FISHING AND HUNTING TRIPS, MAN 



The tables opposite, uiul those below, show some of the details 

 about fisliing and hunting trips in 1955. 



NUMBER OF PERSONS WHO TOOK SPECIFIED 

 NUMBERS OF FISHING OR HUNTING TRIPS IN 

 1955 



Each fisherman or hunter interviewed was asked to state the 

 number of times he went fishing or hunting in 1955. Based on the 

 replies given, the projected distribution of all fishermen and 

 hunters in the United States, according to the number of separate 

 trips, is shown in the table opposite. 



NUMBER OF PERSONS WHO TRAVELED SPECIFIED 

 DISTANCES ON FISHING OR HUNTING TRIPS IN 

 1955 



Each person interviewed was asked the distance he traveled on 

 his fishing or hunting trips. From the replies, the projected 

 distribution of all fishermen and hunters in the United States, 

 according to the total distance each traveled for fishing or hunting 

 in 1955, is shown in the table opposite. 



PERSONS WHO TOOK FISHING OR HUNTING TRIPS 

 LASTING MORE THAN 1 DAY 



Each person interviewed was asked how many days he fished 

 or hunted on each trip (a fishing day or hunting day thus being 

 defined as any day or part of a day on which he fished or hunted). 

 From the replies, the projected numbers of fishermen and hunters 

 in the United States and in various groupings, who took trips of 

 more than one day, are shown in the table opposite. The per- 

 centages in this table are of the total number of persons 12 j'ears 

 of age and over as shown in column 1 . 



DAYS, AND MEMBERSHIP IN CLUBS 



MAN-DAYS OF FISHING AND HUNTING 



As projected from replies to interviews, the total number of 

 days spent in 1955 in the different types of fishing and hunting 

 in the United States aggregate as follows: 



Fishing: Man-davs 



Fresh water 338, 826, 000 



Saltwater .iS, 621,000 



Total 397,447,000 



Hunting: 



Big game 30, 834, 000 



Small game 118,630,000 



Waterfowl 19,959,000 



Total 169, 423, 000 



Total fishing and hunting 566, 870, 000 



The total number of man-days of fishing (397,447,000) divided 

 by the total number of fishermen (20,813,000) gives an average of 

 19 days per fisherman, but this average is unduly influenced by a 

 small number of fishermen who fished a very large immber of days. 

 The typical fisherman fished on 9}^ days during the year (this is 

 the median, that is, half the fishermen fished less than 9^ days and 

 half fished more than 9}2 days). 



The typical hunter hunted on Sji days in 1955. 



MEMBERSHIP IN CLUBS 



The persons interviewed were asked about membership in 

 fishing or hunting clubs of any kind. The projected total for the 

 United States is as follows : 



Number who belonged to fishing and hunting clubs .... 1,371,000 



Percent of all fishermen and hunters 5. 5 



Percent of all persons 12 years of age and over 1.2 



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