Schwyz: the cantonal system (licence-based hunting)
Schwyz practises licence-based hunting, within the federal framework shared by Switzerland's 26 cantons.
Schwyz practises licence-based hunting (patent system): each hunter individually acquires an authorisation, for a duration and species defined by cantonal regulation, within the framework set by the Federal Act on Hunting (LChP/JSG) and its implementing ordinance (OChP/JSV). The competent cantonal service, the Amt für Wald und Natur, is listed in the directory of the Conference of Heads of Environmental Protection Services (KVU), which records the hunting authority of each of Switzerland's 26 cantons. The precise conditions in this canton — proficiency examination, periods, quiet zones, reserve maps — remain to be catalogued in detail on the cantonal portal. They must be verified directly with the service before any application.