Lombardy hunting calendar. The opening for birds (migratory) and small sedentary game will take place on Sunday 18 September. Dog training in the Territorial Areas of Hunting (ATC) and in the Alpine Districts, an area of lesser protection, will be possible from 19 August, while in the Alpine areas of greater protection from 1 September. In the ATCs, hunting for pheasant will close on 31 December 2022, hunting for partridge and red partridge on 30 November 2022. However, please refer to the territorial annexes of each province.
The reductive decree provides for the suspension of the sampling of the wild dove, tufted duck, pochard, fighter and lapwing species. For the Skylark, a withdrawal is foreseen as indicated in the options provided by the 'National Skylark Management Plan':
- hunting from 1 October 2022 to 31 December 2022;
- maximum game bag per hunter equal to 10 daily and 50 seasonal animals;
- killing outside the region of hunting residence must contribute to the total maximum game bag of 50 head foreseen seasonally for a hunter.
For Quail it is possible a maximum collection per hunter equal to 3 daily and 20 seasonal animals in the period between 1st and 31st October 2022. For Snipe, Whisk, Moorhen, Coot, Water Rail, Mallard, Teal, Codon , Wigeon, Shoveler, Marzaiola, Canapiglia is expected to be collected from 18 September 2022 to 19 January 2023; for the Codon species a daily and seasonal game bag not exceeding 5 and 25 head per hunter respectively; for the Blackbird species, the sampling is between 18 September and 31 December 2022, with sampling in September from stalking and a game bag limit of 5 animals per hunter per hunting day.
For the song Thrush species, the sampling is between 18 September and 31 December 2022; for the Redwing and Cesena species between 1 October 2022 and 19 January 2023, while for the Woodcock species from 18 September 2022 to 19 January 2023 (in January 2023, hunting of the species is allowed only in ATCs and only on Saturdays and Sundays, confirming the maximum daily game bag of 2 animals per hunter).
In the decree supplementary days, limited to the form of hunting from fixed stalking migratory birds in the period between 1 October and 30 November 2022, in addition to the three weekly hunting days currently allowed, the following are provided:
- AFCP Bergamo: an additional weekly day, in accordance with Ispra's opinion, for hunting song Thrush, Redwing, Cesena, Blackbird, Wood pigeon, Mallard, Teal, Gadwall, Codone, Wigeon, Garganey, Shoveler, Coot and Gallinella of water;
- AFCP Brescia: an additional weekly day, in compliance with the opinion of Ispra, for the hunting of Song Thrush, Redwing, Cesena, Blackbird, Wood Pigeon, Mallard, Teal, Gadwall, Codone, Wigeon, Garganey, Shoveler, Coot and Gallinella of water;
- AFCP Varese, Como and Lecco
- Lecco only: an additional weekly day, in accordance with Ispra's opinion, for hunting song Thrush, Redwing Thrush, Cesena, Blackbird, Wood Pigeon, Mallard, Teal, Gadwall, Codone, Wigeon, Marzaiola, Shoveler, Coot and Gallinella of water;
- AFCP Varese, Como and Lecco
- Varese and Como only: two supplementary days a week for hunting song Thrush, Redwing, Cesena, Blackbird, Wood pigeon, Mallard, Teal, Gadwall, Codone, Wigeon, Garganey, Shoveler, Coot and Moorhen;
- AFCP Pavia-Lodi
- Pavia only: two supplementary days a week for hunting song Thrush, Redwing, Cesena, Blackbird, Colombaccio, Mallard, Teal, Gadwall, Codone, Wigeon, Garganey, Shoveler, Coot and Moorhen;
- AFCP Val Padana
- Mantua only: two supplementary days a week for hunting song Thrush, Redwing, Cesena, Blackbird, Colombaccio, Mallard, Teal, Gadwall, Codone, Wigeon, Garganey, Shoveler, Coot and Moorhen;
- AFCP Monza and Metropolitan City Service
- Monza only: two supplementary days a week for hunting Song Thrush, Redwing, Cesena, Blackbird, Wood Pigeon, Mallard, Teal, Gadwall, Codone, Wigeon, Garganey, Shoveler, Coot and Moorhen.
For completeness of information, please refer to the complete reading of all the documents that will be published in the Official Bulletin Lombardy region - BURL Ordinary Series n. 24 of June 17, 2022.