Importance of recruitment rate in red deer hunting management

Abstract

Jelen obični je najveći divlji preživač u Republici Hrvatskoj, važna sastavnica bioraznolikosti i prepoznatljivosti nizinskih lovišta Hrvatske. Jelen je gospodarski važna vrsta, a rogovlje i meso često završe kao izvozni proizvod. Za praksu lovnog gospodarenja važno je pratiti klimatske i druge elemente staništa. Na temelju tih spoznaja može se pretpostaviti ostvareni prirast ili tjelesne mase teladi na početku lovne sezone, te intervenirati u plan na način da u pojedinim dobnim razredima pojača ili smanji odstrjel, a sve s ciljem dugoročno održivog gospodarenja, kako u biološkom, tako i u ekonomskom smislu. Prema Zakonu o lovstvu svake lovne godine se mora, za svaku vrstu divljači koja je u lovištu, obračunati prirast koji se izračunava na temelju stručne podloge za gospodarenje. Prirast se upisuje u lovnogospodarsku osnovu, te u lovnu kroniku. Ako na temelju cjelogodišnjeg osmatranja, brojenja i praćenja divljači, postoji sumnja da prirast nije ostvaren, radi se kontrolno prebrojavanje divljači pred sam početak lovne sezone.Deer is the largest wild ruminant in Republic of Croatia, an important component of biodiversity and recognisability of lowland hunting grounds in Croatia. Deer is economically important species, and hens and meat often end up as an export product. The practice of hunting economy is to keep track of climate and other elements of habitats. Based on these findings we can assume the realized growth or body mass of calves at the beginning of hunting season, and intervene by increasing or decreasing the cull for some age classes, so the goal is to keep the long-term sustainable management in economical and biological meaning. According to the Hunting Act, each hunting year must be calculated for each species in the hunting ground using the Professional base. The increment is entered in hunting management plan( LGO-3 for large and LGO-4 for small game) and in hunting chronicle. If on the basis of all-year observation, counting and game monitoring, there is a suspicion that the gain was not achieved, there must be a control counting of game before the beginning of the hunting season