St. Gallen: the cantonal system (lease-based hunting)
St. Gallen practises lease-based hunting, within the federal framework shared by Switzerland's 26 cantons.
St. Gallen practises lease-based hunting (Revier system): hunting territories are allocated by lease to hunting associations, whose members then exercise the hunting right on the leased area, 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 Natur, Jagd und Fischerei, 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 — territories, proficiency examination, periods, role of game wardens — remain to be catalogued in detail on the cantonal portal. They must be verified directly with the service before any application.