Number of moose felled in Norway 2010-2022

In recent years, the number of moose felled in Norway decreased. In the season of 2010/2011, over 36.4 thousand moose were felled and that number fell to around 29.2 thousand hunted animals in 2021/2022. In the country, moose hunting is a traditional activity. The hunting season varies from region to region in Norway. Normally, it takes place from the end of September to the mid of November. During the moose hunting season of 2019/2020, most were felled in Trøndelag, followed by Hedmark and Nordland.

 Moose hunting in Trøndelag

     Trøndelag is a county in the central part of Norway. It was split into Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag in recent years but reunited in 2018. During the hunting seasons of 2008/2009 to 2017/18, the number of felled moose was always higher in the county’s northern part than in its southern part. In 2018/2019, there were a total of nearly 8.2 thousand moose hunted down.   

Moose hunting in Hedmark

 Hedmark borders Trøndelag in the north and belongs to the southeastern part of Norway. Here, the number of felled moose was also high. Over the past hunting seasons, it decreased from almost 8.1 thousand killed animals in 2009/2010 to roughly five thousand moose in the latest season of 2018/2019.