Hunting seasons · 2026/2027 · Updated 1 Oct 2026

Common moorhen hunting seasons

Name: Common moorhen hunting seasons
Creator: HunTracker
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Common moorhen (Gallinula chloropus): the open season in every country HunTracker covers, by sex and age class.

Notes

France: National framework (Code de l’environnement); each département’s prefectural order sets the actual dates. General opening shown for 2026–27 as the third Sunday of September; earlier in much of the south and in Corsica.
Italy: National season framework under Art. 18 of Law 157/1992. Regions may restrict the season in their annual calendars.
United Kingdom: Not quarry in Northern Ireland.

France: Office français de la biodiversité (OFB) / Ministère de la Transition écologique
Code de l'environnement, art. R424-4 à R424-9 ; arrêtés ministériels du 24 mars 2006 et du 19 janvier 2009
Italy: Ministero dell'Ambiente e della Sicurezza Energetica (MASE) / ISPRA
Legge 11 febbraio 1992, n. 157, art. 18
United Kingdom: BASC / legislation.gov.uk
Deer Act 1991; Game Act 1831; Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981; Deer (Close Seasons) (Scotland) Order 1984, as amended 2023; Wildlife (Northern Ireland) Order 1985

Season information in the app is for guidance only. Always check current legislation and local rules before you hunt.

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