Surveys

Recreational anglers cite a lot of reasons for choosing their favorite locations to fish, but one thing it better be is close to home. AnglerSurvey.com recently polled anglers on what was most important to them when choosing a place to cast a line and found that nearly 60 percent of them placed proximity to home as a key factor.

According to a recent survey conducted through Southwick Associates' HunterSurvey.com, there has been a 68-percent increase over the last five years of those hunters who video some or all of their hunts.

A recent online survey reveals that passing the hunting heritage along to younger people is still alive and well, with nearly 46 percent of surveyed sportsmen having taken at least one child hunting in the past year.

The Easton Foundations has released the result of its 2013 survey conducted through questionnaires distributed to participants, staff and leaders of the National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP) and USA Archery.

The 2013 Reader's Choice promotion coordinated by Game & Fish publications selected the Summit Viper SD as the favorite climbing treestand among participating readers.

Although the overall number of hunters in Michigan has been on a slight decline, the Department of Natural Resources reports that a recent deer hunter survey shows growth in one method of deer hunting - crossbows.

When HunterSurvey.com and AnglerSurvey.com sought to determine how much weight the "Made in U.S.A." tag carried with sportsmen when making purchases of outdoor equipment, they found most respondents agreed that U.S.-made products were of better quality and it was important to buy them. They also discovered there is only but so much most hunters and anglers are willing to pay for that label.