The West has too many visiting hunters
Paonia, Colorado resident Dan Vigueria and bull elk, 2022. (Courtesy Grizzly Bows)
Hunting may be losing popularity nationally, but in the West the number of hunters is climbing.
According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, in 2022 there were 10% fewer hunters across the country than there were when hunting peaked in the 1980s. At the same time, four Western states — Colorado, Montana, Idaho and Utah — saw more hunters than ever before.
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