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The fastest-growing market in the American shooting industry is teenage girls.

the American shooting industry is teenage girls. It’s also quite divided by race, with whites accounting for a staggering 97 percent of all hunters. Big game hunting accounts for the majority of all hunting in the United States. While the term “big game hunting” itself might evoke ideas of African safaris and hunting lions or elephants, “big game” in the United States primarily refers to deer. Deer hunts account for at least half of all hunts in the United States, but other popular big game species include elk, bison, bighorn sheep, pronghorn, feral hogs, and moose. Some American hunters can also get the permission needed to hunt cougars, wolves, alligators, and even grizzly bears. These huge animals do not

Chapter 1: Hunting

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