Wilder climb: Hunting season 2023/2024 Break records in Saarland!

Wilder climb: Hunting season 2023/2024 Break records in Saarland!

In the past hunting season in Saarland, a remarkable increase in processed wild was registered. Between April 2023 and March 2024, the hunters in Saarland took over 10,600 deer, which corresponds to an increase of almost 500 deer compared to the previous season, such as Welt . The wild boar shows an even clearer increase: around 7,000 animals were processed, which is more than 2,000 wild boar than in the previous season.

In addition, smaller wild animals such as fallow deer and red deer were also killed, with around 450 and 160 processed animals or. The majority of the game meat is marketed directly by the hunters or reaches the plates of consumers via butchers, local markets and restaurants. Wild meat, on the other hand, rarely find its way into supermarkets, which favors local marketing.

increase in Rhineland-Palatinate

Also in Rhineland-Palatinate, an increase in the wild animals can be found in the 2023/2024 hunting season. As Rheinpfalz , almost 60,000 wild boars were processed, which corresponds to an increase of around 16,000 animals compared to the previous season. The number of deer processed was around 91,100, which is 5,300 more than in the previous year. The wild boars from Rhineland-Palatinate make up over 11 percent of the animals processed in Germany.

In addition, more red deer and fallow deer were also processed in the neighboring state, with over 8,200 red deer and around 4,500 fallow deer this season. Here, too, the wild meat is largely marketed directly by hunters or finds its way to consumers via butchers and restaurants.

state hunting report and biodiversity

The context of these developments is expanded by the joint state hunting report 2023/2024, published by the Lower Saxony Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection as well as the Lower Saxony State Hunter. The report addresses the biodiversity in the agricultural culture landscape and other wild biological knowledge. According to Wildlife management , new maximum values were also found in Nutria and raccoon registrations. These developments indicate an increasing population and thus also to the challenges that hunters and biodiversity projects in the region have to cope with.

During the hunting season, the increase in game processing not only strengthens the local economy, but also raises questions about the sustainable use of wildlife stocks and promoting biodiversity. The challenges remain great, while the hunters continue to try to find a balance between hunting, biodiversity and the marketing of wild meat.