Overview
- An OFB–National Hunters’ Federation report puts total ungulate takes at about 1.56 million, with boar culls up 2.1% from last season.
- Departments with the highest boar tallies include Gard (31,776) and Ardèche (24,261), with Dordogne (23,122), Loir-et-Cher (22,793), Hérault (21,875) and Côte-d’Or (20,310) also exceeding 20,000.
- Year-over-year spikes were steep in several areas, led by Corse-du-Sud (+117%) and notable rises in Haute-Vienne and Territoire de Belfort (+35%), Ain (+29%), Haute-Garonne (+28%), Hautes-Pyrénées (+28%), Finistère (+26%) and Pas-de-Calais (+25%).
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine stands out, with Dordogne ranking third nationally for boar culls and Gironde at 19,800 in seventh place, while Landes logged 17,139 and Haute-Vienne posted a 35% jump.
- Other ungulate trends diverged, with red deer at 90,324 (+3%), roe deer at 569,183 (-6%), mouflon down 16.3% and isard up roughly 11%, as the ONF reports more than half of state forests in ungulate imbalance.