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Hunter numbers, conservation dollars up

Updated: October 31, 2005, 5:45 PM ET
National Shooting Sports Foundation — Oct. 31, 2005

NEWTOWN, Conn. — The number of paid hunting-license holders in America has increased slightly over the previous year, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's recent National Hunting License Report. Numbers for 2004 rose less than 1 percent, from 14,740,188 to 14,779,071, but hunting advocates are hoping it indicates stabilization following a long downward trend. "Over the past 20 years, good news about hunter numbers has been hard to find, but now we've seen increases in two ...

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