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LICENSE SALES 10-YEAR TREND

While not all license types carry through the past 10 years, including a significant change in the format of general hunting and fishing licenses in 1999, the trend information can provide some indication of the rise and fall of license sales. There has been some decline in license sales in recent years, though this has not been significant. One exception has been the sale of the Nonresident Small Game license that gained from 48,307 in 1993 to 73,592 in 2002.

Resident 10-Year License Sales

RESIDENT LICENSE	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
Combination	40,547	43,726	46,942	48,603	48,512	51,204	50,564	48,054	45,814	44,247	43,105
Combination - Junior							4,688	4,993	5,033	4,906	4,864

Fish - Annual	71,014	76,355	74,363	80,552	81,716	86,539	69,712	70,339	65,588	62,790	65,860
Fish - Senior	17,560	17,602	17,809	17,965	17,332	18,007	16,885	15,689	14,951	14,388	14,456
Fish - 1-Day							3,558	3,700	3,505	3,402	3,737
Fish - Lake Oahe Annual									1,863	1,492	1,392

Paddlefish - Snagging						1,000	1,001	1,349	1,353	1,351	1,350
Paddlefish - Archery						200	200	227	50	238	255

Small Game	54,926	58,385	54,021	51,662	44,735	47,230	34,578	35,776	34,691	32,014	37,056
Small Game - Youth							9,741	8,999	8,586	8,069	8,321
Small Game - 1-Day							485	266	312	353	393

Varmint							2,291	1,625	1,455	1,459	1,569

Waterfowl Certification							44,673	42,034	43,486	40,711	39,840
Canada Goose Special Unit	1,510	1,840	1,984		2,124	2,349	2,021	1,756	1,500	1,496	1,498
Tundra Swan	1,380	1,379	1,380	1,235	958	1,096	743	728	808	885	806

Turkey - Spring Black Hills	2,605	2,300	2,323	1,756	1,820	2,417	1,896	2,374	2,366	2,862	2,976
Turkey - Spring Prairie 1-tag	2,487	2,662	2,999	3,122	3,358	3,794	3,222	2,809	2,802	2,907	2,708
Turkey - Spring Prairie 2-tag							472	1,160	1,555	1,500	1,743
Turkey - Spring Archery	478	469	593	677	658	698	576	668	702	824	954
Turkey - Fall Prairie 1-tag	1,978	1,738	2,118	2,479	2,995	3,272	793	1,075	983	1,971	1,993
Turkey - Fall Prairie 2-tag							2,220	2,321	2,275	1,715	1,696

Antelope - Archery	647	742	659	673	449	513	512	539	631	711	865
Antelope - Firearms 1-tag	4,863	3,872	4,470	4,874	2,912	2,749	3,103	3,020	2,510	2,542	2,459
Antelope - Firearms 2-tag	4,124	3,330	3,700	1,162			101	539	1,527	1,557	2,035
Antelope - 1-tag Antlerless							447	554	585	414	235
Antelope - Landowner 1-tag							33	54	66	81	103
Antelope - Landowner 2-tag								1	3	10	505

Deer - Archery	10,090	11,673	9,893	9,858	9,575	9,505	9,254	9,869	10,626	11,119	11,628
Deer - Archery Antlerless 1-tag	1,057		1,270	1,321	1,174	1,075	1,302	1,534	2,038	2,201	2,308
Deer - Archery Antlerless 2-tag											334
Deer - Black Hills	12,802	12,934	11,311	10,568	10,780	7,670	7,271	7,350	6,213	5,830	5,000
Deer - Black Hills Special											520
Deer - Black Hills Special Antlerless											450
Deer - Muzzleloader 1-tag	538	896	984	1,157	1,404	1,485	1,652	1,824	2,416	2,709	775
Deer - Muzzlelaoder 2-tag									228	409	2,531
Deer - E River 1-tag	30,511	30,833	29,453	31,058	31,403	29,780	21,030	22,639	24,322	25,603	16,112
Deer - ER 1-tag Antlerless							9,037	9,632	8,000	7,781	401
Deer - ER 2-tag	4,350	4,613	4,418	3,037	3,928	3,475	3,286	3,631	6,922	7,089	9,222
Deer - ER 2-tag Antlerless											7,628
Deer - ER Landowner 1-tag							1,485	1,655	1,682	1,589	2,006
Deer - ER Landowner 2-tag							27	37	49	93	10444
Deer - ER LO 1-tag Antlerless							108	135	157	175	30
Deer - ER Special Buck						399	400	400	401	400	399
Deer - W River 1-tag	11,447	10,613	9,493	10,295	9,515	9,549	10,122	11,429	9,947	8,923	6,476
Deer - WR 1-tag Antlerless							127	192	285	134	0
Deer - WR 2-tag	12,542	11,988	11,297	7,527	8,527	5,239	4,841	5,356	8,861	10,864	12,960
Deer - WR 2-tag Antlerless											197
Deer - WR Landowner 1-tag							312	388	532	507	587
Deer - WR Landowner 2-tag								4	5	3	1005
Deer - WR LO 1-tag Antlerless							39	62	88	106	3
Deer - WR Special Buck	178	147	135	249	249	397	391	399	401	402	400
Deer - Youth	2,365	2,474	2,294	2,270	2,210	2,321	2,490	2,609	2,662	2,708	3,170
Deer - Refuge 1-tag	369	398	532	710	619	691	630	665	648	637	640
Deer - Refuge 1-tag Antlerless										10	10
Deer - Depredation		479	409	447	500	418	312	550	564	589	308

Mountain Goat	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Mountain Goat - App Fee	1,029	1,252	1,383	1,478	1,600	1,766	1,863	1,873	1,919	1,954	2,170

Bighorn Sheep								2	2	2	2
Bighorn Sheep - App Fee								1,197	1,459	1,724	2,009

Elk - Rifle	324	449	548	667	799	752	936	991	1,059	1,172	1,484
Elk - Landowner Rifle							83	89	109	99	87
Elk - Rifle App Fee	5,992	6,787	7,765	9,068	9,668	10,503	10,507	11,971	13,092	12,795	13,547
Elk - Archery	60	74	86	106	115	119	103	122	134	105	191
Elk - Landowner Archery									1	1	1
Elk - Archery App Fee	372	416	610	748	834	1,034	899	1,232	1,573	1,871	2,212

Nonresident 10-Year License Sales

NONRESIDENT LICENSES

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

Fish - Annual

8,689

9,604

11,280

14,151

13,218

16,198

15,145

17,191

14,945

14,761

14,952

Fish - Family

3,050

3,350

3,437

3,924

2,951

3,492

5,936

7,409

7,300

7,325

7,509

Fish - 3-Day

23,116

28,773

31,532

37,363

24,359

24,112

21,105

21,271

16,609

17,081

16,556

Fish - 1-Day

23,662

27,640

27,745

31,848

45,880

50,385

34,563

33,192

27,249

26,077

25,460

Fish - Lake Oahe Annual

15,791

8,917

7,782

Fish - Lake Oahe Family

1,886

1,119

1,011

Paddlefish - Snagging

50

50

50

50

231

50

50

Paddlefish - Archery

1

13

16

20

20

22

20

Small Game

48,307

65,981

66,165

65,602

42,729

61,125

70,248

70,242

72,367

73,592

81,921

Small Game - Youth

1,119

1,825

2,306

2,489

2,274

2,345

2,746

Predator

4,837

5,887

6,084

6,232

4,446

4,323

3,788

4,177

4,427

4,138

4,627

Shooting Preserve

2,927

3,411

3,697

4,207

4,630

5,136

5,832

6,469

6,681

7,301

8,317

Waterfowl - 10-Day

3,471

3,996

3,995

3,994

3,995

3,987

3,993

3,995

4,038

3,984

3,982

Waterfowl - 3-Day

1,054

1,158

1,212

1,244

1,738

1,761

Waterfowl - Spring

1,422

2,172

2,019

2,736

1,722

Waterfowl - Spring Youth

69

94

97

124

86

Tundra Swan

120

120

120

120

119

120

120

122

174

173

196

Turkey - Spring Black Hills

1,415

1,549

1,039

741

754

1,058

1,024

1,757

1,632

1,914

2,074

Turkey - Spring Prairie 1-tag

357

321

319

339

348

403

446

308

293

274

2,708

Turkey - Spring Prairie 2-tag

59

245

313

392

1,743

Turkey - Spring Archery

82

88

84

105

96

89

124

158

212

237

265

Turkey - Fall Prairie 1-tag

152

145

179

240

213

226

45

89

57

132

125

Turkey - Fall Prairie 2-tag

175

189

209

156

187

Antelope - Archery

114

142

152

128

57

78

106

130

186

199

211

Antelope - Rifle 1-tag

277

300

292

369

199

194

180

Antelope - Rifle 2-tag

242

252

286

90

113

124

166

Antelope - Rifle Antlerless 1-tag

14

Antelope - Rifle Antlerless 2-tag

58

Deer - Archery

604

718

785

752

605

634

754

840

1,067

1,137

1366

Deer - Archery Antlerless

23

13

Deer - Archery Antlerless 2-tag

60

Deer - Black Hills

1,934

2,466

2,221

1,195

1,044

612

578

571

496

474

400

Deer - Black Hills Special

35

Deer - Muzzleloader Antlerless 1-tag

21

31

29

Deer - Muzzleloader Antlerless 1-tag

80

Antlerless 2-tag

Deer - East River 1-tag

250

256

255

45

183

66

208

153

331

496

43

Deer - East River 2-tag

112

0

0

0

0

5

85

117

7

33

Deer - East River 1-tag Antlerless

50