The digital card represents a great innovation for the management and for the knowledge by the Region, in real time, of the extent of sampling on each species. There The Tuscan Regional Authority it is the first in Italy to have applied this new possibility. From this hunting season its use in some cases becomes mandatory. There TosCaccia app (downloadable for free from the stores for Android, iOS and Harmony devices) if used, it replaces the paper Regional Hunting Card, for the annotation of hunting days, of the areas used, of the animals killed as well as for the registration procedures of hunting mobility. The use of the App, like the paper regional card, is valid throughout the national territory. However, the use of TosCaccia is not mandatory, except in some cases listed below for the hunting season 2022/23. In relation to what is indicated regarding the use of the TosCaccia App (digital hunting card) in Regional Hunting Calendar 2022/2023, approved with Regional Council Resolution 815/2022, and to the procedure for the issue / withdrawal of the hunting card and yellow attachment to the hunting license, the following is noted:
hunters who used the Toscaccia App in the past 2021/2022 hunting season and had not collected their paper card in August 2021, can continue to use the App for the 2022/2023 hunting season, starting from pre-opening, without the need to go to the Municipality to collect the paper;
hunters who used the Toscaccia App in the past hunting season 2021/2022, but who had withdrawn their paper card in August 2021, they are not required to return it to the Municipality and consequently they can continue to use the App for the 2022/2023 hunting season, starting from pre-opening.
By "use" in the past hunting season (2021/2022) we mean having entered all the annotations on the App at least starting from 01 October 2021.
These hunters are not required to collect the paper hunting card for the next 2022/2023 season;
hunters who intend to start using the App starting from the 2022/2023 hunting season, must download the App and register by entering your hunter code, tax code and mobile phone number. It is not necessary to put the "card number" or use the QR code on the paper card, so it is not necessary to collect the new paper hunting card. However, these hunters must return the hunting card of the past season 2021/2022 if they have used it.
Newly qualified hunters (new hunters) who intend to start using the App starting from the 2022/2023 hunting season, must go to the City of residence to receive the hunter code and the yellow attachment, upon showing the new hunting license. They will then have to contact the support service to activate the digital card (http://supporto.toscaccia.it/supporto)
Hunters who will collect the paper hunting card for the 2022/2023 hunting season (withdrawal deadline 31 August 2022) have until 17 September 2022 to switch to the digital hunting card. They can register either through the QR code on the paper hunting card or by entering their hunter code, social security number and mobile phone number.. If the card is not pre-filled (blank), they can contact the support service for the activation of the digital card (http://supporto.toscaccia.it/supporto)
Those who use the Card App, in accordance with Article 61 of Regional Law 3/94, must in any case collect the yellow attachment to the hunting license at each renewal of the same from the Municipality of residence. The Municipality will have to report on the new yellow attachment the notes on the old attachment, and comply with the provisions of article 61 of Regional Law 3/94, to the extent of its competence. In this case it will not be necessary to go to the Municipality annually to update the yellow attachment.
Finally, please note that at the time of the first activation, photographic images of the payments will be requested government grant tax and the regional concession fee, following the indications of the App being updated.
At the moment it is possible to install and activate the “TosCaccia” App currently referring to the 2021/2022 hunting season. The update to the next 2022/2023 hunting season will take place automatically by simply opening the App as soon as it is available, in any case by August 30th. To update the App, simply re-enter (every year) the photographic images of the payments of the government concession fee and the regional concession fee, and the mobile phone number (source: The Tuscan Regional Authority).