Guides
Practical guides to prepare for a hunt or a hunting exam.
Available guides
Getting a Swiss hunting licence
The path to a Swiss hunting licence: training, a cantonal exam, and two authorisation systems depending on the canton.
Preparing for the Swiss hunting exam
The typical subjects of the cantonal hunting exam and each canton's own preparation pathway.
Leasehold or licence hunting: Switzerland's two systems
Switzerland's two cantonal hunting-access systems — individual licence and leased ground — and Geneva's special case.
Hunting safety: essential rules
The universal rules of firearm handling and collective organisation for safe hunting.
Hunting in France from Switzerland
National licence, annual validation and compulsory insurance: what to know before hunting in France (source: OFB).