11/87Amount paid at auction for the hunting permit to kill one bighorn sheep in Montana in 1987: $109,000
5/87Percentage increase in the number of traps set by Maine lobstermen since 1965: 185
Percentage increase in the number of lobsters caught by Maine lobstermen since 1965: 13
11/90Percentage of hunting injuries in Georgia that are the result of hunters falling out of trees: 36
10/98Number of fishing rods and tackle boxes that can be checked out of Georgia ‘s Tybee Island public library: 25
1/99Extra days of legal duck hunting this month in three Southern states as a result of Senator Trent Lott’s lobbying: 14
11/00Price of a copulating turkey decoy, designed to flush fowl inflamed with territorial jealousy: $49.99
11/00Hours after an Australian fisherman fell overboard in August that his head was found in the belly of a 98-pound cod: 21
4/02Number of accidents the U.S. nuclear submarine that capsized a Japanese fishing boat last year has had since then: 2