Safari Club International has put together a neat little website to help determine how large an economic engine hunting can be.

http://www.scifirstforhunters.org/static/EconomicImpactReport/index.cfm?Action=ViewMap

At the link, click on the state of interest and see how hunting and fishing are helping that state's economy.

Good summary of info that each sportsman can use, whether in every day discussion confronting anti-hunting anti-fishing animal "rights" activists, letters to the editor debunking the same anti's, and in lobbying your state senator and representatives.

A real eye opener.

Don't show this to my wife! She already thinks I spend to much money on hunting and fishing and shooting and camping and hiking and reloading and boating and gun collecting and..........................