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Information from:
- 1250 hunters
- 7500 monthly hunting reports
- 4500 individual hunts
The Average Hunt [Median (middle value)]
- 2.18 days [1]
- 2.17 hunters [2]
- 147 km one way [80km]
- $133 cost of travel [$50]
- 70% of hunts are on public land
The Average Hunter [Median (middle value)]
- 38 years old [38]
- 21 years hunting experience [19]
- 16 hunts per year [10]
- Hunts 31 days per year [22]
- 31% are NZDA members
- 29% hunt with a dog
| Species |
Hunters targeting this species |
Kills per day when targeted |
Reported average annual harvest |
| Red deer |
92% |
0.24 |
2.77 [1] |
| Sike deer |
31% |
0.19 |
0.49 [0] |
| Fallow deer |
56% |
0.36 |
1.12 [0] |
| Any deer |
98% |
0.29 |
4.5 [2] |
| Pigs |
65% |
0.34 |
3.68 [0] |
| 23% of hunters didn’t kill any big game animals last year |
The results presented above can also be viewed on the Lincoln University Hunting Survey results poster (PDF 922 KB).
