Interesting NPR article

[grizzman]

I don't usually pay attention to NPR but this came up on my newsfeed.

There is actually a lot of truth in the article, IMO.

https://www.npr.org/2018/03/20/593001800/decline-in-hunters-threatens-how-u-s-pays-for-conservation

I disagree with this statement though.

"Nearly a third of all hunters in the U.S. are baby boomers. They hunted like no other generation since. But the oldest Boomers are already aging out of the sport and the youngest, at 54, are only about a decade away from joining them."

I'm know a lot of folks in their seventies and eighties that still hunt. Granted they don't get around as well as they used to but they are still out there hunting and taking animals.

[BigThicketBoy]

I don't usually pay attention to NPR but this came up on my newsfeed.

There is actually a lot of truth in the article, IMO.

https://www.npr.org/2018/03/20/593001800/decline-in-hunters-threatens-how-u-s-pays-for-conservation

I disagree with this statement though.

"Nearly a third of all hunters in the U.S. are baby boomers. They hunted like no other generation since. But the oldest Boomers are already aging out of the sport and the youngest, at 54, are only about a decade away from joining them."

I'm know a lot of folks in their seventies and eighties that still hunt. Granted they don't get around as well as they used to but they are still out there hunting and taking animals.

Where do they take the animals?
That's where I want to hunt.
So I can kill them.[emoji3]

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[OldRiverRat]

The youngest boomers are not 54
I’m considered a boomer and I’m 43.
My understanding is that the boomer generation ended in 1979
This means their data would be way off


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[grizzman]

The youngest boomers are not 54
I’m considered a boomer and I’m 43.
My understanding is that the boomer generation ended in 1979
This means their data would be way off


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I always thought that my generation ended (not literally) in the mid 60's.

[grizzman]

Sorry, I didn't see that there was already a thread on this.

[Uncle Saggy]

The youngest boomers are not 54
I’m considered a boomer and I’m 43.
My understanding is that the boomer generation ended in 1979
This means their data would be way off


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Sounds like you are either generation x or xennial, boomers ended in 64

[4R Daddy]

Sounds like you are either generation x or xennial, boomers ended in 64

Agreed. If you were born in 79, you’re the child of a boomer. You’re a genXer. Baby boomers are children born from all the happy WWII vets returning home needing some lovin. GenX are from mid 60’s to early 80’s.


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[OleTomTalker]

Maybe I just don't get out enough or to other parts of the country but it seems like there's more hunters than ever... Maybe just cause all my roots are in TX and MS??

[OleTomTalker]

Their stats refer to percentage of population 50 years ago to percentage of population today. The population is a LOT larger than it was 50 years ago, so does that actually mean number of hunters has dropped? I'd like to see the numbers of hunters, not just percentages.