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

• Bergqvist, Göran

  • Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    
  • Swedish Association for Hunting and Wildlife Management

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