Post by DJH on Mar 3, 2006 1:25:31 GMT -5
I saw an interesting trend when I did a quick look at WI since they started the crossbow over 65. They have a break down of lic. sales by age. I then grouped it into buckets.
2000 archery permits 177,954 over 65 5976
2002 Archery permits 138,011 over 65 5266 (1st year w/65 and over and CWD scare)
2003 Archery Permits 158,650 over 65 7254
2004 archery permits 170,298 over 65 8848
I am curious if your numbers would be similar. If you have that great, if not, no big deal. Thanks, Randy
Here's the information from the MD Wildlife Division. I hope it is helpful.
No. of MD Seniors who purchased a bow stamp:
2002-03 359
2003-04 699 Start of 65+ crossbow season
2004-05 1,084
2005-06 1,379
Based on our licensing and harvest databases, this year we had approximately 150 different senior hunters (out of about 5,000 that bought a hunting license) take at least one deer with a crossbow compared to about 125 different senior hunters take at least one with a vertical bow. If you assume about half were successful, that means we probably had about 300 or so senior crossbow hunters?
As far as percentages, successful senior crossbowers represented about 8% of all successful crossbowers compared to only 1% for vertical bows - so I'd say they like the crossbow. Keep in mind though that our overall crossbow kill is still relatively small compared to the total bowharvest (3,174 total deer this year, or roughly 15% of the total "bow" harvest).
Seniors killed about 400 deer this year with a "bow" (about 60% of those with a crossbow). So overall, their kill with a crossbow was about 1% of the total "bow" harvest. Looking at the total harvest, seniors took about 3% of the total deer harvest this year.
2000 archery permits 177,954 over 65 5976
2002 Archery permits 138,011 over 65 5266 (1st year w/65 and over and CWD scare)
2003 Archery Permits 158,650 over 65 7254
2004 archery permits 170,298 over 65 8848
I am curious if your numbers would be similar. If you have that great, if not, no big deal. Thanks, Randy
Here's the information from the MD Wildlife Division. I hope it is helpful.
No. of MD Seniors who purchased a bow stamp:
2002-03 359
2003-04 699 Start of 65+ crossbow season
2004-05 1,084
2005-06 1,379
Based on our licensing and harvest databases, this year we had approximately 150 different senior hunters (out of about 5,000 that bought a hunting license) take at least one deer with a crossbow compared to about 125 different senior hunters take at least one with a vertical bow. If you assume about half were successful, that means we probably had about 300 or so senior crossbow hunters?
As far as percentages, successful senior crossbowers represented about 8% of all successful crossbowers compared to only 1% for vertical bows - so I'd say they like the crossbow. Keep in mind though that our overall crossbow kill is still relatively small compared to the total bowharvest (3,174 total deer this year, or roughly 15% of the total "bow" harvest).
Seniors killed about 400 deer this year with a "bow" (about 60% of those with a crossbow). So overall, their kill with a crossbow was about 1% of the total "bow" harvest. Looking at the total harvest, seniors took about 3% of the total deer harvest this year.
