The number of hunters and wild boar group size drive wild boar control efficacy in driven hunts

Overabundant populations of wild boar (Sus scrofa) are frequent where anthropogenic food is easily available and where hunting is limited. Improving recreational hunting efficacy may contribute to manage these populations. However, we do not know the factors modulating hunting efficacy in a hunting...

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Autores: Fernández-de-Simón, Javier, Ferreres, Javier, Gortázar, Christian
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Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
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spelling The number of hunters and wild boar group size drive wild boar control efficacy in driven huntsFernández-de-Simón, JavierFerreres, JavierGortázar, ChristianOverabundant populations of wild boar (Sus scrofa) are frequent where anthropogenic food is easily available and where hunting is limited. Improving recreational hunting efficacy may contribute to manage these populations. However, we do not know the factors modulating hunting efficacy in a hunting day (i.e., proportion of individuals culled from a population). Additionally, we need to explore which factors drive hunting efficacy in shooting opportunities (i.e., proportion of hunted individuals from a wild boar group in individual shooting opportunities). Here, we analyze the factors explaining wild boar hunting efficacy at the scale of driven hunt and shooting opportunity. Hunting efficacy was surveyed in 92 driven hunts (2017–2018 to 2020–2021 hunting seasons) and in 145 shooting opportunities in Sierra de Gredos (central Spain). We found that hunting efficacy at the scale of the driven hunt was mainly modulated by the number of hunting posts. Indeed, maximum levels of 82 posts showed a fourfold hunting efficacy (59%) compared to minimum levels reaching six hunting posts (16%). At the scale of the shooting opportunity, hunting efficacy was mainly driven by wild boar group size, being negatively related to hunting efficacy: the higher the number of individuals in the group, the lower the shooting efficacy (13-fold; 41% for an individual, 3% for individuals belonging to groups > 7 individuals). Given the need of maintaining native wild boar populations at densities compatible with biodiversity conservation, rural economy, and animal and public health, efforts towards facilitating more hunters per event would improve wild boar hunting efficacy.This research was carried out under a contract from Junta de Castilla y León to Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha.Peer reviewedSpringer NatureUniversidad de Castilla La ManchaJunta de Comunidades de Castilla-La ManchaConsejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]202320232023info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501Postprintinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10261/334471reponame:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSICinstname:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)InglésThe underlying dataset has been published as supplementary material of the article in the publisher platform at DOI 10.1007/s10344-023-01661-7https://doi.org/10.1007/s10344-023-01661-7Síinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:digital.csic.es:10261/3344712026-05-22T06:33:51Z
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title The number of hunters and wild boar group size drive wild boar control efficacy in driven hunts
spellingShingle The number of hunters and wild boar group size drive wild boar control efficacy in driven hunts
Fernández-de-Simón, Javier
title_short The number of hunters and wild boar group size drive wild boar control efficacy in driven hunts
title_full The number of hunters and wild boar group size drive wild boar control efficacy in driven hunts
title_fullStr The number of hunters and wild boar group size drive wild boar control efficacy in driven hunts
title_full_unstemmed The number of hunters and wild boar group size drive wild boar control efficacy in driven hunts
title_sort The number of hunters and wild boar group size drive wild boar control efficacy in driven hunts
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Fernández-de-Simón, Javier
Ferreres, Javier
Gortázar, Christian
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Ferreres, Javier
Gortázar, Christian
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Gortázar, Christian
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Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]
description Overabundant populations of wild boar (Sus scrofa) are frequent where anthropogenic food is easily available and where hunting is limited. Improving recreational hunting efficacy may contribute to manage these populations. However, we do not know the factors modulating hunting efficacy in a hunting day (i.e., proportion of individuals culled from a population). Additionally, we need to explore which factors drive hunting efficacy in shooting opportunities (i.e., proportion of hunted individuals from a wild boar group in individual shooting opportunities). Here, we analyze the factors explaining wild boar hunting efficacy at the scale of driven hunt and shooting opportunity. Hunting efficacy was surveyed in 92 driven hunts (2017–2018 to 2020–2021 hunting seasons) and in 145 shooting opportunities in Sierra de Gredos (central Spain). We found that hunting efficacy at the scale of the driven hunt was mainly modulated by the number of hunting posts. Indeed, maximum levels of 82 posts showed a fourfold hunting efficacy (59%) compared to minimum levels reaching six hunting posts (16%). At the scale of the shooting opportunity, hunting efficacy was mainly driven by wild boar group size, being negatively related to hunting efficacy: the higher the number of individuals in the group, the lower the shooting efficacy (13-fold; 41% for an individual, 3% for individuals belonging to groups > 7 individuals). Given the need of maintaining native wild boar populations at densities compatible with biodiversity conservation, rural economy, and animal and public health, efforts towards facilitating more hunters per event would improve wild boar hunting efficacy.
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