| many reasons to be an outdoorsman/sportsmen | | | | * Hunters spend around $24.7 billion every year in |
| which includes in my mind being a fisherman, hunter | | | | retail businesses. |
| and lover of nature. Nobody loves nature and the | | | | * Hunters spend around $955.4 million a year on sales |
| animals that live there more than the outdoorsman | | | | and fuel tax. |
| sportsmen who enjoy hunting, trapping and fishing | | | | * Jobs related to the hunting industry account for |
| them. | | | | $16.7 billion dollars in income every year. |
| Here's a list of some of things that outdoorsman | | | | * Teddy Roosevelt (also known as the conservation |
| sportsmen do for people and the nature that we | | | | president) loved hunting and came up with the idea |
| enjoy. | | | | of preserving large portions of forests and land. Since |
| * Hunters are pro human first. | | | | then hunters have purchased and preserved millions |
| * Nobody in America donates more money or more | | | | of acres of land saving it from construction and |
| time to our wildlife than hunters. Through hunting | | | | development. |
| licenses, special taxes on hunting equipment and | | | | * Hunters have and continue to reintroduce and |
| simply by donating money to hunting groups, clubs | | | | repopulate multiple big game and small game species |
| and foundations who help protect and preserve our | | | | into dozens of areas where the wildlife was killed off |
| land and wildlife. | | | | due to settlers. |
| * Hunters donate thousands of pounds of venison | | | | The list is much longer than that however I just |
| every year to the needy and hungry. | | | | wanted to touch base with a few things to let |
| * Hunters continually raise and donate money to local | | | | people know how great sportsmen/outdoorsmen are |
| charities. | | | | for the environment and how much they do. |