The autumn-winter hunting season for fur-bearing animals is opening

Attention Hunters!

From November 04, 2023 to January 28, 2024, in accordance with the Hunting Regulations, the autumn-winter hunting season for the following game species will be opened:

Hunting is permitted during daylight hours for certain game species such as: Mountain hare, European hare, squirrel, pine marten, stone marten, American mink, muskrat, European polecat, fox, raccoon dog

Species and Methods of Hunting: For hares - by firearm from ambush, stalking, or driving. Without firearms - with sighthounds, hunting birds. For squirrels, pine martens, stone martens, American minks, muskrats, European polecats – by firearm, stalking, including with hunting dogs (of all breeds except sighthounds). Without firearms – traps, snares (excluding loops) within a 24-hour period (when hunting without firearms with traps and/or snares (excluding loops), their setting (removal), inspection, setting, and retrieval of caught animals are permitted only during daylight hours).

Permitted Hunting Equipment: For hares - smoothbore hunting firearms using shot cartridges, hunting dogs of all breeds. For squirrels, pine martens, stone martens, American minks, muskrats, European polecats - smoothbore hunting firearms using shot cartridges, rifled hunting firearms with a muzzle energy of the bullet from 400 to 1500 joules; hunting dogs: all breeds, except sighthounds.

For additional information and reports of poaching, please contact the Verkhnedvinsk Inter-district Inspectorate for Wildlife Protection at the following address: Verkhnedvinsk, Sovetskaya St., 193/2, or by calling the "hotline" at 6-17-23.

Senior State Inspector

Verkhnedvinsk Inter-district Inspectorate

V.A. Goncheronok