Attention hunters!

From August 09 to December 14, 2025, in accordance with the Hunting Rules, the summer-autumn hunting season for feathered game is open: waterfowl (except geese) and marsh birds, woodcock, pigeon, rock dove, quail, pheasant, grey crow, magpie (during daylight hours).

Types and methods of hunting: by rifle from ambush, stalking, approaching by small vessels, including with hunting dogs of all groups (except sighthounds and hounds). Non-rifle hunting with trained birds of prey.

Smoothbore hunting firearms with shot-loaded cartridges and small vessels without an engine or with a non-operating engine are permitted.

Hunting "for feathers" is permitted only for bird species listed in Appendix 1 to the Hunting Rules and indicated in the permit.

Safety is paramount. Strictly adhere to the Hunting Safety Rules!

We remind you that the Hunting Safety Rules PROHIBIT:

– boarding and disembarking from a vehicle with a loaded hunting firearm;

– removing an assembled hunting firearm by the barrel(s) from a vehicle;

– firing at noise, rustling, at an unclearly visible target, in conditions of poor visibility (in dense fog, heavy snowfall, against the sun, etc.);

– firing and being with a loaded hunting firearm within 200 meters of the nearest building of a populated area;

– firing in the direction of people, populated areas, agricultural or domestic animals (except stray cats and mongrel dogs), vehicles from smoothbore hunting firearms within 500 meters of them and from rifled hunting firearms – within 2 kilometers;

– pointing a hunting firearm, including an unloaded one, at a person, agricultural or domestic animals (except stray cats and mongrel dogs) or their accommodation;

– firing unnecessarily, cocking an external hammer firearm or releasing the safety on an internal hammer firearm;

– finishing off a wounded game animal with the butt of a firearm.

Violation of the Hunting Safety Rules entails administrative liability in accordance with the current legislation.

Good luck! May your season be rich in trophies, safe, and legal.

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