Wallonia's own seasons under its regional hunting law. The official text in force prevails.

Where Wallonia differs from the rest of Belgium

Compared with the dates that hold everywhere in Belgium:

• Red deer: 21 Sep – 31 Jan · everywhere in Belgium: 1 Oct – 31 Dec
• Roe deer (Buck): 1 Oct – 31 Dec · not open everywhere in Belgium
• Roe deer (Doe): 1 Oct – 31 Dec · not open everywhere in Belgium
• Roe deer (Yearling doe): 1 Oct – 31 Dec · not open everywhere in Belgium
• Roe deer (Fawn): 1 Oct – 31 Dec · not open everywhere in Belgium
• Fallow deer: 21 Sep – 31 Jan · everywhere in Belgium: 1 Oct – 31 Dec
• Mouflon: 21 Sep – 31 Jan · everywhere in Belgium: 1 Oct – 31 Dec
• Wild boar: All year · everywhere in Belgium: 1 Aug – 14 Jul
• Egyptian goose: No open season
• Common pheasant: 1 Oct – 31 Jan · everywhere in Belgium: 15 Oct – 31 Jan
• Grey partridge: 20 Sep – 15 Nov · everywhere in Belgium: 20 Sep – 14 Nov
• European hare: 1 Oct – 31 Dec · everywhere in Belgium: 15 Oct – 31 Dec
• Canada goose: 1 Aug – 10 Mar · everywhere in Belgium: 15 Aug – 10 Mar
• Greylag goose: No open season
• Raccoon: No open season
• Raccoon dog: No open season
• Red fox: All year · everywhere in Belgium: 15 Oct – 28/29 Feb

Openings and closings by month

Notes

1. From 21 to 30 September only stalking and stand hunting (approche, affût) are allowed; driven and other hunts start on 1 October.
2. Antlered stags may be shot only on territories of an approved hunting council (conseil cynégétique), within the red-deer shooting plan.
3. A 'grand cerf boisé' (both beams with a median tine and at least three tines above it) may be shot only until 31 December.
4. Red deer are shot under the annual red-deer shooting plan (plan de tir).
5. Also 15 Apr – 15 May, only by stalking or from a hide.
6. Also 15 Jul – 15 Aug, only by stalking or from a hide.
7. Stalking and stand hunting are open all year; driven hunts and other methods only 1 August–31 January in open fields and 1 October–31 January in woodland.
8. Stand hunting may also take place in the hour before sunrise and the hour after sunset.
9. Only on territories of an approved hunting council; its internal rules may ban the species or shorten the season.
10. Only where the holder of the hunting right has joined an approved partridge management plan and the previous season's report was approved.
11. During prolonged frost the Minister may suspend waterfowl hunting for up to 15 days at a time.
12. Outside the season, destruction is possible all year with a DNF authorisation in crops, meadows, certain nature reserves and public parks.
13. Purse nets and ferrets are allowed from 1 October to 31 January; outside the season, damage control needs a DNF authorisation.
14. Outside the season, crop-damage control needs an annual DNF authorisation and is limited to crop-specific windows.
15. Listed as game in the Walloon Hunting Law but given no open season in the 2025–2030 decree, so it may not be hunted.
16. Open all year; stand hunting may also take place in the hour before sunrise and the hour after sunset.
17. May be destroyed all year to prevent significant damage to livestock or in the interest of wildlife; trapping needs a DNF authorisation.
18. A protected bird in Wallonia, not game; it may only be killed under an individual derogation granted by the DNF.

Source

SPW – Département de la Nature et des Forêts (DNF)

Legal basis

Arrêté du Gouvernement wallon du 5 juin 2025 fixant les dates de l'ouverture, de la clôture et de la suspension de la chasse, du 1er juillet 2025 au 30 juin 2030 (M.B. 19.06.2025)

Published

19 Oct 2026

Wallonia's own regulations prevail: they can add closures, quotas or restrictions not shown here. Season information in the app is for guidance only. Always check current legislation and local rules before you hunt.

Hunting seasons elsewhere in Belgium

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