Corrected Tabulation Of Hunting License Holders Issued--June 10, 1963

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Corrected Tabulation Of Hunting License Holders Issued--June 10, 1963

The attached table showing the number of paid hunting license holders and other license information is revision of and replaces the table release May 19, 1963.  The revised tabulation corrects errors in the data reported for Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin the report also includes the data from Colorado which were not available when the earlier compilation was made.

Alabama     309,391                 305,293                                4,098                       309,391   $733,967 

Alaska        37,618                   41,235                                   3020                      44255               309,839

Arizona      123,445                 257,542                                 6,643                     264,185  859,667

Arkansas  255,269                 242,143                                 13,126                     255,269    807,152

California             625,844                1,300,580                       1,545              1,203,125       3,721,881

Colorado             262,885                  349,355                          77,210                 426,565  843,942

Connecticut        53,878                  53,594                                   284                    53,878        191,941

Delaware             24,054                   23,673                                   381                 24,054         58,449

Florida                  170,061                 168,311                                1,750                170,061       867,538

Georgia                 240,779                 236,581                                 4,198                  240,779      618,336

Hawaii                  6,924                     6,806                                     142                       6,948       33,992

Idaho                    171,060                 360,839                                14,082                   374,921     1,012,629

Illinois                  468,586                509,100                                6,201                        515,301    1,827,012

Indiana                  607,686                625,876                                2,797                    628,673   859,012

Iowa                      308,148                312,295                                 5448                  317,743    877,780

Kansas                  205,881               371,978                            13,247                     385,225      954,319

Kentucky             228,877                235,202                              5,698                     240,900  888,196

Louisiana            249,338                307,238                              2,129                   309,367   632,741

Maine                   175,787                 146,316                           28,042                174,358    1,034,872

Maryland             158,589                 221,523                             6,029                 227,552    741,750

Mass.                    115,975                 130,034                        1,712                      131,746  627,755

Michigan             818,128            1,074,762                         15,533                      1,090,295  $4,528,228

Minnesota           473,368                620,119                       1,899                        622,018  1,527,071

Mississippi         197,933                 207,990                  5,392                          213,382  495,183

Missouri               333,087                404,785                     5,896                         410,6811 599,862

Montana              202,886                311,265                     19,292                       330,557      1,428,554

Nebraska             192,741                 350,575                   11,713                       362,288   717,828

Nevada                 44,226                   55,754                  21,997                      77,751     644,370

New Hamp.        80,345                  71,239                    17,515                     88.754            572,981

New Jersey         193,695                 209,672                  3,402                   213,074           607,897

New Mexico        111,400                 124,642                4,097                    128,739              818,514

New York             685,172                 913,624               40,008                   953,632            3,336,483

North Carolina   382,518                 428,685               6,551                       435,236         1,340,885

North Dakota     80.917                   116,092               1,281                         117,373           487,215

Ohio                      625,846                623,125                      3,421                  626,546         1,296

Oklahoma           212,076                 252,798                      2391                    255,188           599,536

Oregon                 310,965                 637,502                     3,953                   641,455           1,904,889

Pennsylvania     981,527                 1,207,560                   46,699                    1,254,259     4,253,715

Rhode Island     12,149                    12,907                      255                     13,162                    41,920

South Carolina   171,979                 166,315                   5,664                      171,979                 527,664

South Dakota     209,192                 170,835                  50,619                     221,454          1,826,207

Tennessee           431,197                 492,583                 3,173                         495,756      903,024

Texas                    503,539                509,026                3,945                            512,971     1,693,393

Utah                      177,857                 183,238               49,732                            232,970  1,773,538

Vermont              105,926                 90,354             23,080                                  676,017   1,421,559

Virginia               351,371                 647,715                 28,302                             676,017   1,421,559

Washington        301,188              585,201                    784                                   585,985  2,189,136

West Virginia     207,943                241,384                   7,204                                 248,587 38,892

Wisconsin         442,419 505,002         8832                              513,834    2,541,194

Wyoming             112,698               98,581                  66,141                                   164,722   2,060,327

Totals    13,754,363                17,518,844                   656,552                            18,175,396  $63,983,798

  1. A paid license holder is on individual regardless of the number of licenses he may purchase. Data certified by State fish and game departments
  2. Period covered not identical to period covered by certification by all States
  3. Data not available

Complied by the Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife from information furnished by State fish and game departments