Ticino: a hunting regulation refreshed every August
The 1990 act and the 2006 implementing regulation frame hunting; the hunting regulation is updated every year in August.
Ticino's foundation rests on two cantonal texts: the act on hunting and the protection of wild mammals and birds of 11 December 1990, and its implementing regulation of 11 July 2006 (RALCC). Three more specific regulations sit alongside: on obtaining the hunting aptitude certificate (13 January 1993), on selective ibex hunting (25 October 2017), and on the periodic shooting-accuracy test for hunters (12 December 2018). The Ticinese peculiarity is the rhythm: the hunting period is set by the hunting regulation, updated every year in August. Each season the canton publishes its “Disposizioni stagione venatoria” and a year-on-year comparison of the RALCC, so that the changes stay legible. The canton distinguishes several hunts: caccia alta, caccia bassa, ibex hunting, late-autumn hunting, winter wild boar hunting and water hunting. An executive decree also sets the hunting reserves (bandite), in the version in force for the 2021-2026 period.