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Slight increase in moose hunting
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2014-03-27T10:00:00.000Z
Agriculture, forestry, hunting and fishing
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elgjakt, Moose hunting, moose felled, felling ratio, felling quotaHunting , Agriculture, forestry, hunting and fishing
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Moose hunting, 2013/2014, preliminary figures

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Slight increase in moose hunting

A total of 34 950 moose were shot during the 2013/2014 hunting season; an increase of 300 animals from the previous year. Except for the previous hunting year, the number of moose shot is the lowest since the mid-1990s.

Moose felledPublished 27 March 2014
NumberShareChange in per cent
201320132012 - 20132009 - 2013
Total34 939100.00.9-2.9
Males
Calf5 78416.6-0.2-5.1
Yearlings6 07417.47.71.4
Older7 56221.6-2.0-2.5
Females
Calf5 43615.6-0.2-3.6
Yearlings4 33312.43.8-2.4
Older5 75016.5-2.0-4.9

Source: Statistics Norway

In total, a felling quota of 44 700 animals was issued. The hunting success rate was 78 per cent; an increase of one percentage point from the previous year.

More moose shot in the north

In the counties of Nord-Trøndelag and Nordland, the number of animals shot increased by 343 and 298 respectively. In total, 5 400 and 3 700 moose were shot in these counties respectively, and only in Hedmark were more moose shot.

Hedmark is still the largest "moose county" in terms of animals shot. In total, 6 900 animals were shot, which is 200 fewer than the year before.

61 000 moose hunters

Among the cervid species, moose hunting is the most common. A total of 61 000 hunters participated in the moose hunt during the 2012/2013 hunting season.