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Moose hunting is underway in the north of the country.
The moose hunt is on. And even if the corona pandemic hits, it is largely an unchanged search that is happening.
– Once you get out with a pass, you’re as socially estranged as you can get, says Björn Sundgren, a hunting care adviser at the Swedish Hunters Association.
Monday marked the start of moose hunting in the northern part of the country. In the south, it takes a little over a month before the hunt begins. Hunters across the country, however, have a new reality to adapt to.
– It is clear that it affects, but we will see a little how much, says Björn Sundgren in reference to the global pandemic.
He says it’s largely about following current recommendations, rather than everyone going into the woods and fields needing to think about specific hunting circumstances.
– We had contact with the Swedish Public Health Agency earlier this summer to find out if there was specific advice, that’s when they got the recommendation to drive two hours. Perhaps it is in the pre-hunt gatherings, for the most part in another way, that many of those who normally gather in the village huts are able to meet outdoors.
Sundgren notes that various stages of the hunt – both the shared transportation to and from the passport and the killing process – are things that are affected by the pandemic, but that it is primarily about following current recommendations.
80,000 moose soar
During the 2018/2019 hunting year, just over 80,000 moose were shot, a decrease from the previous season when the number approached 85,000 animals. In total in the country, the moose population is between 300,000 and 400,000 animals.
Sundgren says “there is a risk that those who are half risky” will go hunting anyway.
– There is a greater risk of being half uncomfortable hunting than half uncomfortable at work. But our advice is like that of the Public Health Agency that if you feel bad you should stay home. In any case, you shouldn’t mix with people, he says.
“Make your own decision”
Those on the anxious side don’t have to feel foolish in the face of precautionary measures either, according to Sundgren.
– The public health authority gives recommendations, there are no laws. Therefore, it is not forbidden to be more careful, even if there are no legal requirements for oral protection, for example. But if you feel more comfortable having it in the slaughterhouse, for example, you can make that decision within the hunting team or in private, you don’t have to wait for Anders Tegnell to do it.
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