The Kids are in the Field: Young Hunters, Student Athletes hit Record Numbers Be it in the field or on the range, youth are taking to hunting and the shooting sports in record numbers as the foundations for tomorrow s gun owners are being created today. The National Shooting Sports Foundation’s hunting license sales index showed a 29 percent jump in new hunters taking the field in 2020 when compared to the previous year, climbing from an estimated 2.3 million in 2019 to over 3.2 million, gaining a legion equivalent to the population of Jacksonville, Florida, or Austin, Texas. Many of these were teens. As detailed by the Pew Trusts, Michigan saw a 67 percent hike in new hunting license buyers last year compared with 2019, including a 15 percent increase in female hunters and 46 percent more apprentice licenses. Maine saw young adults and women making up it s fastest-growing demographic of new hunters. Washington graduated twice as many people from its hunter s ed classes,
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