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2026-2027 Season
Hunting opening and closing dates for 2026-2027
Wild boar and roe deer open from 1 June 2026, by stalking or from a hide; the general opening is mid-September 2026. Hunting closes on 28 February 2027, and on 31 March 2027 for wild boar. The exact dates depend on your department's prefectoral decree.
Hunting dates by department
Choose your department on the map or in the list to see the opening and closing dates, species by species, according to the prefectoral decree.
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See the full list of departments
- Ain (01)
- Aisne (02)
- Allier (03)
- Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (04)
- Hautes-Alpes (05)
- Alpes-Maritimes (06)
- Ardèche (07)
- Ardennes (08)
- Ariège (09)
- Aube (10)
- Aude (11)
- Aveyron (12)
- Bouches-du-Rhône (13)
- Calvados (14)
- Cantal (15)
- Charente (16)
- Charente-Maritime (17)
- Cher (18)
- Corrèze (19)
- Côte-d'Or (21)
- Côtes-d’Armor (22)
- Creuse (23)
- Dordogne (24)
- Doubs (25)
- Drôme (26)
- Eure (27)
- Eure-et-Loir (28)
- Finistère (29)
- Corse-du-Sud (2A)
- Haute-Corse (2B)
- Gard (30)
- Haute-Garonne (31)
- Gers (32)
- Gironde (33)
- Hérault (34)
- Ille-et-Vilaine (35)
- Indre (36)
- Indre-et-Loire (37)
- Isère (38)
- Jura (39)
- Landes (40)
- Loir-et-Cher (41)
- Loire (42)
- Haute-Loire (43)
- Loire-Atlantique (44)
- Loiret (45)
- Lot (46)
- Lot-et-Garonne (47)
- Lozère (48)
- Maine-et-Loire (49)
- Manche (50)
- Marne (51)
- Haute-Marne (52)
- Mayenne (53)
- Meurthe-et-Moselle (54)
- Meuse (55)
- Morbihan (56)
- Moselle (57)
- Nièvre (58)
- Nord (59)
- Oise (60)
- Orne (61)
- Pas-de-Calais (62)
- Puy-de-Dôme (63)
- Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64)
- Hautes-Pyrénées (65)
- Pyrénées-Orientales (66)
- Bas-Rhin (67)
- Haut-Rhin (68)
- Rhône (69)
- Haute-Saône (70)
- Saône-et-Loire (71)
- Sarthe (72)
- Savoie (73)
- Haute-Savoie (74)
- Seine-Maritime (76)
- Seine-et-Marne (77)
- Yvelines (78)
- Deux-Sèvres (79)
- Somme (80)
- Tarn (81)
- Tarn-et-Garonne (82)
- Var (83)
- Vaucluse (84)
- Vendée (85)
- Vienne (86)
- Haute-Vienne (87)
- Vosges (88)
- Yonne (89)
- Territoire de Belfort (90)
- Essonne (91)
- Hauts-de-Seine (92)
- Seine-Saint-Denis (93)
- Val-de-Marne (94)
- Val-d’Oise (95)
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Frequently asked questions
Frequently asked questions about hunting dates
The general opening is in September 2026, usually around the second or third Sunday of the month. Wild boar and roe deer are an exception: their summer shooting begins from 1 June 2026 in many departments, but only by stalking or from a hide, and under conditions. The exact date depends on your department's prefectoral decree.
The general closing falls on 28 or 29 February 2027 for most species. Wild boar closes later, usually on 31 March 2027. Some waterfowl and migratory species follow their own calendar set at national level.
No. Each prefecture sets its own dates by decree, and the difference from one department to another can reach several weeks for the same species. This is the purpose of this calendar: to find the date that actually applies in your area, not a national average.
The opening and closing decree is published each year in your prefecture's register of administrative acts, and the departmental hunters' federation often shares it too. On every department page in this calendar, we link straight to the signed decree the dates come from.
Yes for red deer, roe deer and mouflon: the harvest is governed by an individual harvest plan that sets a number of tags. Wild boar usually falls under tag management or a management plan depending on the department. Small game is generally not subject to a harvest plan, but may be locally.
Not everywhere. Many decrees impose non-hunting days, most often Friday, sometimes Tuesday, and each hunting association or ACCA can set its own days. Check the permitted days in your department's decree, then with the commune's hunting association.
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