Lovacki Savez Srbije

Hunting Association of Serbia

Hunting Association of Serbia was founded on October 26th 1896.

Members of the Association

- 85.000 hunters spread over 227 regional association and hunting associations of Vojvodina and Kosovo and Metohija.
-P.E. National parks (Fruška gora, Tara, Kopaonik, Đerdap, Šara)
-Travel agencies and other enterprises specializing in hunting
-P.E. "Srbijašume "
-P.E. "Vojvodinašume"
-Other organizations and institutions interested in hunting

Hunting Area

-Hunting Association of Serbia extends to the 6.5 million ha
- Regional hunting associations dispose of approximetely 90 % of all hunting areas
- There are 321 hunting grounds in total
- Regional hunting associations release annually into the hunting grounds about 250.000 baby pheasants, bred in 28 pheasant farms with the breeding capacity of 800.00 baby pheasants
- 24 enclosed hunting grounds of 55.150 ha in total
- About 250 hunting lodges

Activities of the Association

-Protection, breeding and sustainable use of game as partially renewable natural resource
- Conservation of the nature, improvement of the life environment and game habitats
- Development and improvement of the hunting
- Application of the Hunting Law provisions, international conventions and other regulations concerning hunting
- Monitoring the game status in the habitats, providing professional service to its members (monitoring, consulting and engineering)
- Permanent education of the hunters and providing them with all relevant information
- Encouraging the development of science in hunting
- Conference, seminar, and symposium organization
- Collaboration with kindred organizations, institutions and applied research.

Datas for 2007

Total hunters 84470
Sample for processing 84329
Ages averige of hunters 47,2
Total women 278
According to ages:

to 18	18 to 29	30 to 39	40 to 49	50 to 59	60 to 69	70 to 79	80 and over
23	10434	16390	19573	21462	10446	5186	745
0,03 %	12,37 %	19,44 %	23,21 %	25,45 %	12,39 %	6,15 %	0,88 %

Datas for2006

Total hunters 85453
Sample for processing 85281
Ages averige of hunters 47,2
Total women 264
According to ages:

to 18	18 to 29	30 to 39	40 to 49	50 to 59	60 to 69	70 to 79	80 and over
41	10396	16627	20061	21693	10360	5390	713
0,05 %	12,19 %	19,50 %	23,52 %	25,44 %	12,15 %	6,32 %	0,84 %