Hunting Pressure - Hunters By, Discipline By State, By Season

What The Numbers Mean

The numbers represent the self guided hunters that hunted at least one day within each hunting discipline and state.

Hunters may duplicate across hunting disciplines as many hunters hunt more than one season. Meaning the same hunter is likely a deer hunter for both archery and bow. Deer hunters typically hunt more than one state. That same deer hunter is likely to spring turkey hunt.

An illustration would be John Smith bow hunted Iowa, gun hunted Missouri deer season and spring turkey hunted Missouri and Kansas all in the same calendar year. He would be counted four times on the pressure numbers.

The same for many waterfowl and upland bird hunters. It is common for waterfowl hunters to also upland bird hunt. It is common for upland bird hunters to hunt more than one state. A single hunter may be listed under more than one category and again in more than one state.

Adding up all the numbers does not equal our total membership.

Comparison

To gain a more accurate perspective of hunting pressure do this. Compare any of the hunter numbers within one category and state to the total number of hunting days in a season and the amount of land available. Combine this level of pressure with our property unit and individual property management system to prevent too many consecutive hunting days on the same land and the quality control exercised by this Association is more evident.

The Art Of Cover Acres Not Gross Acres

Most importantly however is our management of property units and individual properties. It is based on their hunter carrying capacity. Carrying capacity is the number of hunting days a unit or individual property can sustain per hunter. Based on the amount of actual huntable acreage for any one spot. A quarter section of CRP grass may sustain anywhere from a 2 to a 4 hour pheasant hunt. While a 480 acre farm may support 3 deer hunters one day or 3 deer hunting days for one hunter.

Primary and Secondary Hunting Interest

Our membership levels separated by primary and secondary hunting interest is not based on a simple mathematical equation of acreage available by the number of hunters.

It is rather based on the carrying capacity of the habitat. This is the art of hunting and an intangible made possible by the hunting experience of the Association partners Jon Nee and John Wenzel. The hunter's proof of effectiveness comes from the facts:

That no hunter is denied hunting on his schedule.

Hunters are not in competition with others.

All have a choice of where to hunt each day.

The confidence the hunter will have a good hunt is that is what brings membership renewals. This organization is a business and not a good ol' boys hunt'n club. That difference is treatment to all members is the same without any friendship connections.

Libby

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