 115 7,209 493
STATE RESIDENTS
Trip and equipment expenditures for fishing and hunting,
total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,538,472 1,234 2,058 1,881
Trip and equipment expenditures for fishing, total. . . . . . . . . . 1,103,516 943 1,170 1,025
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155,347 736 211 144
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130,847 788 166 122
Boating costs1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106,402 298 357 99
Other trip costs2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43,918 713 62 41
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 667,002 711 939 619
Trip and equipment expenditures for hunting, total. . . . . . . . . 605,936 685 885 840
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125,643 567 221 174
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93,428 595 157 130
Boating costs1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Other trip costs2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,991 245 90 30
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364,200 551 661 505
Unspecified equipment3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 829,021 113 7,366 614
NONRESIDENTS
Trip and equipment expenditures for fishing and hunting,
total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231,272 370 624 688
Trip and equipment expenditures for fishing, total. . . . . . . . . . 201,152 332 606 633
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54,706 244 224 172
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49,517 204 242 156
Boating costs1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,856 88 226 63
Other trip costs2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,438 183 128 74
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53,636 124 434 169
Trip and equipment expenditures for hunting, total. . . . . . . . . *27,963 *50 *560 *880
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *8,374 *29 *286 *263
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *12,161 *28 *439 *383
Boating costs1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Other trip costs2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *7,373 *29 *254 *232
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 Michigan Residents’ Fishing and Hunting Expenditures Both Inside and Outside
Michigan: 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,426,954 1,341 2,556 2,500
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304,817 1,011 301 222
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247,959 1,067 232 181
Other trip costs1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181,582 861 211 132
Equipment (fishing, hunting). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384,596 962 400 281
Auxiliary equipment2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97,471 439 222 71
Special equipment3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *1,455,469 *164 *8,883 *1,062
Magazines and books. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,081 290 45 10
Membership dues and contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35,261 172 205 26
Other4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 706,719 1,143 618 516
FISHING
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,662,875 1,040 1,598 1,514
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178,702 745 240 163
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153,898 801 192 140
Other trip costs1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158,629 770 206 144
Fishing equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164,659 706 233 150
Auxiliary equipment2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *13,087 *114 *114 *12
Special equipment3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *491,036 *72 *6,844 *447
Magazines and books. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *3,462 *69 *50 *3
Membership dues and contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Other4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 476,941 839 569 434
HUNTING
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 846,455 717 1,180 1,174
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126,116 572 221 175
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94,061 595 158 130
Other trip costs1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,953 253 91 32
Hunting equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205,693 518 397 285
Auxiliary equipment2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58,614 249 236 81
Special equipment3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Magazines and books. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *5,188 *109 *47 *7
Membership dues and contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *4,159 *58 *72 *6
Other4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229,778 640 359 319
UNSPECIFIED5
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903,379 271 3,334 659
* 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 Michigan 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 MICHIGAN
Expenditures for fishing and hunting, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,215,171 1,332 2,413 2,383
Trip-related expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 678,250 1,168 581 503
Equipment (fishing and hunting). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382,815 958 400 284
Auxiliary equipment1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97,260 435 224 72
Special equipment2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *1,455,469 *164 *8,883 *1,079
Other3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 601,378 1,155 521 446
Expenditures for fishing, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,454,182 1,028 1,415 1,350
Trip-related expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436,514 891 490 405
Fishing equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162,878 702 232 151
Auxiliary equipment1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *13,087 *114 *114 *12
Special equipment2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Other3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350,666 841 417 326
Expenditures for hunting, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 843,751 717 1,177 1,170
Trip-related expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241,735 640 378 335
Hunting equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205,693 518 397 285
Auxiliary equipment1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58,614 249 236 81
Special equipment2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Other3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237,815 653 364 330
Unspecified expenditures for fishing and hunting, total4 . . . . . 855,062 225 3,798 634
OUT OF STATE
Expenditures for fishing and hunting, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218,942 122 1,801 2,049
Trip-related expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *63,352 *81 *787 *593
Equipment (fishing and hunting). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Auxiliary equipment1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Special equipment2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Other3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *153,599 *104 *1,481 *1,438
Expenditures for fishing, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *214,795 *89 *2,405 *2,093
Trip-related expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *60,815 *76 *797 *593
Fishing equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Auxiliary equipment1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Special equipment2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Other3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *152,199 *76 *2,011 *1,483
Expenditures for hunting, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Trip-related expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Hunting equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Auxiliary equipment1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Special equipment2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Other3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
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 Michigan by State Residents and Nonresidents Combined: 2006
(Population 16 years old and older. Numbers in thousands)
Participants Number Percent
Total participants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,227 100
Away from home. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,034 32
Observe wildlife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .