According to the rules concerning foreign citizens in terms of hunting in Hungary, only persons older than 18 years can hunt, with valid gun license, validated in their home country and with hunting license issued by the Hungarian authorities. The precondition of obtaining a hunting license is a valid hunting contract, valid gun license (also in the case of arrow and bow) and border pass for the gun and valid hunter liability insurance. Foreign citizens can sign an agreement (valid only in written form) with our hunting agency. Non-EU citizens have to present their letter of invitation issued by the hunting contract, on the borders of Hungary. The letter of invitation is issued and mailed by our hunting agency in advance to the foreign party. After obtaining this registered letter of invitation, the valid gun license issued in the home country of the hunter, presenting the passport and paying the duty, the customs office issues the border pass license for the gun that is valid for 90 days and the gun(s) can be kept in Hungary only during this period. The license has to be kept during the whole stay in Hungary and it has to be left at the border, certifying that the gun has been taken out of the country. If the license is missing, the customs office initiates an investigation. EU citizens can enter the country with their own EU gun passport.

From the effective regulations applying to each hunter, the most important one is that only guns longer than 45 centimeters can be used for hunting in Hungary. The specifications of guns used for hunting big games are the following: minimum 2500 joule performance, with closed socket or 1000 joule performance gun for roedeer. It is obligatory to comply with the specified types of cartridge and diameters of cartridge. Only three cartridges can be loaded into semi-automatic shot-guns. Shot-guns can only be used for small games, except boar. Arrow is allowed for hunting red deer, fallow-deer, mouflon, roe deer and boar. It is prohibited to use automatic and semi-automatic rifles for hunting, to use silencer, electric-optical device at night, calling animals by electric acoustic device, to use living animal as bait, to use searchlight (except in the case of hunting boars or foxes at night to eliminate damage caused by animals) or to use arrow with warhead or poisonous arrow-head. During individual hunting, there is an opportunity for hunting from coach, lurk, boat, by stalking. Group hunting can be walking-up or driving small games or big games.

Flying small game can be shot in the air, hares on the run. It is prohibited to shoot at moving big game (expect wild boar) but wounded big games can be shot while running as well. When hunting with arrow, motionless hare can also be shot. It is prohibited to hunt from engine-driven water vehicle, from artificially dug pit (except waterfowl), to drive red deer and fallow-deer, roe and mouflon. Foreign hunters are allowed to hunt only accompanied by Hungarian professional hunters. During the hunting the guest has to comply with the instructions of the accompanying hunter and can only shoot at games specified in his license. In the case of hunting small games or hunting big games in group, the guest can stay in the assigned place alone as well. Trophy measurment is obligatory in 30 days, in the case of trophies of red stag, fallow deer stag, roebuck, mouflon and wild boar.

The permit required for border pass is recorded in the hunting license. The authority issues a certificate and a medal about the trophy if it reaches the score limit and if the game was shot as specified in the regulations. In case the trophy is regarded as a national treasure, the hunter receives a copy of the trophy and compensation specified in the decrees. A trophy like this can be taken out of the country with a permission of the ministry only.