There isn’t a reliable single national count for “how many hunters hunt in multiple states,” but the best available public data suggests it’s a small minority of U.S. hunters rather than a large share. State-by-state license data also shows why this is hard to measure: many license counts are unique within a state, but the same person can appear in more than one state’s totals.

What the data implies

A useful clue is that U.S. hunting participation is usually measured by licenses, registrations, or activity in each state, not by tracking individual hunters across state lines. That means if someone hunts in two states, they may be counted twice in state totals.

The most defensible answer from public sources is:

  • No national exact count is published.
  • Out-of-state hunters exist, but they are generally a minority of all hunters.
  • The share is likely in the low single digits to low double digits in many state markets, depending on the species and destination state.

Why it’s hard to pin down

The U.S. has around 14 million to 18 million hunting participants in a typical year, but that figure is about total participation, not unique cross-state hunters. State license systems also differ, so a hunter who buys licenses in Texas and Oklahoma can inflate state totals without being separately identified in a national dataset.

Practical takeaway

If your question is for a post, the safest phrasing is:

“There isn’t one national number, but public hunting data suggests only a minority of U.S. hunters hunt in more than one state each year.”

If you want, I can turn that into a cleaner one-paragraph post caption or a short HTML-ready answer.