New season
Some hunting associations of the Veneto they submitted their observations on the draft hunting calendar 2025-2026 presented by the Region: in detail, these are Libera Caccia, Enalcaccia, Arci Caccia, ANUUMigratoristi, EPS, Caccia, Pesca e Ambiente and FIDC.
Hunting Seasons
Thrush, redwing and fieldfare: move the closure to January 31st, the KC has been updated and the redwing and the fieldfare from GEN2 to GEN3 and the song thrush from GEN.1 to GEN.2 and therefore with the overlapping decade and for the principle of staggering the hunting opening/closing dates for groups of similar species as per chap.2.6 of the Interpretative Guide it is possible to close the hunting of these thrushes on January 31st, from this year the opinion of the CTFVN is in favour of the application of this decade without any study to
Woodcock: move closure to January 31. Data and publications are available for the species in addition to the KC 2021 (Commission text) which demonstrate unequivocally that migration occurs in February and not in January. Data are also available for woodcocks tagged with a satellite transmitter in Veneto in 2025, which to date have not started prenuptial migration.
Moretta: move closure to January 31st. The species has KC in February so the early closure foreseen in the draft on January 19th is not correct and conflicts with paragraph 2.6 of the EU Guide which provides for uniform closures for groups of species. The ISPRA opinion on the species is not binding and the Veneto Region is applying most of its points;
therefore, it is not necessary to anticipate the closure. It is recalled that in Emilia-Romagna, Piedmont, and in various Italian regions the closure has been set for January 31 and has not been suspended by the TAR.
Quail: move closure to November 30. There is no reason to anticipate the closure of a species that has increased its permanence in autumn due to climate warming and meets the needs of hunters with pointing dogs. The quail is also subject to a seasonal limit so protection is ensured by this.
Pre-opening
Wood pigeon: the closing date on the proposal in January is incorrect. It is proposed to postpone the pre-opening to September 7, allowing the fixed days 7, 10, 13 and 14. In this way, as applied last season, the closing in January can be brought forward by only 10 days, which would therefore be set on the 20th. As for the pre-opening bag, bring it up to 25 animals and plan for the month of September and January to hunt in a wandering form. The best solution, while maintaining the pre-opening, would be to be able to keep it open from the third Sunday of September to January 31, justifying the fact that the species is not in difficulty and considering that in the bordering region they have also planned a specific control plan. Another alternative could also be to suspend for ten days at the beginning of December as already done in the past and as other regions did last season. Furthermore, to plan the bag at 25 animals for the pre-opening days.
Jay, magpie, grey crow and carrion crow: Plan the pre-opening with the same dates as the wood pigeon and the same methods for the closing.
Withdrawal limits
Limits have been introduced that were not present last season, many of which are inexplicable and unacceptable.
Teal and other aquatic species except those subject to a national management plan: the limit of 10 heads is not understandable given that these are species in a favourable state of conservation at regional, national and international level. The limit should be raised to 25 heads, which obviously cannot be exceeded if counted with other aquatic birds.
Hooded crow, black crow, magpie, jay and fox: the seasonal limits of 35 heads for very abundant species, increasing and belonging to opportunistic predators, are not understood. We wonder if this is a mistake and that in reality a daily limit of all heads of the 5 species is intended, also because the daily limit is missing from the table. If this is not the case, we ask that the seasonal limit be eliminated.
Huntable species
Ruff: the species was analyzed by the Scientific Consortium of the Task Force for Recovery of Birds in 2024, together with numerous other species to assess the sustainability of hunting. After this evaluation, carried out "by traffic light", the conclusion, validated in the NADEG Committee, is that the quail, the wigeon and the pochard will be subjected to an adaptive hunting plan in the future. On the contrary, for many species, including the Ruff, the result is "green light", meaning that hunting in the European Union is sustainable. There are therefore no reasons to prohibit hunting of the species. Limits can be established, for example, hunting only from a hide with 5 birds per day and 15 per year.
Lapwing: the Management Plan for this species is currently being discussed at the State-Regions Conference; therefore, it is possible that it will be approved before the start of the hunting season. For this reason, we ask that the species be included with the specification that it will be hunted if the plan is approved and that hunting activity will be regulated according to what is established by the plan.
Red-legged Partridge: Red-legged Partridge: we ask that it be included as a huntable species and, to address the observations of ISPRA, to limit its reintroduction to territories with an altitude lower than 600 metres above sea level and in any case outside the Alpine Faunistic Zone.
Hunting for ungulates:
Inclusion of wild boar in the hunting of ungulates authorized and regulated by the Organizational Unit for the coordination and management of fish and wildlife hunting. Regulations to be agreed upon to balance collective and individual hunting.
The management, for hunting purposes, of the wild boar species (Sus scrofa) is regulated by DGRn.2088 of 3.8.2010 and subsequent amendments and additions, throughout the regional territory where present.
NB the hunting associations Arcicaccia and Enalcaccia are against the early opening of the Wood Pigeon
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