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Permits

The Nidwalden licence: twenty years old, and the rifle zeroed yourself

Five conditions, one of them having zeroed the hunting firearms you intend to use yourself.

Article 7 sets the regime: the right to hunt is granted under the licence system. The licence permits hunting for one season, in the licence category it names; it is personal and non-transferable, and the government may cap the number in light of the hunting plan. Article 9 lists five personal conditions: having turned 20 and having legal capacity; holding an aptitude certificate from a canton or an equivalent foreign one; being insured under federal requirements; having zeroed the hunting firearms to be used oneself; and not being under any hunting ban. The fourth condition is unusual: it is about an act, not a document. The licence is refused notably where, within the last five years, there has been a final conviction for an intentional hunting offence or intentional cruelty to animals, or where in the same period three or more negligent hunting offences or infringements have been established, or mistaken shots recorded.

Regulations

Nidwalden: cantonal regale and annual quotas

The canton holds the regale and plans the hunt; the government sets the annual quotas.

Nidwalden's cantonal hunting act (kJSG, NG 841.1) of 17 January 2007 supplements federal hunting law and governs its implementation. Article 2 assigns the canton, within federal law, the hunting regale and the right of disposal over game; the canton regulates and plans hunting and provides supervision. Planning pursues four aims set out in article 3: sustainable use of huntable wild mammals and birds, regulation of huntable game on biological principles, balance between use and protection of nature through management and hunting activity, and limiting damage to forest and farm crops to a bearable level. The cantonal government is responsible for planning and in particular sets the annual hunting quotas; the office provides the necessary groundwork and hears the forestry and farming interests concerned. The hunting and fisheries division at the Amt für Justiz issues the necessary authorisations and licences and evaluates them each year.

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