National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife ... - All About Birds

Table D–2. Approximate Standard Errors and 95-Percent Confidence Intervals for Selected HuntingEstimates: 2011HUNTERS (thousands)Hunters, days, and expenditures Estimate Standard error Lower 95 percent Upper 95 percentTotal .................................................... 13,674 451 12,789 14,559Big game .............................................. 11,570 417 10,753 12,387Small game ............................................. 4,506 264 3,988 5,024Migratory birds .......................................... 2,583 201 2,189 2,977Other animals ........................................... 2,168 184 1,807 2,529DAYS OF HUNTING (thousands)Total ................................................... . 281,884 14,587 253,293 310,475Big game ............................................... 212,116 11,905 188,783 235,449Small game ............................................. 50,884 4,426 42,208 59,560Migratory birds .......................................... 23,263 2,580 18,206 28,320Other animals ........................................... 34,434 4,561 25,495 43,373Average Days Per HunterTotal .................................................... 20.6 0.8 19.1 22.1Big game ............................................... 18.3 0.7 16.9 19.8Small game ............................................. 11.3 0.7 9.9 12.7Migratory birds .......................................... 9.0 0.7 7.6 10.4Other animals ........................................... 15.9 1.5 12.9 18.8HUNTING EXPENDITURES (thousands of dollars)Total .................................................... 33,702,017 2,434,362 28,930,668 38,473,366Big game ............................................... 16,853,654 1,301,699 14,302,324 19,404,984Small game ............................................. 2,560,859 294,923 1,982,810 3,138,908Migratory birds .......................................... 1,808,030 258,986 1,300,418 2,315,642Other animals ........................................... 857,607 145,374 572,674 1,142,540Average Expenditure Per Hunter (dollars)Total .................................................... 2,465 134 2,201 2,728Big game .............................................. 1,457 85 1,291 1,622Small game ............................................. 568 48 473 663Migratory birds ......................................... 700 73 556 844Other animals ........................................... 396 50 298 493128 2011 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and U.S. Census Bureau