Whats a controlled hunt?
Although the rules concerning hunting and fishing vary from state to state, chances are, if you’re looking to participate in either activity, you’ll have to get the appropriate license. Generally, anyone who wants to purchase a hunting and fishing license can — provided he or she meets certain requirements — but that’s not the case in certain special scenarios like controlled hunts. Before we explore the territory of controlled hunts, let’s take a closer look at hunting in general. In 2006, about 12.5 million hunters bought hunting licenses in the United States and about 85 percent of them were after big game. Altogether, hunters in America spent a collective 219.9 million days hunting, and they paid out almost $23 billion in total on all their hunting expenditures [source:
