1.How many ATV's were sold in the United States in the past two to three years and 
2.Approximately how many of those are used for hunting.

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Request for Question Clarification by bobbie7-ga on 02 Feb 2005 09:17 PST

Hello jmichael123,

I located the number of ATV?s sold in the U.S. for the last few years
from various sources. Unfortunately I was not able to find how many of
those are used for hunting.


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<1. ATV?s sold in the United States.

Summary:
Sales of  ATV?s for the years 2000 to 2005.
2005 ? over 875,000 units (projected)
2004 ? 833,000 units.
2003 ? 889,000 units.
2002 ? 800,000 units.
2001 ? 700,000 units.
2000 ? 550,000 units

References:
According to industry analyst Tim Condor of A.G Edwards, ATV sales are
predicted to exceed 875,000 units in the U.S.
http://www.theautochannel.com/news/2005/01/25/011904.html

2003 adult size ATV?s ? 737,000 units.
youth size ATV?s ? 152,000 units. (Source: PowersportsBusiness. ATV
Imports from China and Taiwan Gaining Increasing Market Share. January
27, 2005.).
http://www.powersportsbusiness.com/output.cfm?id=927757

2002 ? 800,000 units (Source: OHVA News).
http://www.oohva.org/pages/news.html

2001 ? 700,000 units. (Source: Cycle Country Accessories Corp. Record
All-Terrain Vehicle ? ATV ? Sales In U.S. Deliver Double-Digit Growth
Again. Business Wire. April 30, 2002. Looksmart findarticles.)
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2002_April_30/ai_85239911

2000 ? 550,000 units. (Source: US Environmental Agency.)
http://www.epa.gov/otaq/regs/nonroad/proposal/chptr-2.pdf

1991 ? 150,000
1996 ? 300,000 (Source: Motorcycle Online.)
http://www.motorcycle.com/mo/mcdaily97/day0469.html

There are an estimated 6 million ATV?s in use in the US (Source: ATV Frontier.com).
http://atvfrontier.com/article34.html

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2. ATV?s used for hunting.

According to a poll by atvtraction.org, over 90% of ATV owners are hunters.
http://www.atvtraction.org/Interesting_Facts.html>

A survey of ATV owners found that 65 percent use their ATV to reach
hunting areas, 22 percent for farming and ranching and 71 percent for
landscaping and property management and maintenance. 77% of ATV owners
are aged between 30 and 59.
(Source: Napsi. The ABCs of ATVs.)
http://www.napsnet.com/auto/63359.html

A survey of ATV users in Maine found that 73% are used at least
sometime for hunting, fishing or trapping and 39% are used often or
only for that purpose. (Source: University of Maine.)
http://www.umaine.edu/mcsc/Research/EcoDev/ATV%20final%20Report.pdf

A survey of 400 bow hunters found that 43 percent saw a significant
increase of ATV use during hunting and 23 percent saw an overwhelming
increase. (Source: All-Terrain Vehicles Emerge As Bow-hunting Issue.)
http://www.atving.com/editor/general/colhunt.htm>


<Additional links:>

<This study by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources looks at
fuel consumption, seasonal variation in use, issues, contacts with law
enforcement, age range and location of ATV users.>
<http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/es/science/publications/ATVresults.pdf>

<Search strategy:>

<"hunters own atv's">
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<"atv sales" 2004>
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<"us atv" "in 2003" units>
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<hunters respondents atv>
<://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=hunters+respondents+atv>

<hunting respondents "use their atv">
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<Hope this helps.>