Americans’ Attitudes Towards Hunting, Target Shooting, Fishing and Trapping

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Even as the Covid-19 outbreak drove more people into America's forests, waterways, and shooting ranges, the support for hunting, fishing, trapping, and recreational shooting has declined over the past three years, according to a recent poll of Americans' sentiments toward these activities.
After almost 30 years of rising public support, there has been a decline in support for legal field sports. This decline may be due to a broader and growing distaste for activities that are mostly associated with older, white, rural men. Or It may mean we are not doing a good enough job speaking to the non-hunting public .
Responsive Management conducted a poll titled "Americans' Attitudes Toward Legal, Regulated Fishing, Target/Sport Shooting, Hunting, and Trapping," which was published June of 2023. The Outdoor Stewards of Conservation Foundation, a think tank that focuses on disseminating information on outdoor trends procure a grant to get this study done. Jim Curcuruto sits with John Stallone and discusses this study and what are the take aways and possible solutions.

Take a look at the survey here