Hunting seasons · 2026/2027 · Updated 1 Oct 2026

Long-tailed duck hunting seasons

Name: Long-tailed duck hunting seasons
Creator: HunTracker
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Long-tailed duck (Clangula hyemalis): the open season in every country HunTracker covers, by sex and age class.

Country	Sex / age class	Open season
France¹	Both sexes²	20 Sep – 31 Jan
Switzerland³	Both sexes	1 Sep – 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: Subject to a national bag limit or quota set each season; every bird taken must be declared in ChassAdapt.
Switzerland: Federal framework seasons under the Swiss Federal Hunting Act (JSG). The 26 cantons annual regulations take precedence.

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
Switzerland: Bundesamt für Umwelt (BAFU) / JagdSchweiz
Bundesgesetz über die Jagd und den Schutz wildlebender Säugetiere und Vögel (JSG, SR 922.0)

Season information in the app is for guidance only. Always check current legislation and local rules before you hunt.

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