1955 fisherman and was not asked whether he hekl a 1955 fisliinp; 

 lieense (and similarly for hunting). 



Duck-stamp purchases are shown separately in the tables of 

 expenditures of all persons who fished and/or hunted, of all persons 

 who hunted, and of waterfowl hunters. 



The survey indicated that 1,986,000 people huiUcd waterfowl 

 during calendar j'ear 1955. These waterfowl hunters purchase 

 l,fi62,000 duck stamps. Since 272,000 waterfowl hunters were in 

 the 12-17 age group, it is presumed that the majority of the 324,000 

 waterfowl hunters not purchasing duck stamps were below 16 years 

 of age. Any of these not under 16 years of age would of course be 

 hunting illegally. 



Although persons who hunted waterfowl during 1955 purchased 

 only 1,662,000 duck stamps, an additional 395,000 hunters pur- 

 chased these stamps but, for some unexplained reason, did not go 

 waterfowl hunting in calendar year 1955. Thus, the survey in- 

 dicates that a total of 2,057,000 duck stamps were purchased by 

 hunters during the year. Reports of duck-stamp sales indicate 

 that approximately 2,236,000 stamps were sold in 1955 (including 

 sales to stamp collectors). 



OTHER EXPENDITURES 



Under other expenses are included club dues, subscriptions to 

 magazines primarily for fishing and hunting, and all other expend- 

 itures not specifically classified but incurred as a part of fishing 

 or hunting activities. 



Expenditures for dogs kept primarily for hunting are shown 

 separately in the table on all hunting expenditures. In the tables 

 on big-game hunting, small-game hunting, and waterfowl hunting, 

 and in the table on all persons who fished and/or hunted, the 

 expenditures for dogs are included in other expenditures. 



EXPENDITURES OF PERSONS WHO FISHED 

 AND/OR HUNTED IN 1955 



The total number of fishermen and/or hunters (12 and over) in United States was 

 24,917,000. 



Expenditure item 



Equipment: 



Hunting and 



equipment 

 Other 



fishing 



Trip expenditures; 



Food 



I'Ociging 



Transportation (auto e.x- 



penses) 



Other 



License and lease fees: 

 Licenses and stamps . . 

 Leases and privileges . . 

 Duck stamps 



Other expenditures (in- 

 chides hunting dogs) . . 



Wetohted I'nited 

 States tot.\l . . . 



Fishermen and/or 

 hunters with expen- 

 ditures 



Number 



17,664,000 

 7. 072, 000 



8. 795. 000 

 3, 675, 000 



22, 328, 000 

 18, 441, 000 



17,698,000 



113,000 



2, 057, 000 



6, 803, 000 



Percent 

 of all 

 fisher- 

 men 

 and/or 



hunters 



70.9 

 28. 4 



35.3 

 14.7 



89. 6 

 74.0 



71.0 



. 5 



8.3 



Total spent 



$594, 584, 000 

 687, 708, 000 



144,587,000 

 88, 951, 000 



365, 799, 000 

 699, 457, 000 



77, 175,000 



3, 299, 000 



4, 114.000 



185, 305, 000 



Average 

 spent per 

 fisher- 

 man 

 and/or 

 hunter 



2. 850, 979, 000 



$23, 86 

 27 60 



5. 80 

 3. 57 



14. 68 

 28.08 



10 

 13 

 16 



7. 44 



114. 42 



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