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Marked decrease for moose hunting
A total of 34 600 moose were shot during the 2012/2013 hunting season; a decrease of 1 800 animals from the previous year. Not since the middle of the 1990s have fewer moose been shot.
| Number | Share | Change in per cent | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 2012 | 2011 - 2012 | 2008 - 2012 | |
| Total | 34 611 | 100.0 | -5.0 | -2.8 |
| Males | ||||
| Calf | 5 786 | 16.7 | 0.0 | -1.4 |
| Yearlings | 5 649 | 16.3 | -11.7 | -10.2 |
| Older | 7 704 | 22.3 | -3.0 | -1.7 |
| Females | ||||
| Calf | 5 442 | 15.7 | 0.6 | 4.1 |
| Yearlings | 4 179 | 12.1 | -11.6 | -6.4 |
| Older | 5 851 | 16.9 | -5.1 | -1.4 |
In total, a felling quota of 44 800 animals was issued, which is similar to the previous year. The hunting success rate was 77 per cent; a decline of four percentage points from the previous year.
Most moose shot in Hedmark
Hedmark is the largest "moose county" in terms of the number of licences and animals shot. A total of 9 200 hunting licences were issued and 7 100 animals were shot, resulting in a harvest percentage of 77. In the counties of Nord-Trøndelag and Nordland, 5 100 and 3 400 moose were shot respectively.
Number of moose hunters
Among the cervid species, moose hunting is the most common. A total of 60 900 hunters participated in the moose hunt during the 2011/2012 hunting season.
Contact
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Anne Bakke Skara
E-mail: anne.skara@ssb.no
tel.: (+47) 62 88 52 79
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Trond Amund Steinset
E-mail: trond.amund.steinset@ssb.no
tel.: (+47) 62 88 55 82
