Shotgun hunting participants US 2022

In 2022, the number of participants in shotgun hunting in the United States amounted to approximately 7.63 million. This halted the steady decline in participation experienced between 2017 and 2021, whereby the number of shotgun hunters in the U.S. dropped by at least 200 thousand each year.

Number of participants in shotgun hunting in the United States from 2011 to 2022 (in millions)

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Release date

February 2023

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Region

United States

Survey time period

2011 to 2022

Number of respondents

18,000 respondents

Age group

6 years and older

Method of interview

Online interview

Supplementary notes

A weighting technique was used to balance the data to reflect the total U.S. population ages six and above.

A participant is defined as an individual who took part in the activity at least once in the given year.

Number of survey participants from 2016 onwards: 24,134 (2016) / 30,999 (2017) / 20,069 (2018) / 18,000 (2019) / 18,000 (2020) / 18,000 (2021) / 18,000 (2022). Figures for earlier years were not provided by the source.

Figures prior to 2017 were taken from previous surveys.

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