The number of hunters from Agrigento decreases from year to year. There Sicilian hunting federation, through the provincial president of Agrigento Calogero La Porta, pointed out that - according to what the Giornale di Sicilia reports today - in the last five years the number of hunters has decreased. In 2012 there were 4251 while last year they were 3150 the hunters who have renewed the firearms license.
The reasons are linked to several factors: first of all the costs that are around 400 euros per year for the renewal of the hunting license and for the choice of areas in which to exercise this passion.
Another reason that discourages hunters is linked to the hunting calendar which includes few periods for rabbit hunting, the most popular one. Which will be possible from September 15th until November 30. In short, only for two and a half months, so for hunters it is not worth paying these sums (Agrigento News).