Four conditions, and six guest days a year
18 years old, aptitude certificate, insurance and periodic proof of marksmanship; a guest may hunt six days per calendar year.
Article 33 of the St Gallen act sets four cumulative conditions: being at least 18, holding the aptitude certificate, being insured for hunting, and having provided the periodic proof of marksmanship. The aptitude certificate is obtained by passing the hunting exam (art. 30). The government governs the exam by ordinance, the department appoints an examining board, and it may recognise other hunting exams in whole or in part and conclude reciprocity agreements. Where there is substantial doubt about a person's fitness to hunt, the competent office may order the exam to be repeated in full or in part. Article 34 sets out two exceptions to the certificate requirement: the trainee hunter, for two consecutive years from passing the shooting tests, and the guest, for at most six days per calendar year. Insurance follows federal law and is checked by the hunting society. Exclusion from hunting follows by operation of law after certain criminal convictions, or where the hunting firearm has been seized on a ground of impediment under the federal weapons act.