African Swine fever (ASF) remains a serious economic threat to pig production around the world, affecting only animals of the Suidae family. The lack of effective treatment and vaccines makes the control of the disease particularly difficult and expensive. Only implementation of strict quarantine measures and a properly chosen eradication strategy remain the only methods to control the disease. ASF also circulates in the wildlife for a long time, persisting in the wild boar carcasses and spreading with infected animals to the new territories. Under natural conditions, the virus spreads slowly with the wild boars, but the intervention of hunters and the extraction of potentially infected meat can significantly accelerate the process. Particular emphasis is placed on the role of dead wild boars killed by ASF and the migration of susceptible wild animals. They are considered as the main source and factor in the maintenance of the ASF virus in the wild. In connection with this problem, the question of the role of hunting in the spread of ASF remains relevant. In order to reveal this issue, the article discusses the behavior of wild susceptible animals, hunting features worldwide, and t
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