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Permits

The Graubünden licence: the cantonal exam is compulsory

Only the Graubünden aptitude exam opens the licence; exams from other cantons do not replace it.

Article 5 KJG lists the conditions for obtaining the licence. It goes to whoever turns 19 during the calendar year and is capable of judgement, can show they passed the Graubünden aptitude exam (bündnerische Eignungsprüfung), holds third-party liability insurance meeting federal requirements, and gives no ground for exclusion from hunting or refusal of the licence. The second condition is the binding one: the Graubünden exam is required, not any Swiss exam. Ibex hunting adds a seniority requirement — five years of the Graubünden Hochjagd before you may even apply. The guest card (Gästekarte, art. 5a) is the one route open to an outside hunter: it lets you join a Graubünden hunter for one day of the Hochjagd, from the third day of the hunt onward, provided you have passed a hunting exam recognised in Switzerland. Any game taken counts against the host's quota, and a hunter may draw no more than two cards.

Seasons

The Graubünden dates for the 2026 season

High hunt in two September blocks, low hunt in October and November, pass hunt until the end of February.

For the 2026 season the Amt für Jagd und Fischerei publishes the following periods. The Hochjagd runs in two blocks: 3 to 13 September 2026, then 21 to 30 September 2026. The Niederjagd runs from 1 October to 30 November 2026. The Passjagd runs from 1 November 2026 to 28 February 2027. The Steinwildjagd is open from 5 October to 8 November 2026, capped at twenty days per hunter. The Sonderjagd on red deer and roe deer depends on the region: it falls between 31 October and 20 December 2026, with a maximum of ten half-days per area. Licences go on sale from 15 August at the “sinergia” administrative building in Chur and at the issuing points in the hunting districts. You must bring valid identification, the hunting booklet, proof of third-party liability insurance and confirmation that the compulsory shooting test has been completed.

Regulations

Graubünden: licence hunting, four forms of hunt

The cantonal hunting act grants the right to hunt under the licence system and distinguishes four forms of hunting.

Hunting in Graubünden rests on the cantonal hunting act (Kantonales Jagdgesetz, KJG, BR 740.000) of 4 June 1989, accepted by popular vote on 4 June 1989 and revised several times since. Its first article states that the hunting regale belongs to the canton, which regulates and plans hunting. Article 3 sets the regime in one sentence: the right to hunt is granted under the licence system. There are therefore no territories leased to hunting societies as in the lowland cantons: the hunter buys a licence valid, in principle, across the whole canton. Article 4 distinguishes four forms of hunting: the Hochjagd (high hunt), the Steinwildjagd (ibex hunt), the Niederjagd (low hunt) and the Passjagd (pass hunt). A hunter may practise only one form at a time, and the licence is personal and non-transferable.

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