Hunting seasons · 2026/2027 · Updated
Eurasian woodcock hunting seasons
Eurasian woodcock (Scolopax rusticola): the open season in every country HunTracker covers, by sex and age class.
Notes
- Austria: Provincial hunting laws (Landesjagdgesetze) may establish differing seasons and local closed periods.
- Finland: National baseline hunting seasons in Finland. Certain species and areas require specific permits or regional quotas.
- Germany: Federal hunting season. The 16 federal states (Bundesländer) may establish different or more restrictive seasons in their own regulations.
- Italy: National season framework under Art. 18 of Law 157/1992. Regions may restrict the season in their annual calendars.
- Norway: National seasons under the 2022–2028 regulation of Miljødirektoratet. County-level restrictions and quotas may apply.
- Romania: Seasons pursuant to Annex 1 of Hunting Law No. 407/2006. Harvests are subject to annual ministerial quotas and permits.
- Slovakia: National hunting seasons under Section 71 of Decree 344/2009 Z. z. Territorial restrictions may apply.
- Sweden: Swedish Hunting Ordinance (Jaktförordning). Regional variations by län (county) apply.
- Switzerland: Federal framework seasons under the Swiss Federal Hunting Act (JSG). The 26 cantons annual regulations take precedence.
- Turkey: Seasons under the 2026–2027 Central Hunting Commission (MAK) decision. Provincial bans and AVBİS quotas must be observed.
Sources
- Austria
- Österreichischer Jagdverband (ÖJV)
Landesjagdgesetze der 9 Bundesländer (z.B. NÖ Jagdgesetz 1974, Stmk Jagdgesetz 1986) - Finland
- Suomen riistakeskus (Finnish Wildlife Agency)
Metsästyslaki 615/1993, Metsästysasetus 666/1993 - Germany
- Deutscher Jagdverband (DJV) / BMEL
Bundesjagdgesetz (BJagdG) § 22, Verordnung über die Jagdzeiten (JagdzeitV 1977) - Hungary
- Országos Magyar Vadászkamara (OMVK)
79/2004. (V. 4.) FVM rendelet, 5. számú melléklet I. rész - Italy
- Ministero dell'Ambiente e della Sicurezza Energetica (MASE) / ISPRA
Legge 11 febbraio 1992, n. 157, art. 18 - Norway
- Miljødirektoratet (Norwegian Environment Agency)
Forskrift om jakt- og fangsttider samt sanking av egg og dun 2022–2028 (FOR-2022-01-21-128) - Romania
- Ministerul Mediului, Apelor și Pădurilor (MMAP) / Romsilva
Legea vânătorii și a protecției fondului cinegetic nr. 407/2006, Anexa nr. 1 - Slovakia
- Slovenská poľovnícka komora (SPK) / MPRV SR
Vyhláška Ministerstva pôdohospodárstva SR č. 344/2009 Z. z., § 71 - Sweden
- Naturvårdsverket (Swedish EPA) / Svenska Jägareförbundet
Jaktförordning (1987:905), Svensk författningssamling - Switzerland
- Bundesamt für Umwelt (BAFU) / JagdSchweiz
Bundesgesetz über die Jagd und den Schutz wildlebender Säugetiere und Vögel (JSG, SR 922.0) - Turkey
- T.C. Tarım ve Orman Bakanlığı, DKMP Genel Müdürlüğü
2026–2027 Av Dönemi Merkez Av Komisyonu (MAK) Kararı
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