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cacciatore di selezione

English translation: selective hunter

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Italian term or phrase:cacciatore di selezione
English translation:selective hunter
Entered by: Kate Chaffer

15:42 May 26, 2009
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Livestock / Animal Husbandry / controlled hunting
Italian term or phrase: cacciatore di selezione
Ecco cos'è in italiano, non ho idea di come renderla:
"Per "caccia di selezione" si intende correntemente un tipo di caccia basata sul rispetto di un piano preordinato di abbattimento, diviso per classi di sesso e di età e redatto in base a censimenti e stime secondo un criterio scientifico. Un tipo di caccia quindi, che consente al cacciatore di operare una scelta del capo da abbattere. Si deve considerare la selezione come una parte essenziale della gestione delle popolazioni di ungulati selvatici. "
Francesco D'Arcangeli
Italy
Local time: 23:07
selective hunter
Explanation:
A possibility.

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Kate Chaffer
Italy
Local time: 23:07
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3selective hunter
Kate Chaffer
5 +1selective harvesting
Anthony Green
4 +1culler/to cull
Juliet Halewood (X)
4herd thinner/herd thinning hunter
Cedric Randolph


  

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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
herd thinner/herd thinning hunter


Explanation:
quite a few ghits, done quite a bit in the northern USA.

Cedric Randolph
Italy
Local time: 23:07
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ItalianItalian
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53 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
selective hunter


Explanation:
A possibility.




    Reference: http://books.google.com/books?id=kh8NtAVg_k4C&pg=PA103&lpg=P...
Kate Chaffer
Italy
Local time: 23:07
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Donatella Talpo
0 min
agree  Rosa Cabral: yes, selective hunting... a management tool for wild ungulates
2 hrs
agree  Federico Moncini: Ok si qui si vede ancora meglio: http://www.hunter-ed.com/mt/course/ch1_stages_of_hunter_deve...
21 hrs
neutral  Anthony Green: A selective hunter is after trophies (not what Francesco wants) rather than aiming to manage the population, which is what cullers/harvesters do.
21 hrs
  -> I'm not sure if I get your point. Your answer includes the word selective. I'm just referring to the actual person.
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16 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
selective harvesting


Explanation:
Taken from the 700-page bible on the topic, i.e. "Game Ranch Management" (see link with term harvesting). Section 10.4 in the book is "Selective harvesting of social, age and sex groups", which is exactly what you seem to be looking for.

"Selective harvesting" is a horrible term, the idea of harvesting animals as if they were wheat or tomatoes, but it is the one used specifically for this idea of herd-thinning

Francesco, your source text says "caccia di selezione" but your question says "cacciatore di selezione" which to me does not make much sense.


    Reference: http://www.kalahari.net/books/Game-Ranch-Management-4th-ed/3...
Anthony Green
Italy
Local time: 23:07
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Federico Moncini: OK qui si vede ancora meglio: http://www.hunter-ed.com/mt/course/ch1_stages_of_hunter_deve...
6 hrs
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16 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
culler/to cull


Explanation:
cull - the 'selection' (removal and killing) of surplus animals from an animal population


    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culling
    Reference: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/environment/ecology/.../500...
Juliet Halewood (X)
Local time: 23:07
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Anthony Green: yes that's really good too (and not quite so euphemistic as mine).
6 hrs
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