This year, harvests of all big game species are on the rise. Those of deer, roe deer and wild boar are reaching unprecedented records. 1st part of these figures in detail with deer, wild boar and roe deer.
The deer
Strong increase in results (+7.3%) compared to the previous season, harvests approaching 75,000 head for the first time.
Total withdrawals: 74,972
Total Attributions: 108 438
Harvests exceed 2,000 deer in eleven departments: Indre-et-Loire (2,850), Indre (2,526), Loir-et-Cher (2,521), Cantal (2,503), Dordogne (2,295), Ariège (2,226), Hautes-Pyrénées ( 2,180), Marne (2,125), Bas-Rhin (2,080), Haute-Garonne (2,040) and Vienne (2,033).
Increasing (increase of more than 20% of samples compared to the previous season): Drôme (+ 53%), Vendée (+ 36%), Puy-de-Dôme (+ 34%), Doubs (+ 31%), Pyrénées-Atlantiques (+29%), Nord and Tarn-et-Garonne (+22%), Loiret-Cher and Lozère (+21%).
Sagging (reduction of more than 20% of samples compared to the previous season): Gironde (- 21%), Deux-Sèvres (- 19%), Pyrénées-Orientales (- 16%), Nièvre (- 15%), Hérault and Morbihan (-12%) and Ain (-11%).
deer
Harvests this season are on the rise (+3.7%) and for the first time have exceeded the threshold of 600,000 animals.
Total withdrawals: 602,866
Total Attributions: 753 056
Samples are more than 10,000 deer in twelve departments: Moselle (16,842), Dordogne (15,065), Bas-Rhin (14,623), Cher (13,849), Landes (13,697), Haute-Marne (13,314), Loir-et-Cher (12,858), Gironde (12,539 ), Côte-d’Or (11,955), Haut-Rhin (10,634), Indre (10,392) and Sarthe (10,150).
Increasing (increase of more than 10% of samples compared to the previous season): Landes (+ 48%), Deux-Sèvres (+ 30%), Drôme (+ 26%), Charente (+ 19%), Alpes-Maritimes (+ 16%), Haute-Savoie (+14%), Calvados (+13%), Loire, Pyrénées-Atlantiques and Pyrénées-Orientales (+11%).
Sagging (reduction of more than 10% of champions compared to the previous season): Nièvre (-23%), Vienne (-21%) and Somme (-13%).
boar
With a 5.2% increase over the previous season, domestic withdrawals hit a new all-time high this year.
Total withdrawals: 842,802
The champions are more than 20,000 wild boars in eight departments: Loir-et-Cher (31,638), Gard (25,314), Moselle (24,263), Haute-Corse (23,955), Bas-Rhin (21,917), Cher (21,874), Hérault (21,799) and Var (20,594 ).
On abruptly: (increase of more than 30% of champions compared to the previous season): Haute-Loire (+52%), Manche (+48%), Pas de Calais (+43%), Haute-Savoie (+38%) and Haute-Corse (+32%).
Falling : (reduction of more than 10% of samples compared to the previous season): Vaucluse (-19%), Gard, Hautes-Pyrénées and Sarthe (-16%), Drôme and Rhône (-14%), Dordogne and Haute-Saône ( -12%) and Haute-Garonne (-11%).
Source: Wild Ungulate Network OFB – FNC – FDC
