Economic features of Hare hunting
Three economic dimensions have been examined by questionnaires completed by hunters of hare (L. europeaus) in Central Macedonia. The following results have been found: 1) Frequency of hunting: Hunters of higher education level present lower hunting frequency, while the ones who began hunting earlier, hunt more frequently. 2) Tendency of traveling in groups by car: Hare hunters from cities or big towns usually travel in groups by car and they share the travel cost, while these who started accompanying other hunters in early age also do not travel alone. 3) Travel distance: Hunters who came in contact with hunting by magazines or originate from cities and big towns tend to travel further in order to find a desirable hunting place.
¹Forest Research Institute, National Agricultural Research Foundation, GR 57006, Vasilika - Thessaloniki, nikolaos_hasanagas@fri.gr ² Technological Education Institution of Larisa, Department of Forestry and Natural Environment Managament, Laboratory of Wild Life Management, GR 43100 Karditsa 3 Hunting Federation Macedonia and Thrace, Ethnikis Antistaseos 173-175, GR 55134, Kalamaria-Tessaloniki
Keywords:Socio-economic importance of hare hunting, wildlife, recreation
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Book:RANGE SCIENCE AND PROTECTED AREAS - Proceedings of the 6th Panhellenic Rangeland Congress in Leonidio Arcadia Peloponnesus, 2-4 October 2008 (Edited by: Konstantinos Th. Mantzanas, Vasillios P. Papanastasis)