Open Season --G.B.--

British Open Seasons for Game Shooting & Stalking

 

INFORMATION CORRECT AT TIME OF PUBLICATION - 1998

Large Game (England & Wales)

Red deer stag; Fallow deer buck; Sika deer stag: August 1st - April 30th.

Roe deer buck: April 1st - October 31st.

Red deer hind; Fallow deer doe; Sika deer hind: November 1st - February 28th. Roe deer doe also November 1st - February 28th

Muntjac; Chinese Water deer; Wild Reindeer: no closed season.

Feral Goat; Feral sheep (Soay); Feral Pig ("Iron age") or Wild Boar: no closed season.

Large Game (Scotland)

Red deer stag; Sika deer stag: July 1st - October 20th.

Fallow deer buck: August 1st - April 30th.

Roe deer buck: April 1st - October 20th.

Red deer hind; Sika deer hind; Fallow deer doe: October 21st - February 15th.

Roe deer doe: October 21st - March 31st.

Feral Goat; Feral sheep (Soay); Feral Pig ("Iron age") or Wild Boar: no closed season.

Feathered Game (England, Wales & Scotland)

Grouse; Ptarmigan; Blackgame: August 12th - December 10th.

Grey Partridge & Red legged Partridge: September 1st - February 1st.

Pheasant: October 1st - February 1st.

Coot; Moorhen; Golden Plover: September 1st - January 31st.

Woodcock (Scotland): September1st - January 31st.

Woodcock (England & Wales): October 1st -January 31st.

Common Snipe: August 12th - January 31st.

Capercaillie: October 1st - January 31st

Water Fowl

Duck & Goose (Inland): September 1st - January 31st.

Duck & Goose (Foreshore): September 1st - February 20th.

Ducks: Mallard, Teal, Wigeon, Pintail, Tufted, Gadwell, Goldeneye, Pochard, Shoveler.

Geese: Greylag, Pink-footed, Canada Goose. White fronted in England & Wales only.

Small Game

Brown Hare; Mountain or blue Hare: no closed season.

Fox & Mink: no closed season.

 

INFORMATION CORRECT AT TIME OF PUBLICATION - 1998

 

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