The first 2022 assessment of small game counts carried out by Aube hunters showed that the population of gray partridges would be increasing in the department.
"With 8.2 pairs per 100 hectares, the increase in pairs of gray partridges is 25% compared to last year, when we counted only 6.1 pairs," a federation official told
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This positive development is due to the mild winter.
According to the specialist, few birds died during this period.
“It is also the result of good hunting management during the hunting season, with restricted harvest quotas in certain territories,” he said.
The year 2021 had seen a stagnation in the number of pairs of gray partridges.
Once the census is completed, an increase would also be expected this year for hares and pheasants.
A count of small game by volunteers is organized each year to follow the evolution of the numbers of these animals.
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