Agency calculates financial impact of hunting

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By The Associated Press

Story Published: Sep 4, 2008 at 5:00 PM MST

Story Updated: Sep 4, 2008 at 5:00 PM MST

HELENA - The state wildlife agency says expenditures by hunters in Montana injected nearly $270 million into the state's economy last year.

The Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks says elk hunters alone spent more than $100 million, and the outlay by deer hunters was about $85 million.

Agency spokesman Ron Aasheim says the total of nearly $270 million includes the impact of bird hunting. Resident sportsmen spent a daily $81 to hunt elk last year, compared to $383 a day spent by nonresidents.

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