Posted August 25, 2015 2:08 pm by Comments

By Justin Stakes

CMP
Youth Shooter
Southwick Associates
Southwick Associates: Hunter, Shooter, and Angler Surveys

Fernandina Beach, FL -(AmmoLand.com)- Many sportsmen have fond memories of special times outdoors hunting and shooting with a parent or grandparent.

And it seems as adults, many are only too happy to provide those same great experiences for the younger generations. In a recent joint survey by ShooterSurvey.com and HunterSurvey.com, researchers learned as many as 50 percent of those sportsmen surveyed had taken a child shooting in the past 12 months, while 37 percent had taken a child hunting.

As one might expect, the majority of those children taken outdoors were the sons and daughters of those surveyed with 47 percent of those taken shooting being a son or daughter and 54 percent of those taken hunting a child of the respondent. Seventeen percent of hunters took more than one child out in the past 12 months and 24 percent of recreational shooters took a kid shooting. Interestingly, as many as 19 percent of hunters shared hunting with a young person not related to them, while 21 percent of shooters did. The remainder were grandchildren, nieces and nephews.

“Passing a love for hunting and shooting along to the next generation …read more

Source:: AmmoLand

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