Millions of hunters from Russia have been worrying for years now, awaiting a decision from the relevant authorities. There have been rumors in society for a long time about the closure of the spring hunt, so many people are concerned about this topic.
Will people be allowed to go hunting this year like they did last year? The answer to this question is already on the surface and there is not the slightest doubt that hunting in spring 2017 be.
Now you can calmly exhale and start preparing for the new season. Start loading ammo, stock up on everything necessary equipment, analyze all the mistakes of past seasons in order to prevent them in the new one.
This hunt has a number of goose hunting supporters who are eagerly awaiting the opening to gain new experiences and try out recently purchased decoys and decoys, as well as brand new guns.
Many people want to go hunting for drake mallards, woodcock, black grouse and wood grouse. Is it possible to hunt them this year, and according to what rules? Now let's look at all the details and nuances of this hunt.
Hunting rules and terms in spring 2017
As for the rules of spring hunting themselves, there will not be anything super new here, but it is still worth recalling the main prohibitions that apply during this period.
Any self-catchers that can be used for spring game bird hunting are prohibited. Electronic devices that produce sounds similar to those emanating from wild animals should not be used.
When hunting, boats can only be used to collect hunted game, but it is prohibited to use them to search, track, pursue or catch the game itself.
It is illegal to conduct a spring woodcock hunt during the morning draft. You can use this approach method on this hunt only when hunting wood grouse during the current. You cannot hunt greylag geese in spring.
The use of birds of prey for game birds during this period is prohibited, but hunting dogs can only be used as a weapon for searching for wounded birds or serving already killed game.
It is prohibited to hunt female ducks, wood grouse and black grouse. Hunting for coot, hazel grouse, and moorhen is also prohibited. Let me remind you once again that hunting greylag goose in the spring is prohibited, so be very careful.
The dates for which the spring hunt of 2017 opens are regulated by a specific order. For some regions, the opening date is clearly defined, but some areas of the country do not have such certainty, since the connection depends on the weather.
The hunting period in the spring will last for 10 calendar days. As for specific dates, there are slight changes compared to those that were last year.
For example, in the Kaliningrad region, hunting in the spring is planned to take place from March 15 to March 24. The Moscow region will open its doors to hunters from April 15 to 24, the Republic of Adygea from March 11 to 20.
In the Republic of Bashkortostan it will be possible to hunt from April 22 to May 1, but the Republic of Dagestan and the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic are happy to welcome hunters from March 1 to 10.
In the Republic of Kalmykia, spring hunting dates range from March 11 to March 20. In the Stavropol Territory you can hunt white-fronted goose, mallard drake and woodcock from March 11 to 20.
The timing of this year's hunt in all other regions of Russia remains the same as it was last season.
Autumn hunting in 2017 opens in August in most regions of Russia and is carried out mainly for waterfowl, swamp-meadow, field, steppe game, as well as upland game.
Attention hunters!
We remind you about the prohibitions and restrictions on autumn hunting 2017 in Russia. According to Russian Federation, autumn hunting is carried out subject to the following restrictions and prohibitions.
During autumn hunting it is prohibited:
- the use of any self-catchers when catching game birds during amateur and sport hunting;
- the use of electronic devices that imitate the sounds made by game animals and other animals;
- being in hunting grounds in (on) mechanical vehicles, aircraft, as well as watercraft with the engine turned on, including those that have not stopped moving by inertia after the engine is turned off, with hunting firearms (pneumatic) weapons uncovered or loaded or having cartridges (shells) in the magazine
- use of any lighting devices
- the use of long-barreled hunting firearms with a rifled barrel and rifled barrels of hunting firearms combined weapons
- the use of hunting firearms equipped with shot (buckshot) larger than five millimeters and bullets
Autumn hunting 2017 – Dates of autumn hunting
The general dates for the opening of autumn hunting in 2017 are established by Order of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation dated November 16, 2010 N 512 On approval: paragraph 41. Different dates for hunting game birds. In each individual region, hunting dates may be slightly shifted according to local hunting parameters. In the table below, information on the opening dates of autumn hunting 2017 in the regions of Russia is grouped by federal districts.
Central Federal District - autumn hunting dates |
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| List of subjects included in the district | ||
| 1. Belgorod region | ||
| 2. Bryansk region | from August 19 (third Saturday) to December 31 | |
| 3. Vladimir region | from August 19 (third Saturday) to November 15 | from August 19 (third Saturday) to December 31 |
| 4. Voronezh region | ||
| 5. Ivanovo region | from August 19 (third Saturday) to November 15 | from August 19 (third Saturday) to December 31 |
| 6. | from August 12 (second Saturday) to November 15 | from August 19 (third Saturday) to December 31 |
| 7. Kostroma region | from August 19 (third Saturday) to November 15 | |
| 8. Kursk region | from August 19 (third Saturday) to November 15 | from August 19 (third Saturday) to December 31 |
| 9. Lipetsk region | from August 19 (third Saturday) to November 15 | from August 19 (third Saturday) to December 31 |
| 10. Moscow region | from August 12 (second Saturday) to November 15 | from August 19 (third Saturday) to December 31 |
| 11. Oryol region | from August 12 (second Saturday) to November 15 | from August 19 (third Saturday) to December 31 |
| 12. Ryazan region | from August 19 (third Saturday) to November 15 | from August 19 (third Saturday) to December 31 |
| 13. | from August 19 (third Saturday) to November 15 | from August 19 (third Saturday) to December 31 |
| 14. Tambov region | from August 19 (third Saturday) to November 15 | from August 19 (third Saturday) to December 31 |
| 15. Tver region | from August 19 (third Saturday) to November 15 | from August 19 (third Saturday) to February 28 (29) |
| 16. Tula region | from August 19 (third Saturday) to November 15 | from August 19 (third Saturday) to December 31 |
| 17. Yaroslavl region | from August 19 (third Saturday) to November 15 | from August 19 (third Saturday) to December 31 |
Southern Federal District - autumn hunting dates |
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| Dates of autumn hunting for waterfowl, swamp-meadow, field, steppe game | Dates of autumn hunting for upland game | |
| 1. Republic of Adygea | from August 19 (third Saturday) to December 31 | from August 19 (third Saturday) to December 31 |
| 2. | from August 19 (third Saturday) to December 31 | |
| 3. Krasnodar region | from August 19 (third Saturday) to December 31 | from August 19 (third Saturday) to December 31 |
| 4. Astrakhan region | from August 12 (second Saturday) to December 31 | from August 19 (third Saturday) to December 31 |
| 5. Volgograd region | from August 19 (third Saturday) to December 31 | from August 19 (third Saturday) to December 31 |
| 6. Rostov region | from August 19 (third Saturday) to December 31 | from August 19 (third Saturday) to December 31 |
| 7. Republic of Crimea | from August 19 (third Saturday) to December 31 | from August 19 (third Saturday) to December 31 |
Northwestern Federal District - autumn hunting dates |
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| List of subjects included in the district: | Dates of autumn hunting for waterfowl, swamp-meadow, field, steppe game | Dates of autumn hunting for upland game |
| 1. Republic of Karelia | from August 12 (second Saturday) to November 15 | from August 19 (third Saturday) to February 28 (29) |
| 2. | from August 12 (second Saturday) to November 15 | from August 19 (third Saturday) to February 28 (29) |
| 3. Arkhangelsk region | from August 19 (third Saturday) to November 15 | from August 19 (third Saturday) to February 28 (29) |
| 4. Vologda region | from August 12 (second Saturday) to November 15 | from August 19 (third Saturday) to February 28 (29) |
| 5. Kaliningrad region | from August 12 (second Saturday) to November 15 | from August 19 (third Saturday) to February 28 (29) |
| 6. Leningrad region | from August 19 (third Saturday) to November 15 | from August 19 (third Saturday) to February 28 (29) |
| 7. Murmansk region | from August 19 (third Saturday) to November 15 | from August 19 (third Saturday) to February 28 (29) |
| 8. Novgorod region | from August 12 (second Saturday) to November 15 | from August 19 (third Saturday) to February 28 (29) |
| 9. Pskov region | from August 12 (second Saturday) to November 15 | from August 19 (third Saturday) to February 28 (29) |
| 10. Nenets Autonomous Okrug | from August 19 (third Saturday) to November 15 | from August 19 (third Saturday) to February 28 (29) |
Far Eastern Federal District - autumn hunting dates |
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| List of subjects included in the district: | Dates of autumn hunting for waterfowl, swamp-meadow, field, steppe game | Dates of autumn hunting for upland game |
| 1. Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) | from August 12 (second Saturday) to December 31 | from August 19 (third Saturday) to February 28 (29) |
| 2. Kamchatka region | from August 19 (third Saturday) to December 31 | from August 19 (third Saturday) to February 28 (29) |
| 3. Primorsky Krai | from August 19 (third Saturday) to December 31 | from August 19 (third Saturday) to February 28 (29) |
| 4. Khabarovsk region | from August 12 (second Saturday) to December 31 | from August 19 (third Saturday) to February 28 (29) |
| 5. Amur region | from August 12 (second Saturday) to December 31 | from August 19 (third Saturday) to February 28 (29) |
| 6. Magadan region | from August 19 (third Saturday) to December 31 | from August 19 (third Saturday) to February 28 (29) |
| 7. Sakhalin region | from August 19 (third Saturday) to December 31 | from August 19 (third Saturday) to December 31 |
| 8. Jewish Autonomous Region | from August 19 (third Saturday) to December 31 | from August 19 (third Saturday) to February 28 (29) |
| 9. Chukotka Autonomous Okrug | from August 19 (third Saturday) to December 31 | from August 19 (third Saturday) to February 28 (29) |
Siberian Federal District - autumn hunting dates |
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| List of subjects included in the district: | Dates of autumn hunting for waterfowl, swamp-meadow, field, steppe game | Dates of autumn hunting for upland game |
| 1. Altai Republic | from August 19 (third Saturday) to December 31 | from August 19 (third Saturday) to December 31 |
| 2. Republic of Buryatia | from August 19 (third Saturday) to December 31 | from August 19 (third Saturday) to February 28 (29) |
| 3. Republic of Tyva | from August 19 (third Saturday) to December 31 | from August 19 (third Saturday) to December 31 |
| 4. Republic of Khakassia | from August 19 (third Saturday) to December 31 | from August 19 (third Saturday) to December 31 |
| 5. Altai region | from August 26 (fourth Saturday) to December 31 | from August 26 (fourth Saturday) to December 31 |
| 6. Transbaikal region | from August 19 (third Saturday) to December 31 | from August 19 (third Saturday) to February 28 (29) |
| 7. Krasnoyarsk region | from August 19 (third Saturday) to December 31 | from August 19 (third Saturday) to February 28 (29) |
| 8. Irkutsk region | from August 19 (third Saturday) to December 31 | from August 19 (third Saturday) to February 28 (29) |
| 9. Kemerovo region | from August 19 (third Saturday) to December 31 | from August 19 (third Saturday) to December 31 |
| 10. Novosibirsk region | from August 19 (third Saturday) to December 31 | from August 19 (third Saturday) to February 28 (29) |
| 11. Omsk region | from August 26 (fourth Saturday) to November 15 | from August 26 (fourth Saturday) to February 28 (29) (grouse, hazel grouse) |
| 12. Tomsk region | from August 26 (fourth Saturday) to November 15 | from September 15 to February 28 (29) |
Ural Federal District - autumn hunting dates |
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| List of subjects included in the district: | Dates of autumn hunting for waterfowl, swamp-meadow, field, steppe game | Dates of autumn hunting for upland game |
| 1. Kurgan region | from August 12 (second Saturday) to December 31 | from August 19 (third Saturday) to December 31 |
| 2. Sverdlovsk region | from August 19 (third Saturday) to December 31 | from August 19 (third Saturday) to December 31 |
| 3. Tyumen region | from August 19 (third Saturday) to December 31 | from August 19 (third Saturday) to December 31 |
| 4. Chelyabinsk region | from August 19 (third Saturday) to December 31 | from August 19 (third Saturday) to December 31 |
| 5. Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug - Ugra | from August 19 (third Saturday) to December 31 | from August 19 (third Saturday) to February 28 (29) |
| 6. Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug | from August 12 (second Saturday) to December 31 | from August 19 (third Saturday) to February 28 (29) |
Volga Federal District - autumn hunting dates |
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| List of subjects included in the district: | Dates of autumn hunting for waterfowl, swamp-meadow, field, steppe game | Dates of autumn hunting for upland game |
| 1. | from August 19 (third Saturday) to December 31 | |
| 11. Perm region | from August 19 (third Saturday) to November 15 | from August 19 (third Saturday) to December 31 |
| 12. Samara region | from August 19 (third Saturday) to November 15 | from August 19 (third Saturday) to December 31 |
| 13. Saratov region | from August 19 (third Saturday) to December 31 | from August 19 (third Saturday) to December 31 |
| 14. Ulyanovsk region | from August 19 (third Saturday) to November 15 | from August 19 (third Saturday) to December 31 |
North Caucasus Federal District - autumn hunting dates |
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| List of subjects included in the district: | Dates of autumn hunting for waterfowl, swamp-meadow, field, steppe game | Dates of autumn hunting for upland game |
| 1. Republic of Dagestan | from August 19 (third Saturday) to December 31 | from August 19 (third Saturday) to December 31 |
| 2. Republic of Ingushetia | from August 12 (second Saturday) to December 31 | from August 19 (third Saturday) to December 31 |
| 3. Kabardino-Balkarian Republic | from August 12 (second Saturday) to December 31 | from August 19 (third Saturday) to December 31 |
| 4. Karachay-Cherkess Republic | from August 12 (second Saturday) to December 31 | from August 19 (third Saturday) to December 31 |
| 5. Republic of North Ossetia - Alania | from August 19 (third Saturday) to December 31 | from August 19 (third Saturday) to December 31 |
| 6. Chechen Republic | from August 12 (second Saturday) to December 31 | from August 19 (third Saturday) to December 31 |
| 7. | from August 12 (second Saturday) to December 31 | from August 19 (third Saturday) to December 31 |
Hunting season regulations – prerequisite to maintain the population of animals and birds in the regions of Russia. Violation of it entails heavy fines, including loss of license and confiscation of weapons. Therefore, it is necessary to find out in advance when you can hunt in the fall of 2018. But first you need to define the basic concepts.
Hunting seasons
Experienced hunters plan game trips 3-4 months before official permission. Information about this is posted on the Internet resources of the branches of the Ministry of Natural Resources. The maximum permissible volume of production for each type of animal and the cost of a license for the production of limited game are also determined there.
It is important for a hunter to know the following features for the autumn hunting season:
- Duration: from mid-August to November inclusive.
- Temporary division according to certain types of animals. Mandatory compliance with acceptable production standards.
- Timely payment of licenses for limited species of animals. Its size varies from 2,000 rubles (young wild boar) to 50 thousand rubles (male moose “at roar”).
The rules of the autumn hunting season are determined in each region separately, but taking into account current legislation. In some cases, the timing or amount of allowable harvest may be increased to control the population.
Hunter's calendar
For each type of animal or bird you need to prepare the appropriate equipment. The size, permissible degree of damage, and the volume of future production (number of units) are taken into account. For beginners, this is the main problem - improper preparation for the autumn season will cause failure.
You need to decide in advance on the type of production:
- Geese and ducks, upland bird. It can be hunted from August 20 to November 15.
- Badger. Time is limited from August 15 to October 31. Hunting may be prohibited in some regions.
- Wolf, fox, white hare. You can access them from September 15 to the end of February. For wolves, by special order, the season can be extended.
- Boars. From June 1 to the end of December. The exception is females with offspring and young of the year. For them, the season opens on October 1.
- Field game and swamp-meadow game. Hunting with a gun dog is permitted from August 5 to mid-November.
These are approximate dates exact time Please check with your local Ministry of Natural Resources office. There you can also find out the permitted hunting areas.
August
Best time for sport hunting with a gun dog. Peculiarities - good orientation in the area is required, you need to walk a lot, know the habits of the bird. Special requirements for shooting skill. By the end of the season, the birds become extremely timid and leave their homes at the slightest danger.
An alternative to a gun dog is to “trample” the bird. However, this method is ineffective in terms of production volume and is used only in sporting purposes. It is not suitable for a beginner.
September
Beginning of hunting upland bird species: capercaillie, black grouse. The best time is mid-September. At this time, the birds are not yet so shy, they readily respond to bait, and rarely change their roosting and feeding places. Shooting hazel grouse is also possible, although experienced hunters prefer larger trophies.
At the same time, the hare hunt begins. In popularity it is comparable only to duck. The place of fishing is fields or an area near a forest. Due to the specific behavior and color, finding a hare in dense thicket is problematic.
October
The most desirable season for many hunters is beginning - bear hunts are allowed. Best method- arrangement of a warehouse. You must first purchase a license. Requirements – correct calculation of the cartridge (), selection of the optimal location. Bears are sensitive to foreign odors and are very careful.
The permitted shooting of large animals also begins: wild boar, elk, deer. It is important to comply with the current regulations and follow the rules. Thus, it is strictly prohibited to kill a female bear that has cubs.
November
In the final month of the autumn hunting season, round-up hunting of ungulates - elk, roe deer, wild boar - will gain popularity. This is done when forming a snow cover for orientation around the area. It is important to prevent the appearance of a wounded animal that would escape from the hunters. In the future, such an animal, especially a bear or wild boar, will become a serious danger to people.
The video shows an example of proper game harvesting in compliance with hunting deadlines. In 2018, it is recommended to follow the same rules.
