History And Stats of Hunting-Washington

[bearpaw]

History And Stats of Hunting-Washington

A member sent a message asking about the history of Hunting-Washington. The forum was created by Ray on February 25th 2007, here's Rays first post on the forum and some updates regarding the early growth of the forum: https://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,2.0.html

I purchased the forum from Ray on  February 24, 2011, this was his announcement to the forum:
https://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,71646.0.html

We've updated servers many times to accommodate the increasing traffic load, we had numerous server crashes, unfortunately we lost a little data along the way, but the majority of info is still in tact today. Currently we are using an owned server with 4 drives and auto backup that I have hosted at a facility in Arizona that has a generator for electrical backup. This server and backup systems have proven to be far more reliable and long lasting than any previous server or systems we've used.

Advertising
Advertising dollars are used to pay for the server, hosting fees, and software technicians who make repairs to the forum and software when needed. H-W is an excellent venue for advertisers to reach thousands of outdoors folks with all types of items and services, new advertisers can sign up here: http://hunting-washington.com/sponsorinfo.htm

Donations
Donations were originally used to fund the server costs, but in recent years advertising dollars are paying all bills. Donations are primarily used now to fund contests and activities. Donations can be made here: http://hunting-washington.com/donations.htm

My goal is to keep the forum a family friendly place for experienced hunters, fishers, and trappers to share stories and photos with each other, and a place for new users to make connections with other users and learn. The success of this forum is due to the quality members and the dedicated moderators who have invested a great deal of their own time to keep this place interesting, educational, civil, friendly, and fun. Here are some interesting statistics:

Users Online At The Moment I Made This Post on Sunday 5-19-19:
372 Users (289 Guests, 83 Members)

Busiest Times
8am and 9pm are two of the busiest times most days
Monday is usually the busiest day of the week
October and November are the busiest months (more than twice the users and posts than the slower months)

Most Users Online At The Same Time Ever:
791 (on June 21, 2018, 11:43:14 AM) that was the day WA draw results came out

Current Use:
23,726 total members
2,826 users yesterday
13,568 users last week
48,399 users last month
97,730 users in October 2018
746,180 total users the last 12 months
7:46 average time of each user on the forum
18,931,609 page views in the last 12 months

Total Use Since Beginning:
1,896,309 Posts in 170,431 Topics by 23726 Members
6,063,619 total users
2,492,627 repeat users
153,797,510 page views

[bearpaw]

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[bearpaw]

I was just saving space for more info, feel free to comment!

[full choke]

Thanks for keeping the site up bearpaw!
Although- the statistics part of my profile that tells me how much time I have spent on this site is kind of frightening...

[huntnfmly]

Thank you Dale for keeping this site going.
  I joined 2 months after Ray started it and have enjoyed it ever since

[bearpaw]

Thank you Dale for keeping this site going.
  I joined 2 months after Ray started it and have enjoyed it ever since

  you are one of the oldest members, you are member number #89

[Special T]

I'm just surprised that this is the only real state specific forum that has any real following.  It does provide a unique way to discuss hunting and 2A issues that just apply to Washingtonians.

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[pianoman9701]

Dale, you and the mods do a great job of keeping this site interesting and a wealth of information. Thanks. 

[TheStovePipeKid]

This forum is one of those endeavors that came together and became something great. kudos to all the great people who've given countless hours to make it possible, and all the great members who make it a truely wonderful place to be. I've always loved the forum format and the way knowledge is exchanged and experiences are shared. I've grown from the community knowledge and love to see all the great stories and pictures. I haven't been here long but everyone is now stuck with me. Big thank you to everyone involved in bringing us the single best hunting site in the world, ever.

[jstone]

You all do a fantastic job
Do we no what # member we are?
Like I joined a long time ago and what # member I was when I joined?
I Probably don’t make sense

[KFhunter]

You all do a fantastic job
Do we no what # member we are?
Like I joined a long time ago and what # member I was when I joined?
I Probably don’t make sense

Yes, you can click anyone's name and see what member # they are.  It's chronological.

If you click your name you'll to to your profile.  The web address has your member number in the link.
https://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php?action=profile;u=3958  <-- that's you jstone

Your member ID is the last 4 digits in the link to your profile, so you're member #3958

[KFhunter]

If I change 3958 to 3959 I get the profile of the person who signed up just after you

https://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php?action=profile;u=3959

In this case it's EreZer with 1 post

Ray is profile (member) #1
https://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php?action=profile;u=1


Our latest member was assigned profile #29399
https://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php?action=profile;u=29399

[jdb]

Anyone know what ever happened to Ray?

[Special T]

Anyone know what ever happened to Ray?

I've herd he spends his time time fishing, and lurking here from time to time... along with another long time Finnish member.

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