in Finland, hunting has remained a popular hobby. Hunting card redemption is about 300 000 and the yacht days accrued each year up to a million. Even night hunting is popular there.
in a Large part of hunting-forms used in firearms. Including moose and bear hunt used luodikkojen risk areas are broad. At worst, the bullet might fly killer dangerous for up to six miles away.
Also, the shotgun pellets can fly hundreds of yards away, although the animal drop to hit in terms of effective shooting distance is only tens of meters.
Finnish hunters would appear, however, to be careful. Hunting card to be paid to the hunter insurance according to statistics, the damage happens or at least reported very little.
the damage statistics there are two yacht format over the other.
– small game side of grouse hunting and water bird. Although there is still talk of than a few of the cases on the annual level, told the public administration the mission of the master Sauli Härkönen the Finnish wildlife centre.
instead, for example, the deer hunt is statistically even safer. Over the years, however, happened also to human life in loss leading cases.
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Insurance related information corresponding to the game center does not, however, tell the details of the accidents and accidents.
then What is typically a hunter insurance replaced?
hospital expenses, where the hunter has shot with a shotgun waterfowl or grouse, and missed a few gauge bullets hunting guy. SRVA-dog damages veterinary costs, says Härkönen.
SRVA means big game assistance, so in practice the police at the request of the tasks to be performed. These include traffic accidents, injured creatures trace and terminations.
These positions in the insurance coverage also applies to hunting dogs. Among the wounded bear trace work found in the dog is completely necessary.
in the event of Damage to insurance companies resulting liability can last up to decades.
– If there is a medical costs and monitoring, so it can be years after the fall of the same accident related.
How great has been the average amount of compensation?
That is not calculated in the us. Has varied according to my understanding last year to between zero and eur 12 500 between. Typically 500-2 000 euros, estimates Härkönen.
game center competition hunter insurance as part of public procurement. Currently, the insurance answer in the near tapiola. Wildlife agency paid for insurance during the current hunting year, the insurance company 126 000 euros. The hunting year starts at the beginning of August and ends the following year at the end of July.
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