Amur Region is a perfect destination for hunting. The woods are home to the boar, elk, bear and wolf. The list of birds includes the goose, duck and capercaillie.
Water and swampy meadow fowlWhere:Mikhaylovka, Tanbovka, Ivanovka, Blagoveshchensk and Konstantinovka Districts
When:from the fourth Saturday of August to 15 October, it is allowed to hunt steppe and field game (except for pheasant), swampy meadow and waterfowl. The hazel grouse can be hunted from 15 September to 31 December, the pheasant, from 15 October to 31 December.
Roe deerWhere: Mazanovo, Shimanovsk, Arkhara and Zeya Districts
When:the Siberian roe deer can be hunted from 1 November to 31 December.
Attention!Any type of Siberian roe deer hunting is forbidden for two years from 1 August 2018 to 1 August 2020.
Where: Zeya, Shimanovsk, Mazanovo, Svobodnyy and Bureya Districts
When: in generally available hunting areas, boar hunting is allowed from 15 October to 15 January. In the first two weeks of the new year, it is forbidden to hunt in parties, one can shoot a wild piglet only individually. In the territories of hunting providers, boar hunting is allowed from 1 August to 15 January. Before 15 October and in the first two weeks of the new year, a wild boar can be shut only from a hunting tower and in the presence of a gamekeeper.
Where: Mazanovo, Zeya, Tynda and Skovorodino Districts
When: The elk and red deer (Manchurian wapiti) can be hunted from 15 October to 31 December.
Where: Mazanovo, Zeya, Tynda and Skovorodino Districts
When: The bear can be hunted from 21 March to 10 June and from 1 August to 30 November.
Where and when:during 10 calendar days in the period from the third Saturday of April, it is allowed to hunt the goose in Arkhara, Belogorsk, Blagoveshchensk, Bureya, Zavitinsk, Ivanovka, Konstantinovka, Mikhaylovka, Oktaybrskiy, Romny, Seryshevo, Svobodnensk and Tambovka Districts.
During 10 calendar days in the period from the third Saturday of May, it is allowed to hunt the goose and drake in Zeya, Magdagachi, Mazanovo, Selemdzhinskiy, Skovorodino, Tynda and Shimanovsk Districts. During 10 days in the period from the third Saturday of May, it is allowed to hunt the goose and drake in Zeya, Selemdzhinskiy, Skovorodino and Tynda Districts.
Where and when: in generally available hunting areas, wolf hunting is allowed from 15 October to 31 December; in the territories of hunting providers, from 15 September to 28 (29) February.
From 1 January, wolf hunting is allowed only in the presence of a hunting provider's representative.
Badger hunting is allowed from 1 September to 31 October.
From 15 October to 28 (29) February, it is allowed to hunt the mink, Siberian weasel, hare, squirrel, lynx, stoat, least weasel, fox and raccoon dog.
You can get a hunting license in any multifunctional centre of Blagoveshchensk. You will need your passport, two 30x40 mm black-and-white photographs, criminal clearance certificate, and an old hunting license issued before 1 July 2011 (if you have one). The prices for hunting permits are determined by hunting establishments.
You can also obtain a hunting licence via Gosuslugi website. You will be asked to fill in an electronic form and then follow the instructions.
Those who want to hunt close to the state border will need to obtain a permit from the Border Department of Russian Security Service in Amur Region.
For current information on hunting time frames, boundaries of hunting areas, harvest licence etc please visit the website of the Administration for Protection, Supervision and Regulation of Animals and Habitats in Amur Region.
