Jan Lund carries out the protective hunt in Karlskoga, using corn as bait and hunting at night when boars feed. The effort aims to prevent wild boars from establishing in nearby forests and reduce damage to the Eastern Cemetery, buildings, and private properties. Lund highlighted challenges, stating, 'If you sit all night and then shoot a boar when it's two o'clock at night, then you have to take care of it too.
' Karlskoga is not alone in facing wild boar problems, with Hallsberg and Degerfors also affected. Interest in hunting wild boar may have decreased due to the work involved, according to sources, with Anders Broby of the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency noting this as a possible factor. Determining Sweden's wild boar population is difficult, but traffic accidents and culling figures are used as measures.
If you sit all night and then shoot a boar when it's two o'clock at night, then you have to take care of it too. Many people have to go to work the next day.
After years of decline, these figures increased by about 60 percent in 2024, though the exact cause and current trend remain unclear. The hunt's effectiveness in Karlskoga is unspecified.