The hunting law determines a hunting period for each specie of game animals. The hunting calendar for game animals was created to ensure protection of animals, to counteract poaching and decreasing the population of wild animals in Poland.
After changes as of August 1st, 2017:
1. Hunting period for game animals:
| Red deer | male | from August 21 until the end of February |
| female | from September 1st until January 15th | |
| calves | from September 1st until the end of February | |
| Sika deer | Male, female, calves | from October 1st until January 15th |
| Fallow deer | male | from September 1st until the end of February |
| female | from September 1st until January 15th | |
| calves | from September 1st until the end of February | |
| Roe deer | male | from May 11th until September 30th |
| Female and kids | from October 1st until January 15th | |
| Boar | whole year | |
| Mouflon | male | from October 1st until the end of February |
| female and kids | from October 1st until January 15th | |
| Badger | From September 1st until November 30st, on areas of hunting districts where there is wood grouse or black grouse – whole year | |
| Polecat and marten (pine and stone) | from September 1st until March 31st, on areas of hunting districts where there is wood grouse or black grouse – whole year | |
| Fox | From June 1st until March 31st, on areas of hunting districts where there is wood grouse or black grouse or where in last 2 calendar years settlements of hares, pheasants or partridges were done – whole year | |
| American mink, raccoon dog and common raccoon | whole year | |
| Muskrat | from August 11th until April 15th, on fishing areas of breeding districts – whole year | |
| European hare and wild rabbit | from November 1st until December 31st, by harvesting operation – until January 15th | |
| Pheasant | cock | from October 1st until the end of February |
| hen | Only on areas of breeding animals centers, where the aviary breeding of pheasant is conducted – from October 1st until January 31st | |
| Partridge | From September 11th until October 21st, by harvesting operation – until January 15th | |
| Mallard duck, eurasian teal, pochard and tufted duck | from August 15th until December 21st | |
| Goose | Bean and white-fronted | from September 1st until December 21st, on areas of voivodeships: zachodniopomorskie, lubuskie, wielkopolskie and dolnoslaskie – until January 31st |
| Greylag goose | from September 1st until December 21st, on areas of voivodeships: zachodniopomorskie, lubuskie, wielkopolskie and dolnoslaskie – until January 15th | |
| Eurasian coot | from August 15th until December 21st | |
| Wood pigeon | from August 15th until November 30th | |
| Woodcock | from September 1st until December 21st | |
| Hazel grouse | from September 1st until November 30th | |
| Golden jackal | from August 1st until the end of February, on areas of hunting districts where there is wood grouse or black grouse or where during last 2 calendar years before the day of acceptance of the year hunting schedule for next year settlements of hares, pheasants or partridges were done – whole year (valid since 1.03.2019) |
2. If the beginning of the hunting period is immediately after a non-working day or days, the hunting period starts on the first non-working day.
3. If the end of the hunting period falls on a day before a holiday, the period ends on the last non-working day.
4. When determining the hunting period, it is assumed that a non-working day is Sunday and holidays specified in separate regulations concerning non-working days and Saturdays.
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