General Rules of Hunting
(Source: Vidékfejlesztési Minisztérium Vadgazdálkodási és Halászati Főosztálya)
A hunter may only fire a shot with his/her hunting weapon if he/she has without any doubt recognized the game that he/she has been given permission to take and has made sure that he/she will not cause any bodily harm to anyone nor endanger their possessions with the shot!
1. Hunting weapons, ammunition and devices
- You can only hunt with a licensed hunting weapon with legally approved muzzle energy and cartridges of approved size and type!
- Semiautomatic (self-loading) and automatic pellet guns can only be loaded with three pellets.
- Red deer – min. 2500 Joule rifle
- Fallow deer – min. 2500 Joule rifle
- Mouflon – min. 2500 Joule rifle
- Wild boar – min. 2500 Joule rifle or shotgun (slug)
- Roe deer – min. 1000 Joule rifle
- Hare – 3,0 – 3,5 mm shotgun
- Pheasant – 3,0 – 3,5 mm shotgun
- Mallard – 3,0 – 3,5 mm shotgun
- Wild geese – 3,5 – 4,0 mm shotgun
- Wood pigeon, Eurasian collared dove – 2,1 – 2,5 mm shotgun
2. The following hunting weapons/devices are not allowed
- automatic and self-loading (semi-automatic) bullet rifles,
- firearm silencer,
- electronic optical devices designed to aid game observation at night,
- electronic acoustic devices that mislead the game,
- artificial odor that mislead the game or live bait animals,
- arrows with an explosive or poisoned head,
- arbalests.