Hunting In Maine Is Big Business Thursday, October 26, 2006 AUGUSTA, Maine -- Over 200,000 people hunt in Maine each year, and those hunters generate nearly a half a billion dollars ($453.9 million) in economic activity in Maine. According to a 1998 Economic Impact Study completed by the Department of Resource Economics and Policy at the University of Maine in Orono, hunting in Maine generates $329.9 million in direct retail sales, the total househould income generated from hunting is $129.9 million and it supports 6,440 jobs statewide. The overall economic output of $453.9 million, including $27.4 million in state sales and income tax revenue.