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byAdam Forgie, KUTVThursday, March 18th 2021AA

10VIEW ALL PHOTOSUtah shatters record for number of hunting and fishing licenses. (Getty Images edited by KUTV)

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) —With the COVID-19 pandemic pushing more Utahns outdoors, the state sold more fishing and hunting licenses from March 2020 to Feb. 2021 than in any other 12-month period ever, according to state officials.

This comes as Utah’s state parks and other land management areas alsosaw a huge bumpin the number of visitors.

Typically, the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources sees a modest increase in license sales each year.

DWR Wildlife Licensing Coordinator Phil Gray said:

This was the most licenses we have sold in one year, by far. It was a 28% increase from the previous year, when on average, we usually see about a 2% increase in license sales each year. Hunting and fishing are definitely a great…