Game Species That Can Be Hunted Fallow Deer
The fallow deer is not a native game species; it was likely first introduced to Hungary in the 15th 16th century into game parks and in much later centuries we find mention of the fallow deer also setting foot in open areas. During the socialist era (1970–1989), fallow deer were introduced at 81 locations and as a result, it is now present in many hunting areas across the country.
Game Species That Can Be Hunted Red Deer
The main game species in Hungary is the red deer. In ancient Hungarian mythology, the fate of the Hungarians was entwined with the red deer - according to legend, the ancestors of the Hungarian people, Hunor and Magor, reached the Carpathian Basin by chasing a red deer stag.
people, Hunor and Magor, reached the Carpathian Basin by chasing a red deer stag. Over the thousand-year history of the Hungarians, the red deer has retained this mystical role among Hungarian hunters. The rutting season is the most eagerly anticipated event and in early October trophy exhibitions are held nationwide, where trophies shot that year are on display.
Game Species That Can Be Hunted Roe Deer
The roe deer is a native species throughout Europe and it is found in all regions of Hungary. The species has a very good adaptability, there is no hunting area in Hungary where there are no roe deer and at least 1 buck is not harvested every year.
The meadows of the vast forests of Somogy County or the Central Mountains have their bucks just as much as the endless meadows of the Great Plain and the urbanized border of Csepel Island, which is considered part of Budapest.
Game Species That Can Be Hunted Wild Boar
The wild boar belongs to the Suidae family and is a game species widespread across Europe, Eurasia and North Africa. As an omnivore, its diet includes everything available in forests and agricultural lands, ranging from snails and acorns to fish and any kind of crop.
agricultural lands, ranging from snails and acorns to fish and any kind of crop. Wild boar typically inhabit large forested, marshy areas and mid-mountain regions. Today they can be found across the entire territory of Hungary with significant variation in population sizes.
Game Species That Can Be Hunted Muflon
Mouflon is not native to Hungary, the species is introduced from the islands of Corsica and Sardinia to European game parks. The species was introduced to Ghymes in Nitra County in Upper Hungary in the second half of the 19th century. From here, around the turn of the century, the growing population was transferred to other game parks of the country: to Füzérradvány, Bakonynána, Fehérvárcsurgó, Gyarmatpuszta and Kaposmérő. The current Hungarian mouflon population is descended from these early introductions.
Game Species That Can Be Hunted Small Game Species in Hungary
In Hungary, small game species are primarily native to lowland regions, particularly the Great Hungarian Plain (Alföld). Both the Small Plain (the area between Győr and Vienna) located near the western border and the Great Plain east of the Danube are traditional habitats for small game.
Hunting Regions
of Hungary
In terms of game species that can be hunted, the territory of Hungary can broadly be divided into
3 different regions, these regions are as follows:
01 Transdanubia
Transdanubia, which is the part of the country lying west of the Danube, which is bordered by the Danube from the east and the national border to the north, west and south.
Its characteristic landform is hilly, characterised by a varied landscape, valleys, hills, streams, winding roads, lakes blocked by valley-closing dams but there are also larger flat areas such as: Mezőföld and Kisalföld but these are less typical.
02 Central Mountains
It extends from the western tip of Lake Balaton to the north-eastern corner of the country; west of the Danube it is called the Transdanubian Central Mountains, while east of the Danube it is called the Northern Central Mountains.
Two separate central mountain regions are the Mecsek and the Alpine foothills (Alpokalja). Characteristic forest types are sessile oak and Turkey oak forests, hornbeam woods and in higher regions beech forests.
03 Great Plain
The Great Plain is the Hungarian landscape, the Puszta, where one could see almost to infinity, this was once true. It extends east of the Danube to the ridge of the Eastern Carpathians.
After Hungary joined the European Union, many forestation programmes were announced, thus forest strips and smaller or larger forest patches appeared one after another in the Great Plain as well. However, the dominant landscape to this day remains the large-scale agricultural areas, pastures and the wasteland.
My Story
I was introduced to hunting at my parents' house, my father served as chief hunter at the Danube Floodplain Forestry from 1966.
I passed the hunting exam in 2000, obtained a forestry engineering degree in 2006 and a law degree in 2016. I was the head of the hunting sector at two forestry companies for 16 years (Gemenc Zrt. for 10 years, Kaszó Zrt. for 6 years). Between the two forestry jobs, I spent 2 years in the legal profession at a law firm.
I have been a member of the Sükösd-based Kékhegyi Hunting Association since 2010. I have spent a significant part of my life hunting, I have organised a great number of hunts and I have hunted myself, depending on the course of my fate, in the different regions of the country.
I would like to use this experience in the hunting office I established in 2025.
