Bergqvist, Göran
- Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- Swedish Association for Hunting and Wildlife Management
Abstract
Hunting method was recorded for a total of 7725 wild boar harvested in Sweden during the hunting years 2009/10 to 2017/18. Still hunting was most common and accounted for 53.0% of the harvested animals, whereas drive hunts and hunting for protection of crops accounted for 22.4% and 19.7%, respectively. In still hunting, significantly fewer adult females were harvested compared with expected numbers from a random harvest, whereas the opposite pattern occurred for all other methods. The proportion of wild boars harvested in still hunting decreased as the total harvest increased.
Keywords
Crop protection; Dogs; Hunting method; Wild boar
Published in
European Journal of Wildlife Research
2022, volume: 68, number: 3, article number: 27
Publisher: SPRINGER
SLU Authors
UKÄ Subject classification
Fish and Wildlife Management
Publication identifier
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10344-022-01576-9
Permanent link to this page (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/116753