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A certificate valid ten years, from age sixteen

The hunting certificate attests the ability to hunt; it lasts ten years and is issued from sixteen after training and a theory exam.

The hunting certificate is the document certifying a natural person's ability to hunt. It may be issued to someone who is at least sixteen, has undergone training in the field of hunting and has passed a hunting theory examination. The act provides a useful variant: if an applicant does not wish to use hunting firearms, a corresponding notation is made on the certificate and no shooting test is required. The certificate is valid for ten years. It is not issued to a person deprived of hunting rights as punishment while the record of that punishment has not been expunged, nor to someone who does not meet the training and examination conditions. Validity may be suspended for up to three years, notably where a decision depriving the holder of hunting rights takes effect or where they have been punished for one of the offences the act lists; the certificate must then be handed to the issuing authority. It is revoked if obtained by fraudulent means or issued on the basis of a falsified or false document.

Regulations

Estonia: 5,000 hectares for a big-game district

A district created for big-game hunting has at least 5,000 hectares of hunting ground within a closed boundary.

The Estonian Hunting Act provides for the creation and use of hunting districts, the monitoring of wild game, harvest quotas and structure, the documents certifying hunting rights, compensation for game damage, state supervision and liability. A hunting ground is defined as an area suitable for wild game to live freely and used for hunting purposes; areas designated by plans within cities, towns and small towns are among those excluded. A hunting district, in turn, is created for big-game hunting: its hunting ground area within a circular boundary is at least five thousand hectares. The act divides game into big and small for the purposes of protection and control. Big game comprises moose, red deer, roe deer, wild boar, brown bear, wolf, lynx and grey seal. The list of small game sits in the hunting rules established by the Minister of the Environment. The landowner holds rights of their own in hunting, to the extent and under the procedure the act provides. The English version published in the Riigi Teataja is a translation: only the Estonian text has legal force.

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