Hunting Act (2013)

The Act determines principles for hunting in Estonia. Specifically, it provides for the creation and use of hunting districts, monitoring of wild game, harvest quotas and structure, hunting means and methods, it determines the documents certifying hunting rights, it provides for the compensation for damage caused by wild game, and the state supervision and damage caused to environment, and liability for violating the law. According to the Act, the requirements of the Act apply to hunting within the boundaries of protected natural objects, unless otherwise provided by the Nature Conservation Act or the protection procedure established on the basis thereof.