Comparison of game Management of the south Transdanubian Region with the use of „Big Game Unit” (BGU)
Keywords:
game management, financial analysy, hunting companicsAbstract
The counties belonging to South Transdanubia are typically big game management areas, small
game territory can be found only in county Tolna. The profitability and efficiency of game
management influence the quality and quantity of big game herds. The current article deals with
the comparison of financial figures of counties, between years 2003 and 2007. The data was
collected from annual reports of the National Game Management Database. The Big Game Unit
(BGU) was used for the analysis of the data. The BGU is an economic indicator. The greatest lost
was found in county Somogy in 2003, with 17% of lost per Big Game Unit. In county Tolna,
profit was the highest with 20% per BGU. The revenues from foreign hunting decreased in all the
three counties.