Hunting calendar
Valid from May 1st 2004
| BIG GAME | ||
| Moose / Elk | Alces alces | |
| bulls, cows i calves | under year-round protection | |
| Red deer | Cervus elaphus | |
| stags | 21.VIII until the end of II | |
| does | 01.X – 15.I | |
| fawns | 01.X until the end of II | |
| Sika deer | Cervus nippon | |
| stags, does, fawns | 1.X – 15.I | |
| Fallow deer | Dama dama | |
| bucks | 01.X – 31.I | |
| does, fawns | 01.X – 15.I | |
| Roe deer | Capreolus capreolus | |
| bucks | 11.V – 30.IX | |
| does, fawns | 01.X – 15.I | |
| Wild boar | Sus scrofa | |
| tuskers, grices, young boars, piglets (from birth to March 31st the following calendar year) | all year round | |
| sows | 15.VIII – 15.I | |
| in Podlaskie province within 1.I.2015 – 31.XII.2016: all year round | ||
| in other provinces within 1.I.2015 – 31.XII.2016: 1.I – 15.II and 15.V – 31.XII | ||
| Mouflon | Ovis aries | |
| rams | 01.X until the end of II | |
| ewes, lambs | 01.X – 15.I | |
| SMALL GAME | ||
| European badger | Meles meles | |
| 01.IX – 30.XI | ||
| and in the aeras with capercaillie and black grouse presence – all year round | ||
| European polecat | Mustela putorius | |
| 01.IX – 31.III | ||
| and in the aeras with capercaillie and black grouse presence – all year round | ||
| Pine marten | Martes martes | |
| 01.IX – 31.III | ||
| and in the aeras with capercaillie and black grouse presence – all year round | ||
| Beech marten | Martes foina | |
| 01.IX – 31.III | ||
| and in the aeras with capercaillie and black grouse presence – all year round | ||
| Red fox | Vulpes vulpes | |
| 01.VI – 31.III | ||
| and in the aeras with capercaillie and black grouse presence or where a release of hears, pheasants or partridges was carried where within the last two calendar years – all year round | ||
| Raccoon dog | Nyctereutes procyonides | |
| all year round | ||
| American mink | Mustela vison | |
| all year round | ||
| Raccoon | Procyon lotor | |
| all year round | ||
| Muskrat | Ondatra zibethicus | |
| 11.VIII – 15.IV | ||
| European hare | Lepus europaeus | |
| 1.XI – 31.XII | ||
| European rabbit | Oryctolagus cuniculus | |
| 1.XI – 31.XII | ||
| BIRDS | ||
| Common pheasant | Phasianus colchicus | |
| cocks | 1.X until the end of II | |
| hens | only in breeding centers with pheasant breeding aviaries – 1.X – 31.I | |
| Grey partridge | Perdix perdix | |
| 11.IX – 21.X | ||
| Common wood pidgeon | Columba palumbus | |
| 1.IX – 21.XII | ||
| Euroasian woodcock | Scolopax rusticola | |
| 1.IX – 21.XII | ||
| Hazel grouse | Tetrastes bonasia | |
| 1.IX – 30.XI | ||
| ducks | ||
| Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | |
| 15.VIII – 21.XII | ||
| Eurasian teal | Anas crecca | |
| 15.VIII – 21.XII | ||
| Common pochard | Aythya ferina | |
| 15.VIII – 21.XII | ||
| Tufted duck | Aythya fuligula | |
| 15.VIII – 21.XII | ||
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geese |
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| Greylag goose | Anser anser | |
| 1.IX – 21.XII | ||
| and in the provinces: Zachodniopomorskie, Lubuskie, Wielkopolskie and Dolnośląskie – until 15.I | ||
| Bean goose | Anser fabalis | |
| 1.IX – 21.XII | ||
| and in the provinces: Zachodniopomorskie, Lubuskie, Wielkopolskie and Dolnośląskie – until 31.I | ||
| Greater white-fronted goose | Anser albifrons | |
| 1.IX – 21.XII | ||
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Rallidae |
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| Eurasian coot | Fulica atra | |
| 15.VIII – 21.XII | ||
- If the beginning of the hunting season falls immediately after the day or days off work, the season begins on the first day off from work.
- If the end of the hunting season falls on the day preceding the day off from work, the season end with the last day off from work.
- When determining the abovemention hunting season, it is assumed that a day off from work refers to Sundays and public holidays specified in separate provisions on non-working days and Saturdays.