Assessment of Wildlife Hunting Activities in Ido Local Government Area, Oyo State Nigeria

The study was conducted to assess hunting activities in ido local government area, oyo state, nigeria. a well-structured questionnaire was administered to obtain information from fifty hunters using a simple random sampling technique. data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. the result showed that 96% of hunters in the study area were men. most of the respondents were married (84%) and within the age bracket of 31 and 50 years (48%). about 34% and 40% of respondents had primary and secondary education respectively while 13% had no formal education. they had between 20 and 29 years’ experience in wild animal hunting. sixty-eight percent of the hunters in the study area engaged in part -time hunting while 32% were full-time hunters. the study further revealed that the hunters engaged in hunting for financial gain (64%), leisure (34%) and family tradition (38%). about ten types of species of wildlife animals were commonly killed by the hunters, and the animals were sold within the community market (42%), outside the community market (32%) and to visiting bushmeat marketers (26%). the study therefore recommends a policy that will control hunting activities in the study area, knowing that animal hunting serves as another source of livelihood to the hunters.