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Most Recent Report: Consummate outdoorsman
Date: March 21, 19

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Damon Bungard, is the product manager for Jackson kayak, and if that doesn't make him the consummate outdoorsman, just listen to him reflect back on some of his adventures. “ I did a moose hunt this fall with dad, we went to Newfoundland, I went to hunt bear in Québec, I love to hunt white tail here in Tennessee, in a few weeks I will be on the Sportsman's channel, I've shot Whitetail, javalena, a bear, anything that tastes good, there is a pretty good chance I will try and hunt it. my dad lives in Georgia so we love to the swamps down there and hunt wild hog, it's always a pleasure to stalk them in the swamps. I have gotten Black bear in Vermont and Quebec. It is very good meat. The best hamburger comes from bear. I got my first pronghorn this year in Wyoming. My dad retired as a colonel from Fort Hood, Texas when I finished high school and then he became an engineer in Savannah Georgia and then he retired and now we go hunting all the time.

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TARGETED LISTENERS:

PRIMARY ~ People who Hunt and Fish in the Northwest, from the novice to the guide.

SECONDARY ~ People who might gain a better understanding of the outdoor sportsman through interesting stories and antidotes.

PROGRAM MISSION:

To entertain and educate, thus creating a desire to go fishing, hunting and explore the outdoors. In these short radio vignettes we take the listener on an audio adventure far away from their current environment, to a place they would rather be… The great outdoors!

THE HOST:

Passion defines the work of David Sparks Ph.D., a veteran of television and host of Sportsman’s Spotlight. David's resume includes features on the Outdoor Channel (winner of eight Telly Awards), host and producer of ESPN’s Ultimate Outdoors, Jeep National Trails and a bevy of network television including PM Magazine, NBC game shows and stints guest hosting the Oprah Winfrey Show. During David’s tenure with ESPN’s Ultimate Outdoors, he acquired hunting and fishing tips from the “Master” internationally famous outdoorsman/guide Wayne Pearson . “On location” took on a whole new meaning as the pair hunted game in various locations around the U.S.; from upland birds in the Dakotas to gators in Louisiana but it was David’s riveting quest for the great marlin in Puerto Rico and sword and sailfish in Venezuela that endeared him to his fans. In addition to his wealth of television work David Sparks earned his doctorate in biomedical engineering at Northwestern University and taught at the University of Washington.

Watch out! David's enthusiasm for hunting and fishing is contagious, humorous and .....sometimes cantankerous but one thing for certain with Sparks it’s always entertaining and the spotlight is always on you the outdoorsman.

THE MARKET:

State	% of population that fishes	Number of Anglers	% of population that hunts	Number of Hunters
Idaho	20%	206,000	11%	122,000
Oregon	17%	455,000	8%	218,000
Washington	14%	641,000	4%	179,000

State	Average dolla spent per Sportsman per year
Idaho	$1,392
Oregon	$1,763
Washington	$1,850

IDAHO	OREGON	WASHINGTON
Wildlife-Associated Recreation Expenditures in Idaho (Total: $923 million) Fishing Expenditures in Idaho (Total: $283 million) Hunting Expenditures in Idaho (Total: $260 million)	Wildlife-Associated Recreation Expenditures in Oregon (Total: $2.0 billion) Fishing Expenditures in Oregon (Total: $497 million) Hunting Expenditures in Oregon (Total: $374 million)	Wildlife-Associated Recreation Expenditures in Washington (Total: $3.1 billion) Fishing Expenditures in Washington (Total: $905 million) Hunting Expenditures in Washington (Total: $313 million)

*National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, 2006 (FHWAR) http://www.census.gov/prod/www/abs/fishing.html

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