Hunting seasons · 2026/2027 · Updated
Fallow deer hunting seasons
Fallow deer (Cervus dama): the open season in every country HunTracker covers, by sex and age class.
| Country | Sex / age class | Open season |
|---|---|---|
| Austria1 | Yearling buck | – |
| Heifer | – | |
| Buck | – | |
| Doe | – | |
| Calf | – | |
| Czechia2 | Buck | – |
| Doe | – | |
| Calf | – | |
| Germany3 | Calf | – |
| Yearling buck | – | |
| Heifer | – | |
| Buck | – | |
| Doe | – | |
| Hungary | Buck | – |
| Mature buck | – | |
| Second-year buck | – | |
| Doe | – | |
| Heifer | – | |
| Calf | – | |
| Italy4 | Buck | – |
| Doe | – | |
| Calf | – | |
| Norway5 | Buck | – |
| Doe | – | |
| Calf | – | |
| Poland6 | Second-year buck | – |
| Mature buck | – | |
| Doe | – | |
| Calf | – | |
| Romania7 | Buck | – |
| Doe | – | |
| Calf | – | |
| Slovakia8 | Buck | – |
| Doe | – | |
| Calf | – | |
| Sweden9 | Both sexes | – |
| Calf | – | |
| Doe | – |
Notes
- Austria: Provincial hunting laws (Landesjagdgesetze) may establish differing seasons and local closed periods.
- Czechia: Transitional measures and emergency measures under Decree 245/2002 Sb. § 2a take precedence.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Sources
- Austria
- Österreichischer Jagdverband (ÖJV)
Landesjagdgesetze der 9 Bundesländer (z.B. NÖ Jagdgesetz 1974, Stmk Jagdgesetz 1986) - Czechia
- Českomoravská myslivecká jednota (ČMMJ)
Vyhláška č. 245/2002 Sb. o době lovu jednotlivých druhů zvěře, ve znění pozdějších předpisů (přechodná úprava § 2a do 31. 3. 2030) - 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) - 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 - 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
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