Welcome to Cyprus Hunting & Fishing - Tasos Kyriakou

The hunting season in Cyprus starts mid-August with Woodpigeon and Turtle Doves and ends at the end of February. The Game & Fauna Department will issue maps of the areas you are allowed to hunt and species you are allowed to shoot. Also beside the map, the areas where hunting is prohibited are marked with orange coloured signs stating clearly that in that area, hunting is prohibited.

Hunting in some areas is prohibited permanently cause of national parks and also for the protection of the Mouflon (Wild Sheep).

In September and October along with Woodpigeons and Doves you can also hunt migrating Quails In November, starts the hunting season for Hare, Chucker Partridge and Francolin. As from this time you may also hunt Woodcock and Thrushes along with Woodpigeons Doves and some types of Ducks and Snipes. November to December is the ONLY time of the year that you can practice hunting accompanied by hunting dogs.

The quota during this season is five Partridges or four Partridges and one Francolin or four Partridges and one Hare or two Hares. You are allowed to shoot only one Francolin and no more than two Hares per hunting day.

Hunting is allowed only Sundays and Wednesdays from dawn to dusk unless announced differently by the game and fauna department. The season for Hare, Partridges and ends end of December around Christmas. January to end of February you can hunt Thrushes, Woodcocks, Pigeons and Doves and also some Ducks and Snipes but dogs is not allowed.

Hunting in Cyprus is usually performed with double or single barrel 12 gauge shotguns but hunting with 20, 28 gauge, 16 gauge and 410 Flobert rifles is also allowed. Other type of guns like semi-automatics and automatics are not allowed. Hunting with any kind of traps and mist nets is strictly prohibited.