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Did You Know?
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In the spirit of education and
in working to promote responsible hunting, SCI - Northern Alberta
Chapter is pleased to feature information on issues of importance
to hunters in Alberta. The main source of this information is
the Hunting
for Tomorrow Foundation.
Check back to this page frequently
as we will be regularly updating it to focus on timely facts
and news.
Did you Know...
- As of mid
December 2004, total hunter numbers had increased by approximately
2800 hunters!
- Very close
to 100,000 wildlife certificates were sold this year.
- Of this number,
approximately
- 87,000 are resident hunters
- 2890 are non-resident Canadians
- 9700 are non-resident aliens.
- Of the 2,800
new licenses, they represent an increase of:
- 2127 resident
hunters
- 213 non-resident
Canadians
- 425 non
resident aliens
- 13% were new
hunters (someone that hadn't purchased a Wildlife certificate
since 1993 or not at all)
- On average
12% of the hunting population drops in and out of the system
annually.
- Black bear,
elk, whitetail, mule deer and waterfowl license sales all
increased.
- Alberta sold
11,000 more deer licenses than last year - this is the highest
number of deer licenses sold in the past 7 years.
- 85,000 whitetail
deer (antlered and antlerless) licenses were sold - this is
the highest amount of activity in this area since 1979.
- There were
sales of over 557,000 different activities! We have not seen
this kind of activity since 1985 through 1987. In comparison,
this number was 534,000 in 2003 and 540,000 in 2002.
- 66 youth partner
licenses were used for a variety of species including non-trophy
sheep and antlered mule deer (24).
- Antelope numbers
were down slightly (quotas were down slightly as well).
- Bowhunting
permits decreased by approximately 300.
- Total Draw
applicants for 2004 increased to 208,000 compared to 196,000
in 2003.
- Overall the
performance of the licensing system was positive and the percentage
of problems associated with licensing was low.
Many other provinces are looking at Alberta as an example of
an excellent licensing system for hunting and fishing. We are
indeed fortunate to live in a province where wildlife populations
are healthy and this provides for abundant hunting opportunities.
For more information about hunting numbers, contact Licensing
and Revenue Services, Alberta Fish and Wildlife Division, (780)
427-5185.
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2003 Updated
May 15, 2006
