I’ve hunted 5 states and taken 10 different species of North America Big Game animals, 15 species of upland game birds, 25 species of waterfowl, and to spend some time trapping and take 6 species of furbearers. The other guided trip was for Bighorn Sheep in the Frank Church Wilderness of Idaho. One in 1987 for grizzly bear in Alberta, Canada which was the last year a non-resident could hunt grizzly in Alberta. Although it seems to get more challenging as the years go by Generally speaking all of my hunting in North America has been DIY, but I have been on 2 guided trips. I’ve been extremely fortunate to grow up and to live in some great hunting areas with a lot of opportunity and good success. And since I live in the U.S., yes I do in fact own a pickup truck. I currently have 4 hunts booked/planned in the next 12 months that will include 3 separate continents, and I will probably get out a bit more than that. I have shot about 150 animals from the list of about 50 species. I understand they heavily frown upon hunting Penguins, so no hunting in Antarctica. Hopefully I can get to Asia in the next year or 2. I hunted and fished in North America, South America, Europe, Oceana, and Africa. I have hunted about 50 different species, in 32 different States (US), provinces (Canada) or countries around the world. I have been fortunate to be able to hunt (and fish) quite a bit. I am just curious, and this could go on forever. The AF community is hardly average, so I thought it would be interesting to see how many species, places, and animals the AF community hunts. The most common shared trait is that most hunters in the U.S. The second cohort of people will take between 1-5 species (typically whitetail deer, mule deer, elk, Pronghorn and black bear) and hunt in 3 or fewer States. The typical hunter will only hunt in a single State. Once you have killed 1, the likely that you kill more goes up by a large margin. Over a lifetime, the average hunter will take less than 10 animals. Basically, in North America, the “average hunter” seems to hunt 1 species, and that is most often a whitetail deer. My good friend is a wealth of information on the topic. How many species have they hunted, how many animals of that species, do they travel to hunt and other interesting facts. That is, when someone talks about being a “hunter,” what on average does that mean. One of our great campfire conversations turned to hunter demographics. He has made his living in the hunting industry for more than 35 years and his personal hunting career is legendary. I recently spent a few weeks in Africa with a good friend, who also happens to be a well-known outfitter, hunting guide, and TV show host.
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