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Permits

The lovecký lístek, and an open door for the visiting hunter

Three licence types exist; for a foreigner, a valid foreign hunting document counts as the Czech exam.

The hunting licence (lovecký lístek) is issued by the myslivost administration of the district where the applicant has permanent residence. For foreigners and for Czech citizens without permanent residence in Czechia, it is issued by the administration of the district where they are staying. The act recognises three types: for Czech citizens, for pupils and students of schools where myslivost is a course of study or a compulsory subject, and for foreigners. The licence goes only to someone who shows they are over sixteen, have legal capacity, have passed the myslivost examination — or the corresponding university examination, or are a pupil, student or graduate of a school teaching myslivost — and are of good standing. The clause that matters to a hunter coming from Switzerland is a short one: for a foreigner, a valid document issued abroad entitling the holder to hunt counts as proof of having passed the myslivost examination. The act further requires a valid firearms authorisation and insurance.

Regulations

Czechia: 500 hectares minimum for a hunting territory

The act on myslivost sets a hunting territory’s minimum area at 500 hectares, and 50 hectares for an enclosure.

The Czech act of 27 November 2001 on myslivost (zákon č. 449/2001 Sb.) covers wide ground: rearing and conserving the game species living wild in Czechia, the exceptional keeping of game in captivity, import and export of live game, the formation and use of hunting territories, the status of hunting associations, the protection of myslivost, population regulation, the conduct of hunting and compensation for game damage. Section 17(7) sets the area rule: the minimum area is 50 hectares for an enclosure (obora) and 500 hectares for other hunting territories. The act also requires avoiding spur-shaped outlines and boundaries that would follow the line between farmland and forest; to that end the administration exchanges or attaches parcels. Supervision follows the same measure: the territory's user must propose to the administration the appointment of one hunting warden (myslivecká stráž) for every started 500 hectares.

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