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Statistics on
Red deer hunting
The statistics give an overview of Norwegian red deer hunting. The figures show the number of red deer shot and the number of permissions given, by age and sex. The statistics also comprise figures on estimated carcass weight.
Selected figures from the statistics
- Red deer felled. Preliminary figuresDownload table as ...Red deer felled. Preliminary figures
Number Share Change in per cent 2024-2025 2024-2025 2023-2024 - 2024-2025 2020-2021 - 2024-2025 Total 54 216 100.0 3.3 8.3 Males Calf 9 349 17.2 5.9 24.4 Yearlings 8 544 15.8 3.8 2.1 Older 8 585 15.8 -0.2 -3.0 Females Calf 8 678 16.0 8.7 21.9 Yearlings 8 109 15.0 0.7 5.5 Older 10 951 20.2 1.4 4.3 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Red deer hunting, by county. Preliminary figuresDownload table as ...Red deer hunting, by county. Preliminary figures
2024-2025 Felling licences, red deer Felled red deer Males Females Harvest percentage The whole country 77 651 54 216 26 478 27 738 70 Østfold 187 73 41 32 39 Akershus 251 62 34 28 25 Oslo 0 0 0 0 . Buskerud 1 584 579 338 241 37 Innlandet 3 226 1 904 1 036 868 59 Vestfold 399 237 110 127 59 Telemark 2 884 1 024 554 470 36 Agder 3 430 1 818 955 863 53 Rogaland 5 874 4 190 2 018 2 172 71 Vestland 35 191 26 754 12 695 14 059 76 Møre og Romsdal 16 622 12 691 6 189 6 502 76 Trøndelag - Trööndelage 7 718 4 843 2 482 2 361 63 Nordland - Nordlánnda 285 41 26 15 14 Troms - Romsa - Tromssa 0 0 0 0 . Finnmark - Finnmárku - Finmarkku 0 0 0 0 . Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Red deer hunting. Animals felled by county,age and sex. Preliminary figuresDownload table as ...Red deer hunting. Animals felled by county,age and sex. Preliminary figures
2024-2025 Felled red deer Calf Yearlings Older Total Males Females Males Females Males Females The whole country 54 216 9 349 8 678 8 544 8 109 8 585 10 951 Østfold 73 16 12 11 9 14 11 Akershus 62 7 8 10 5 17 15 Oslo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Buskerud 579 93 58 80 55 165 128 Innlandet 1 904 258 237 307 230 471 401 Vestfold 237 30 43 32 33 48 51 Telemark 1 024 153 150 143 81 258 239 Agder 1 818 233 274 293 238 429 351 Rogaland 4 190 853 792 620 632 545 748 Vestland 26 754 4 688 4 346 4 243 4 232 3 764 5 481 Møre og Romsdal 12 691 2 192 2 019 2 049 1 891 1 948 2 592 Trøndelag - Trööndelage 4 843 820 735 750 696 912 930 Nordland - Nordlánnda 41 6 4 6 7 14 4 Troms - Romsa - Tromssa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Finnmark - Finnmárku - Finmarkku 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ...
About the statistics
The information under «About the statistics» was last updated 25 October 2023.
Hunting ground
The basic territorial unit sanctioned for hunting cervids and allotted felling licences.
Qualifying area
The area forming the basis for hunting licences allotted by the municipalities. For moose and red deer, the area includes mainly woodland and bogs.
Cervids
Cervids includes moose (Alces alces), red deer (Cervus elaphus), wild reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) and roe deer (Capreolus capreolus).
Issued licences
The number of licences allotted to a hunting ground by a municipalitiy.
Cervids felled
The number of cervids felled in regular hunting.
Selective shooting
Licences issued with an obligation for a certain distribution of animals felled, by calf, 1½ year-old animals, adult males and adult females.
Per cent felled
Shot animals as a percentage of licences issued.
The hunting year
One hunting year lasts as from 1 April as to 31 March the following year.
Hunting period valid until 31 March 2028
The regular hunting period for red deer hunting is 1 September to 23 December.
Name: Red deer hunting
Topic: Agriculture, forestry, hunting and fishing
Division for Housing, Property, Spatial and Agricultural Statistics
County and municipality. For the hunting years 2007/08 and 2008/09 figures on municipality level were based on the hunting area where the municipality was responsible for the administration. This area may include area in several municipalities. Previous years, figures on municipality level were based on hunting taking place within the municipality borders. See also 6.1. Since the municipality figures for these two years are not comparable from one year to another, the statistics from the hunting year 2008/09 was published at county level. As from the hunting year 2009/10, the data will be collected and published on municipality level.
The statistics are published annually. Preliminary figures are published in March of the year after the hunt has ended. Final figures are published 10 weeks later.
Collected and revised data are stored securely by Statistics Norway in compliance with applicable legislation on data processing.
Statistics Norway can grant access to the source data (de-identified or anonymised microdata) on which the statistics are based, for researchers and public authorities for the purposes of preparing statistical results and analyses. Access can be granted upon application and subject to conditions. Refer to the details about this at Access to data from Statistics Norway.
The purpose of these statistics is to show the extent of red deer hunting in Norway. Statistics on felled animals date back to 1892. Until 1951, the reports were collected from the police and covered all red deer killed, both those that were shot through legal hunting and those that died in other ways, to the extent this was reported. After 1952, the statistics only cover red deer legally killed through ordinary hunting.
The most important users of these statistics are The Norwegian Environment Agency, the County Departments of Environmental Affairs, professional bodies, the media, research and educational institutions and the local wildlife authorities.
No external users have access to statistics before they are released at 8 a.m. on ssb.no after at least three months’ advance notice in the release calendar. This is one of the most important principles in Statistics Norway for ensuring the equal treatment of users.
Statistics are also published on moose hunting and wild reindeer hunting, as well as Non-harvest mortality of cervids.
The statistics are developed, produced and disseminated pursuant to Act no. 32 of 21 June 2019 relating to official statistics and Statistics Norway (the Statistics Act).
The statistics include all legal hunting of red deer in Norway.
The responsible person for each hunting ground report the results of the hunt to the municipality. The municipality is responsibel for reporting aggregated data for the municipality.
Total census.
The municipal authorities send forms for reporting to the responsible persons in each hunting ground together with the licence. These responsible persons have a duty to report back to the municipality within 10 days after the end of the hunting period. The municipality then has a duty to send reports to Statistics Norway within 3 weeks.
Editing is defined here as checking, examining and amending data. Sum checks and checks of the number of animals felled compared with licences issued are undertaken. Where necessary, the municipal authorities are contacted to clarify cases of doubt.
The number of felled animals and number of hunting licences are summarised and distributed by country, county and municipality level.
Employees of Statistics Norway have a duty of confidentiality.
Statistics Norway does not publish figures if there is a risk of the respondent’s contribution being identified. This means that, as a general rule, figures are not published if fewer than three units form the basis of a cell in a table or if the contribution of one or two respondents constitutes a very large part of the cell total.
Statistics Norway can make exceptions to the general rule if deemed necessary to meet the requirements of the EEA agreement, if the respondent is a public authority, if the respondent has consented to this, or when the information disclosed is openly accessible to the public.
More information can be found on Statistics Norway’s website under Methods in official statistics, in the ‘Confidentiality’ section.
The statistics are comparable back to 1952.
For the hunting years 2007/08 and 2008/09 figures on municipality level were based on the hunting area where the municipality was responsible for the administration. This area may include hunting area in several municipalities. Previous years, figures on municipality level were based on the hunting area within the municipality. This results in a break in time series for the statistics. Municipalities not managing any hunting area themselves will lack in the statistics for these two years. This change was due to more cooperation between municipalities because of expanding hunting grounds. In the hunting year 2007/08 more than thirty municipalities were affected by this change, and in 2008/09 the municipal figures were not published. As from the hunting year 2009/10, the statistics are collected and published at municipality level.
The report work is closely connected to the municipality's management of the stock of red deer and the data quality is regarded as very good. Some big hunting grounds cross municipal borders. In some cases, this makes it difficult to tell in which municipality some of the animals were felled. The distribution of these animals is determined by the local wildlife authorities. This does not affect the total number of red deer shot.
The level of non-response is negligible. Reporting to Statistics Norway is compulsory for all municipalities. Statistics Norway and the county management remind municipalities that have not forwarded the reports within three weeks after the end of the hunting season. In that way all municipalities are covered.