The Federation of Hunters presents its studies on the canton

One Tuesday in Écrammeville, three administrators from the Departmental Federation of Calvados Hunters and technician Stéphane Bernier met with trappers and hunting plan holders. They wanted to take stock by species and present possible actions with the federation.

The department lost, according to their inventory, about two hundred hunters per year. Although 17,518 permits had been issued the previous year, the population was aging and young people were less attracted to hunting.

Stéphane Bernier presented local studies: after a very low index in 1991, the hare had increased and then retreated in 2007, before starting to rise again without finding the hoped-for numbers. He recalled that a female could have about twelve young per year, with significant juvenile mortality. He attributed the losses to agricultural machinery and especially to predators.

He reported a similar observation for partridges followed by beacons: in one year, 88% of the equipped birds had been killed, only one during a hunting action. The fox, whose population would have doubled in seven years, was presented as favored to the detriment of more vulnerable species. These interpretations are those presented at the meeting.

The federation offered training on safety, permits, archery, accompanied hunting and trapping. She accompanied the development of territories, including garennes, rabbit parks and English avieries for pheasants, as well as the purchase of trapping equipment. It compensated the damage of wild boars to crops: the number of files remained stable, but the increase in food increased the cost.

Finally, the technician judged the canton of Trévières favorable to the development of the deer, thanks to an existing population and an adapted territory. However, he believed that poaching was mainly slowing down this progression.

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