Hunting seasons · 2026/2027 · Updated
Hunting seasons in Croatia
The open seasons for every game species in Croatia, species by species and class by class. With Pro, the HunTracker app sends a notification on the day the main seasons open or close.
Big game
| Species | Sex / age class | Open season |
|---|---|---|
| Red deer | Stag3 | – |
| Yearling stag3 | – | |
| Hind3 | – | |
| Heifer3 | – | |
| Calf | – | |
| Fallow deer | Buck3 | – |
| Yearling buck3 | – | |
| Doe3 | – | |
| Heifer3 | – | |
| Calf | – | |
| Roe deer | Buck | – |
| Doe | – | |
| Yearling doe3 | – | |
| Fawn | – | |
| Chamois | Both sexes | – |
| Mouflon | Ram17 | All year |
| Ewe7 | – | |
| Ewe lamb7 | – | |
| Lamb7 | – | |
| Wild boar | Both sexes126 | All year |
| Brown bear | Both sexes4 | No open season |
Small game
| Species | Sex / age class | Open season |
|---|---|---|
| European hare | Both sexes | – |
| European rabbit | Both sexes1 | All year |
| Common pheasant | Both sexes | – |
| Rock partridge | Both sexes | – |
| Chukar partridge | Both sexes | – |
| Grey partridge | Both sexes | – |
| Common quail | Both sexes | – |
| Northern bobwhite | Both sexes8 | – |
| Eurasian woodcock | Both sexes | – |
| Common snipe | Both sexes | – |
| Common wood pigeon | Both sexes | – |
| Rock dove | Both sexes | – |
| Bean goose | Both sexes | – |
| Greater white-fronted goose | Both sexes5 | No open season |
| Mallard | Both sexes | – |
| Common pochard | Both sexes5 | No open season |
| Tufted duck | Both sexes | – |
| Garganey | Both sexes | – |
| Eurasian teal | Both sexes | – |
| Eurasian coot | Both sexes | – |
Predators and other game
| Species | Sex / age class | Open season |
|---|---|---|
| European badger | Both sexes | – |
| European wildcat | Both sexes4 | No open season |
| Stone marten | Both sexes12 | All year |
| European pine marten | Both sexes | – |
| Least weasel | Both sexes5 | No open season |
| Eurasian beaver | Both sexes4 | No open season |
| Edible dormouse | Both sexes9 | – |
| Red fox | Both sexes12 | All year |
| Golden jackal | Both sexes12 | All year |
| European polecat | Both sexes12 | All year |
| Hooded crow | Both sexes | – |
| Rook | Both sexes | – |
| Western jackdaw | Both sexes | – |
| Eurasian magpie | Both sexes | – |
| Eurasian jay | Both sexes | – |
Openings and closings by month
January
- Closes
- Chukar partridge ·
- European hare ·
- Red deer (Hind, Heifer) ·
- Rock partridge ·
- Bean goose ·
- Chamois ·
- Common pheasant ·
- Common snipe ·
- Common wood pigeon ·
- Eurasian coot ·
- Eurasian teal ·
- Fallow deer (Doe, Heifer) ·
- Garganey ·
- Mallard ·
- Northern bobwhite ·
- Rock dove ·
- Roe deer (Doe, Yearling doe, Fawn) ·
- Tufted duck ·
February
- Closes
- Fallow deer (Buck, Yearling buck) ·
- Red deer (Stag, Yearling stag) ·
- Eurasian jay ·
- Eurasian magpie ·
- Eurasian woodcock ·
- European pine marten ·
- Fallow deer (Calf) ·
- Hooded crow ·
- Red deer (Calf) ·
- Rook ·
- Western jackdaw ·
April
- Opens
- Roe deer (Buck) ·
August
- Opens
- Common wood pigeon ·
- Eurasian jay ·
- Eurasian magpie ·
- European badger ·
- Hooded crow ·
- Mouflon (Ewe, Ewe lamb, Lamb) ·
- Northern bobwhite ·
- Rock dove ·
- Rook ·
- Western jackdaw ·
- Red deer (Stag, Yearling stag) ·
- Common quail ·
September
- Opens
- Eurasian coot ·
- Eurasian teal ·
- Garganey ·
- Grey partridge ·
- Mallard ·
- Red deer (Hind, Heifer, Calf) ·
- Roe deer (Doe, Yearling doe, Fawn) ·
- Tufted duck ·
- Common pheasant ·
- Fallow deer (Buck, Yearling buck) ·
- Closes
- Roe deer (Buck) ·
October
- Opens
- Chamois ·
- Chukar partridge ·
- Edible dormouse ·
- Eurasian woodcock ·
- European hare ·
- Fallow deer (Doe, Heifer, Calf) ·
- Rock partridge ·
- Common snipe ·
November
- Opens
- Closes
December
- Closes
- European badger ·
- Grey partridge ·
- Mouflon (Ewe, Ewe lamb, Lamb) ·
Notes
- No closed season is set for this species; it may be hunted all year, but only up to the number in the hunting ground's management plan (lovnogospodarska osnova).
- Females that are heavily pregnant or leading small young are protected even where no closed season applies.
- The law does not separate yearlings from adults; the stag, hind or calf dates apply to them by sex and age.
- Closed all year under the law; any take happens only through the species management plan and its yearly action plan, not through ordinary hunting.
- Closed all year under the law.
- A ministerial order to reduce wild boar numbers (African swine fever) makes culling mandatory in some hunting grounds and counties; the current order's actions run to 31 December 2026.
- Rams have no closed season; ewes and lambs are closed from 1 January to 31 July.
- The law names this bird as Coturnix virginiana; it means the introduced Virginia (bobwhite) quail.
- The law lists this species as game with a closed season of 1 December to 30 September.
- Source
- Ministarstvo poljoprivrede, šumarstva i ribarstva
- Legal basis
- Pravilnik o lovostaju (Narodne novine br. 94/2019 od 2. listopada 2019.), donesen na temelju članka 66. stavka 10. Zakona o lovstvu (Narodne novine br. 99/18, 32/19, 32/20, 127/24)
- Published
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