The annual shooting proof, a condition for hunting
Every licence holder must show their marksmanship each year: four rounds in the black at 100 metres, plus the shot programme.
In Zurich marksmanship is not left to each hunter's discretion: licence holders must prove their shooting ability every year in order to be allowed to hunt. That is the Treffsicherheitsnachweis. The canton publishes what it involves: besides the “shot programme”, four rounds in series must land in the black on the 100-metre bullet range. Hunters also take voluntary training to sharpen their shooting. Hunting shooting needs purpose-built ranges. Between Bülach and Eglisau a large, modern hunting and sport shooting facility has been built in recent years; it has been open to hunters and to shooters from various disciplines since early July 2023.