Hunting calendar

Familiarise yourself with the hunting calendar, to be sure which game you are allowed to hunt now. Hunting season starts in Estonia on 1 March and lasts until the last day of February.

See also detailed suggestion in the game menu.

  • European hare or white hare – from 1 October until the end of the hunting year
  • Wolf –  from 1 November until the end of the hunting year (in Saare and Hiiu Counties from 1 October until 31 March)
  • Lynx – from 1 December until the end of the hunting year (except a mother with cubs)
  • Beaver – from 1 August until 15 April
  • Bear – from 1 August until 31 October (except a mother with cubs)
  • Raccoon – all year round
  • Roe deer – from 1 June until 31 December; roe deer and fawns from 1 September until 31 December
  • Boar – all year round (of which sow with piglets from 1 October until the end of the hunting year), driven hunt from 1 October until the end of the hunting year
  • Mink – all year round
  • Badger – from 1 September until the end of the hunting year
  • Martes – from 1 November until 31 March
  • Muskrat – from 1 October until the end of the hunting year
  • Red deer – from 1 September until 31 January
  • Moose – from 15 September until 15 December (15-30 September male only)
  • Fox – from 1 August until 31 March
  • Fitch – from 1 November until 31 March
  • Wild boar – all year round; with a hunting dog from 1 October until 31 March.
  • Anseriformes – from 20 September until 30 November.