11/87Amount paid at auction for the hunting permit to kill one bighorn sheep in Montana in 1987: $109,000

Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Parks (Helena, Mont.)

5/87Percentage increase in the number of traps set by Maine lobstermen since 1965: 185

National Marine Fisheries Service (Portland, Me.) and Maine State Department of Marine Resources (Augusta, Me.)

    Percentage increase in the number of lobsters caught by Maine lobstermen since 1965: 13

National Marine Fisheries Service (Portland, Me.) and Maine State Department of Marine Resources (Augusta, Me.)

11/90Percentage of hunting injuries in Georgia that are the result of hunters falling out of trees: 36

Centers for Disease Control (Atlanta)

10/98Number of fishing rods and tackle boxes that can be checked out of Georgia ‘s Tybee Island public library: 25

Chatham-Effingham Liberty Regional Library (Savannah)

1/99Extra days of legal duck hunting this month in three Southern states as a result of Senator Trent Lott’s lobbying: 14

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Washington)

11/00Price of a copulating turkey decoy, designed to flush fowl inflamed with territorial jealousy: $49.99

Outland Sports (Overland Park, Kan.)

11/00Hours after an Australian fisherman fell overboard in August that his head was found in the belly of a 98-pound cod: 21

Cairns Police Department (Queensland, Australia)

4/02Number of accidents the U.S. nuclear submarine that capsized a Japanese fishing boat last year has had since then: 2

U.S. Department of the Navy

1/06Age of the girl who made the first bear kill in Maryland’s hunting season last fall: 8

Mt. Nebo Wildlife Management Area (Md.)