CHAI>TER 2: AFFECTED ENVIRONMENT 



120000 



100000 



^ 80000 

 Ui 



3 

 X 



^ 60000 



-I 



UJ 



40000 



^— r 900000 



-•- statewide hunters (left axis) 

 * antlerless permits available (left axis) 

 -D- statewide hunter days (right axis) 



*** 



V 



* 



** 



20000 



1972 



860000 



CO 

 820000 < 



a 



DC 

 UJ 



780000 i 



-I 



lU 



740000 



700000 



1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 

 YEAR 



Figure 12. Total number of elk hunters, elk hunter days, and number of antlerless permits available in 

 Montana, 1975-2001. 



19S000 



UI 



185000 



175000 



165000 



OC 

 UI 

 UI 

 O 155000 



145000 



135000 



-•- number of deer hunters (left axis) 

 -*- number of deer hunter days (right axis) 



1280000 



1220000 



1160000 ^ 



< 

 Q 



1100000 



GC 



1040000 UJ 



Q 



980000 



920000 



1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 



YEAR 



Figure 13. Total number of deer hunters and total hunter days for white-tailed deer and mule deer 

 combined in Montana, 1987-2001. 



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