Birds
In Estonia, 32 different bird species may be hunted. Spring bird hunting is prohibited. According to hunting rules, birds may be hunted during the following periods:
- A calling
hunt, hunting from hides or a stalking hunt is allowed for wood pigeon from 1
August until 31 October.
- Search
hunt, hunting from hides or a stalking hunt and hunting with FCI Group 7 or 8 hunting
dogs (hounds, retrievers or spaniels) are allowed for woodcock from 1 August
until 30 November.
- Partridge may be search-hunted with FCI
Group 7 or 8 hunting dogs (hounds, retrievers or spaniels) from 1 September
until 31 October.
- Search
hunt, hunting from hides or a stalking hunt or hunting with a hunting dog,
except for FCI Group 6 hunting dogs (bloodhound), are permitted for pheasant
from 1 October until 28 (29) February.
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Hunting from hides or a stalking hunt can be used for
rook and fieldfare outside the nesting period (from 1 August until 31 March)
for damage prevention purposes.
- A calling
hunt, stalking hunt or hunting from hide and hunting with a crow weir are allowed
for hooded crow and rock dove from 1 July until 31 March.
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Hunting
from hides, a stalking hunt or a calling hunt and hunting with a hunting dog,
except for an FCI Group 6 hunting dog (hound), are allowed for grey goose, bean
goose, white-fronted goose, Canada goose and barnacle goose from 20 September
until 30 November, including for barnacle goose for damage prevention purposes
in regions where they have caused agricultural damage.
- A calling hunt, hunting from hides or a stalking hunt and hunting with a hunting dog, (except for an FCI Group 6 hunting dog (hound) are allowed for ducks (Eurasian widgeon, gadwall, Eurasian teal, mallard, Northern pintail, garganey, Northern shoveler, common pochard, tufted duck, eider, clangula, scoter and goldeneye), coot or fulica, seagulls (laughing gull, seamew, herring gull and black-backed gull), snipe and hazel grouse; and for the purpose of regulating their numbers, seagulls may be hunted with a box trap or a crow net from 20 August until 31 October. At sea, on the Narva Reservoir, Võrtsjärv, Lake Peipus and Pihkva ducks, seagulls, snipe, and coot can be hunted from 20 August until 30 November.
