Hunting

For those who like hunting, Latvia offers a lot of excitement: many of foreign visitors have acknowledged this, amazed by the vast expanses of pristine Latvian wilderness and hunting opportunities.
Latvian nature indeed offers great diversity of game animals from predators and large forest animals to water birds. Meanwhile, if you wish to save the animals and enjoy nature, Latvia is a perfect place for bloodless photo hunting.

• Quality trophies

There are great opportunities in Latvia to go solo hunting, group hunting involving beaters, hunting from specialised hunting towers or bird shooting. Hunters from Scandinavia are especially frequent visitors to Latvia, but hunting enthusiasts from other countries also come to Latvia, fascinated by the untouched nature and the variety of game. A skilful hunter can bag some impressive trophies in Latvia as well: wild boar tusks, red deer antlers, elk antlers, lynx furs.

• Hunting formalities
  Visitors from abroad are allowed to hunt on the territory of Latvia if they have  hunting authorisation issued by a relevant authority in their country of residence and when they have received a foreign hunter’s permit for hunting in Latvia from the State Forest Service and a hunter’s seasonal card. Such persons may use hunting firearms for hunting if authorised by the State Police. Hunts in Latvia only take place within a hunting sector  according to a hunting sector schedule approved by the State Forest Service; hunting for restricted game requires a hunting permit and a hunter’s seasonal card, while hunting for unrestricted game only requires a hunter’s seasonal card. Game birds that are hunted on public bodies of water and tow zones, as well as American mink and raccoon dogs may be hunted without approval.