Hunting seasons · 2026/2027 · Updated
European polecat hunting seasons
European polecat (Mustela putorius): the open season in every country HunTracker covers, by sex and age class.
Notes
- Germany: Federal hunting season. The 16 federal states (Bundesländer) may establish different or more restrictive seasons in their own regulations.
- Hungary: During the breeding period control is only permitted with specific authorisation from the hunting authority.
- Poland: Hunting seasons under the Regulation of the Minister of the Environment of 2005 as amended.
- Romania: Seasons pursuant to Annex 1 of Hunting Law No. 407/2006. Harvests are subject to annual ministerial quotas and permits.
- Sweden: Swedish Hunting Ordinance (Jaktförordning). Regional variations by län (county) apply.
Sources
- 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 - Poland
- Polski Związek Łowiecki (PZŁ) / Ministerstwo Klimatu i Środowiska
Rozporządzenie Ministra Środowiska z dnia 16 marca 2005 r. (Dz.U. 2005 nr 48 poz. 459 ze zm.) - Romania
- Ministerul Mediului, Apelor și Pădurilor (MMAP) / Romsilva
Legea vânătorii și a protecției fondului cinegetic nr. 407/2006, Anexa nr. 1 - Sweden
- Naturvårdsverket (Swedish EPA) / Svenska Jägareförbundet
Jaktförordning (1987:905), Svensk författningssamling
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