Merlin Orr Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 The world's largest army? America's hunters! The state of Wisconsin has over 600,000 hunters. This would be the eighth largest army in the world - more men under arms than Iran; more than France and Germany combined - deployed to the woods and fields of a single American state. Count the 750,000 who are in Pennsylvania and Michigan's 700,000 hunters. Toss in a quarter million hunters in West Virginia, and it is literally the case that the hunters of those four states alone (2.25 million) would comprise the largest army in the world. But that pales in comparison to Texas. Texas alone issued a record 3.2 million hunting licenses which would be larger than the 4 previous mentioned states making the hunters of Texas the largest army in the world. The findings when considering national hunting license sales totals from all 50 states showed little change from 2005 through 2007. During that period, license sales have held at approximately 14.5 million annually, according to that U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. The number of actual hunters is even larger than that. That figure does not include lifetime license holders or permanent senior citizen license holders. The total population of hunters in the United States is estimated to be around 20 million +. For reference, China's army is thought to be about 4 million. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmccrock Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 Texas alone issued a record 3.2 million hunting licenses And that does not include non-hunting shooters.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlamoShooter Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 Texas alone issued a record 3.2 million hunting licenses And that does not include non-hunting shooters.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.Hayden Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 You need to catch up to Pennsylvania by licenses per square mile - lol - you're way behing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GentlemanJim Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 This is exactly why America can never be taken by an invading force We can only be destroyed from within Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foisgrassdedieu Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 (edited) obligatory everything is bigger in Texas? Edited December 29, 2010 by Foisgrassdedieu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyOne Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 This is the same reason Switzerland has never been invaded.....The entire populace is in the Army or Reserve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlamoShooter Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 (edited) I want to be a Captain. Can I be a Captain ...please please .....please Edited December 30, 2010 by AlamoShooter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WDB Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 This is the same reason Switzerland has never been invaded.....The entire populace is in the Army or Reserve. And they keep their weapon and a limited amount of ammo at the house so they are armed when enroute to base when told to report. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyOne Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 This is the same reason Switzerland has never been invaded.....The entire populace is in the Army or Reserve. And they keep their weapon and a limited amount of ammo at the house so they are armed when enroute to base when told to report. Even Hitler bypassed Switzerland during WWII. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GentlemanJim Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 It would be easy to take switzerland Texas ..on the otherhand...dont think so Plus her neighbors would join in as well Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-JQ- Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 There's over 6000 registered machine guns in Kentucky alone....count us in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whittlebeast Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 I did not even like guns 2 years ago I now have a a Ruger 10-22 target rifle a Savage 223 sniper rifle 2 Ruger target 22s a S&W 12oz .357 snubnose with laser a Taurus Judge 3" chamber a 12 gauge shot gun and a 9mm Tanfoglio Witness Match with laser I don't have a hunting license so they would not even count me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob DuBois Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 Little rusty on the manual of arms but still like to shoot, better now than my service years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe4d Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 And every member of the above army, provided the state with name, address, and type of hunting/weapon they own,, makes it nice and handy for the state to go round em up individually before they can organize, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GentlemanJim Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 It may no be so easy to round up three Million folks...with out people knowing what was going on Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treefarmer Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 (edited) Let's imagine just what could/would happen to our political process if every one of those a fore mentioned hunters/shooters were members of the NRA! Edited December 30, 2010 by treefarmer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyOne Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 And every member of the above army, provided the state with name, address, and type of hunting/weapon they own,, makes it nice and handy for the state to go round em up individually before they can organize, Name and address maybe, but in Florida, there is no requirement to list what weapons you will be using for hunting, other than a bow for bow season and muzzleloader for BP season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken hebert Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 And every member of the above army, provided the state with name, address, and type of hunting/weapon they own,, makes it nice and handy for the state to go round em up individually before they can organize, not required in the Republic of Texas. And yes, our neighbors would pitch their lot in with us, namely the ones to the east. We tell 'em the enemy tastes like alligator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve J Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 This is the same reason Switzerland has never been invaded.....The entire populace is in the Army or Reserve. And the last I knew, they are issued weapons that they keep at home. That only works with citizen soldiers by the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flatland Shooter Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 It may no be so easy to round up three Million folks...with out people knowing what was going on Jim Round us up? Hell, we got 'em surrounded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlin Orr Posted December 31, 2010 Author Share Posted December 31, 2010 It may no be so easy to round up three Million folks...with out people knowing what was going on Jim Round us up? Hell, we got 'em surrounded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 WOW! Everyone isn't a shooter. But, if a person is a shooter. The good ol' U S of A is the most amazing place on earth. Just think of the incredible number of human beings that have never even held a firearm. Or the number have lived in fear, because someone in power over them, held a firearm. This is why many born in America would choose the risk of immediate death, over the slow and certain torture of disarmament. The story goes that a foreign nobleman was visiting Wyoming in the last century. The nobleman's entourage came upon a cowboy fixing fence along the road. "Say there, can you take us to your Master", asked the nobleman? The cowboy replied, "that sum'bitch ain't been born yet". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No.343 Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 We'd help Texas out, so we could beat them at football. We recruit most of our players there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyOne Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 We'd help Texas out, so we could beat them at football. We recruit most of our players there. You guys are all related anyway, right? Everyone in OK just moved up from TX, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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