Hunting seasons · 2026/2027 · Updated 19 Oct 2026

Helmeted guineafowl hunting seasons

Name: Helmeted guineafowl hunting seasons
Creator: HunTracker
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Helmeted guineafowl (Numida meleagris): the open season in every country HunTracker covers, by sex and age class.

Country	Sex / age class	Open season
Bulgaria	Both sexes¹²³	1 Oct – 31 Jan
Czechia⁴	Both sexes	16 Oct – 31 Dec

Notes

Bulgaria: Small game may be hunted on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays, and waterfowl also on Wednesdays and after 1 January; in organised hunting tourism and leased game areas on no more than three of seven consecutive days.
Bulgaria: Farm-raised birds released under organised hunting tourism may be hunted longer: pheasants and guineafowl until 28 February, partridges and chukar until 31 January.
Bulgaria: Daily bag limit per hunter: two pheasants or guineafowl.
Czechia: Transitional measures and emergency measures under Decree 245/2002 Sb. § 2a take precedence.

Bulgaria: Изпълнителна агенция по горите (ИАГ) към Министерството на земеделието и храните
Закон за лова и опазване на дивеча (обн., ДВ, бр. 78 от 26 септември 2000 г.; последно изм., бр. 102 от 8 декември 2023 г.), чл. 54, ал. 1 и приложение № 4 „Срокове за ловуване на дивеч“, и Правилник за прилагане на Закона за лова и опазване на дивеча (ПМС № 151 от 13 юни 2001 г., обн., ДВ, бр. 58 от 29 юни 2001 г.; последно изм., бр. 68 от 13 август 2024 г.), чл. 66, 68–71 и 74
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)

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