__Total area of hunting zones of Sumy region is 2053,8 thousand ha, including 197,2 thousand ha (9,6%) that were rented to the enterprises of regional department of forest and hunting economy, including 99,2 thousand ha (50%) of forests, 77,6 thousand ha (39%) of fields, and 20,4 thousand ha (11%) of swamps.

__The following state forest-economical enterprises are engaged in the proper work of hunting economy: Hlukhivskyi, Krasnopilskyi, Lebedynskyi, Okhtyrskyi, Romenskyi, S.-Budskyi, Sveskyi, Trostyanetskyi, Shostkynskyi, and Krolevetskyi forest-hunting and state hunting enterprises "Sumy", "Konotopske" and "Nyzy".

__General waste on realization of hunting economy by forest-economical and specialized hunting economies annually grows and in 2002-2006 it increased from 844,2 thousand hryvnas to 2045,5 thousand hryvnas. Investments to defence of renovation of state hunting fund in forest-economical and specialized hunting enterprises grew from 379,7 thousand hryvnas to 863,3 thousand hryvnas.

__The number of the main types of hunted animals in the area gradually grows in the result of taken measures. In the beginning of 2007 there were 62 elks, 247 deer, 39 dappled deer, 750 wild boars and 1816 roes.

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