{"id":51126,"date":"2025-06-08T12:38:53","date_gmt":"2025-06-08T12:38:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hunting.be\/new-yacht-openings-in-wallonia-what-will-change-from-1-july-2025\/"},"modified":"2025-06-08T12:38:53","modified_gmt":"2025-06-08T12:38:53","slug":"new-yacht-openings-in-wallonia-what-will-change-from-1-july-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hunting.be\/en\/new-yacht-openings-in-wallonia-what-will-change-from-1-july-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"New yacht openings in Wallonia: What will change from 1 July 2025?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"200\" data-end=\"539\">On Thursday 5 June 2025, the Walloon Region approved the new five-yearly hunting decree, which sets out the hunting periods for the next five seasons (2025-2030). This decree, which will soon be officially published, entails some important changes for hunters in Wallonia. <\/p>\n<p data-start=\"541\" data-end=\"599\">Below is an overview of the most important changes:<\/p>\n<hr data-start=\"601\" data-end=\"604\">\n<h4 data-start=\"606\" data-end=\"659\"><strong data-start=\"611\" data-end=\"659\">1. Longer hunt for big game in drive hunting<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p data-start=\"660\" data-end=\"883\">Driven hunting of big game is now allowed until <strong data-start=\"727\" data-end=\"741\">31 January<\/strong>, with the exception of <strong data-start=\"764\" data-end=\"783\">roe deer <\/strong>and <strong>male deer<\/strong>, for which the closing date remains at <strong data-start=\"860\" data-end=\"875\">31 December<\/strong> .<\/p>\n<hr data-start=\"885\" data-end=\"888\">\n<h4 data-start=\"890\" data-end=\"930\"><strong data-start=\"895\" data-end=\"930\">2. Hunting roebucks<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p data-start=\"931\" data-end=\"1024\">The sit-down hunt and bear hunt for roebucks are open 2 times a month.<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"1025\" data-end=\"1088\">\n<li data-start=\"1025\" data-end=\"1054\">\n<p data-start=\"1027\" data-end=\"1054\">From <strong data-start=\"1031\" data-end=\"1054\">April 15 to May 15<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1055\" data-end=\"1088\">\n<p data-start=\"1057\" data-end=\"1088\">From <strong data-start=\"1061\" data-end=\"1088\">July 15 to August 15<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr data-start=\"1206\" data-end=\"1209\">\n<h4 data-start=\"1211\" data-end=\"1253\"><strong data-start=\"1216\" data-end=\"1253\">3. Gray partridge  <\/strong><\/h4>\n<p data-start=\"1254\" data-end=\"1490\">Partridge hunting is allowed from <strong data-start=\"1305\" data-end=\"1337\">20 September to 15 November<\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"1339\" data-end=\"1387\">subject to an approved management plan<\/strong>. The exact conditions for this will still be laid down in an additional ministerial decree. <\/p>\n<hr data-start=\"1492\" data-end=\"1495\">\n<h4 data-start=\"1497\" data-end=\"1536\"><strong data-start=\"1502\" data-end=\"1536\">4. Woodcock  <\/strong><\/h4>\n<p data-start=\"1537\" data-end=\"1699\">The total duration of the hunting period is maintained, but the <strong data-start=\"1597\" data-end=\"1623\">dates are shifted<\/strong>. From now on, woodcock can be hunted from <strong data-start=\"1669\" data-end=\"1698\">November 1 to January 15<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<hr data-start=\"1701\" data-end=\"1704\">\n<h4 data-start=\"1706\" data-end=\"1740\"><strong data-start=\"1711\" data-end=\"1740\">5. Mallard and Wood Pigeon<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p data-start=\"1741\" data-end=\"1934\">To this end, the Walloon government has based itself on the European directives on the period of dependence of young animals. This results in adjusted start dates: <\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"1936\" data-end=\"2065\">\n<li data-start=\"1936\" data-end=\"1999\">\n<p data-start=\"1938\" data-end=\"1999\"><strong data-start=\"1938\" data-end=\"1970\">Mallard :<\/strong> September 1 to January 15<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2000\" data-end=\"2065\">\n<p data-start=\"2002\" data-end=\"2065\"><strong data-start=\"2002\" data-end=\"2031\">Wood pigeon :<\/strong> 20 October to 29 February<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr data-start=\"2067\" data-end=\"2070\">\n<h4 data-start=\"2072\" data-end=\"2099\"><strong data-start=\"2077\" data-end=\"2099\">6. Hunting rabbit<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p data-start=\"2100\" data-end=\"2173\">The hunt for the rabbit remains the same: from <strong data-start=\"2144\" data-end=\"2172\">October 1 to January 31<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<hr data-start=\"2175\" data-end=\"2178\">\n<h4 data-start=\"2180\" data-end=\"2238\"><strong data-start=\"2185\" data-end=\"2238\">7. Exception for 2025: hunting ban at the beginning of July<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p data-start=\"2239\" data-end=\"2713\">Due to the late approval of the hunting decree, one is obliged to respect a publication period of at least 30 days. This means that<strong data-start=\"2392\" data-end=\"2439\"> hunting in the new season can only start on 15 July<\/strong> \u2013 even for species whose hunting is normally allowed all year round, such as <strong>wild boar and fox<\/strong>.<br data-start=\"2541\" data-end=\"2544\">Please note: this temporary ban <strong data-start=\"2580\" data-end=\"2614\">only applies to the year 2025<\/strong>. Applications for <strong>control<\/strong> (for example on wild boar) remain possible during this period.  <\/p>\n<hr data-start=\"2715\" data-end=\"2718\">\n<h3 data-start=\"2720\" data-end=\"2744\"><strong data-start=\"2724\" data-end=\"2744\">More information?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"2745\" data-end=\"2985\">The complete hunting decree will soon be available on <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.chasse.be\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\" data-start=\"2807\" data-end=\"2844\">www.chasse.be<\/a>. In addition, the RSHCB is publishing a special edition of the journal <em data-start=\"2912\" data-end=\"2929\">Chasse &amp; Nature<\/em> with an extensive analysis of these changes. <\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2987\" data-end=\"3223\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chasse.be\/news\/l-agw-quinquennal-d-ouverture-2025-2030.html\">https:\/\/www.chasse.be\/news\/l-agw-quinquennal-d-ouverture-2025-2030.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2987\" data-end=\"3223\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday 5 June 2025, the Walloon Region approved the new five-yearly hunting decree, which sets out the hunting periods for the next five seasons&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":51127,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[779],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wallonia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>New yacht openings in Wallonia: What will change from 1 July 2025? 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