Hunting offtake dataset of the project "Sustainable Management of the Wildlife and Bushmeat Sector in Central Africa"

These data were collected from April to August 2014 as part of a study to assess the feasibility of village hunting management in 6 pilot village communities in Central Africa (Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon). This anonymized dataset lists and describes approximately 3000 hunting offtakes. List of variables in the dataset: Country Study site Hunter_ID Date (day-month-year) ID Hunting trip Number of trips Total trips per hunter Opening / Closing Time spent hunting (days). Time spent hunting (hours). Night hunting (1) or day hunting (2) Tools taken into the forest: rifle (1); traps (2); machete (3); collection (4) Means of transportation used: boat (1); on foot (2); bicycle (3); motorcycle (4); car (5) Money spent on food. Money spent on hunting tools. Money spent on transportation. Money spent on other materials or procedures. How many people went with you on the hunt? What other activities did you do during your hunting trip (none=1; NTFP gathering=2; fishing=3; plantation work=4; logging=5; other?) Order Common name Scientific name Species protected (1) or partially (2) in the country Average animal weight Average meat weight Female (1); Male (2); Unknown (3) Means used to kill the animal Gun (1); Traps (2); Machete/pulling (3) Type of forest where the animal was hunted (Food plantations (1), swamp forest (2), mature forest (3), young fallows (4), old fallows (5). Distance between the community and the hunting site (Km). ( 5 Km =1; 5 X > 10 Km =2; 11 X > 15 Km =3; > 15 Km =4 Meat preservation (Fresh (1); Frozen (2); Smoked (3); Salted (4)) Use of hunted animal Sale (1) Self-consumption (2) Offered (3) Pharmaceutical use (4); Other (5) How the animal was sold (whole (1); in parts (2); boned (3) How many parts did you divide the animal into? How many parts did you sell? Quantity sold? (Kg) Initial selling price Initial selling price (Kg) Sales price reached Price reached (Kg) To whom was the animal sold? Friend (1), relative (2), market trader (3), restaurant trader (4), known individual customer (5), unknown individual customer (6) Is the buyer a regular? Yes (1) No (2) Is the buyer female (1) or male (2) Unknown (3)? Where are the buyers from? (from which place?) put a cross if unknown Where did you sell it? in front of the house (1), in the village (2), in town (3) (which one?)