The county administrative boards’ decisions on licensed hunting are based on the assessment that the lynx population is larger than the management target, reports the Swedish Hunters’ Association’s newspaper Svensk Jakt.
In Jönköping County, 16 lynx may be shot; in Kalmar County, 14; in Östergötland County, ten; and in Kronoberg County, six.
There are restrictions on how many breeding females and males may be shot, as well as on how many lynx may be killed in different parts of each county.
The lynx hunt starts on March 1 and may continue until March 31 at the latest.
The county administrative boards in the northern and central predator management areas have not yet decided on upcoming licensed lynx hunts.
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