TABLE OF CONTENTS 



Foreword, II 

 Introduction, 1 



^Vhat the siirvo\ souglu, 3 



How the survey was made, 15 

 Graphic presentations, 5-29 



Households with fishermen or hunters, 5 



Persons wlio fished or hunted, 6-7 



Men wlio fished, 8 



Women wlio fished, 9 



Men who hunted, 10 



Women who hunted, 11 



Variation by geographic sections, 12 



Variation by population densities, 13 



Variation bj^ age groups, 14-15 



Expenditures for fisliing and hunting, 16-17 



Expenditures for hunting, 18 



Expenditures for fishing, 19 



Salt-water fishing, 20-21 



Automobile mileage, 22-23 



Travel bj- fishermen, 24 



Travel by hunters, 25 



Licenses, 26-27 



Typical fisherman and hunter, 28 



Days of recreation, 29 



Tables, 30-44 



Number of households, 30-31 

 Number of persons who fished and hunted, 32-33 

 Fresh-water and salt-water fishermen and big-game, small- 

 game, and waterfowl hunters, 34-35 

 Fishing and hunting trips, man-days, and membership in 



clubs, 36-37 

 Expenditures for fishing and hunting, 38-44 

 Fisliing and /or hunting, 39 

 Fishing, 40 



Fresh-water fishing, 40 

 Salt-water fishing, 41 



Atlantic and Gulf coast salt-water fishing, 41 

 Pacific coast salt-water fishing, 42 

 Hunting, 42 

 Big-game hunting, 43 

 Small-game hunting, 43 

 Waterfowl hunting, 44 

 Licenses, 44-45 



Technique of the survej-, 46-48 

 Statistical reliability, 49 



The statistical material in this report was compiled by Crossley 

 S-D Surveys, Inc., under contract to Fish and Wildlife Service, 

 United States Department of the Interior. 



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