Hunting seasons · 2026/2027 · Updated 1 Oct 2026

Egyptian goose hunting seasons

Name: Egyptian goose hunting seasons
Creator: HunTracker
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Egyptian goose (Alopochen aegyptiacus): the open season in every country HunTracker covers, by sex and age class.

Country	Sex / age class	Open season
France¹	Both sexes²	21 Aug – 31 Jan
Hungary	Both sexes³	1 Oct – 31 Jan

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.
France: On inland waters and marshes; on the maritime public domain from the first Saturday of August.
Hungary: Canada and Egyptian goose harvests require photo documentation and reporting; the specimen must be retained for two working days.

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
Hungary: Országos Magyar Vadászkamara (OMVK)
79/2004. (V. 4.) FVM rendelet, 5. számú melléklet I. rész

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