National hunting license trend

[seeth07]

I believe the USFWS is actual data. Every state sends in how many hunting and fishing licenses they sold. For that number, there is no confidence interval. It should be spot on. Are you referring to something else? It has been difficult to follow this thread as there are multiple ideas flowing through.

I bet you are probably right and that makes sense. I would still ask and bring up the same questions and points from others in this thread though

 

[seeth07]

And my point, that apparently I can't correct convey, is that it is irrelevant to any application of the data if that person in the field is in state or out of state.

I do follow you there and the angle you're coming from. Using the data for that purpose I would agree that it's good enough to draw conclusions about hunter numbers (more like hunter time in a way) in the woods each fall. To use the data to draw conclusions about the potential die off of our sport, you can not.