The Lepel Inter-district Inspectorate for the Protection of Fauna and Flora is receiving inquiries on the following topic: Is it permissible to sight in a hunting rifle in a ravine if it is remote from a populated area and not part of hunting grounds? Is it necessary to pay state duty if one is travelling not for hunting, but solely for sighting in?
The Lepel Inter-district Inspectorate for the Protection of Fauna and Flora is receiving inquiries on the following topic: Is it permissible to sight in a hunting rifle in a ravine if it is remote from a populated area and not part of hunting grounds? Is it necessary to pay state duty if one is travelling not for hunting, but solely for sighting in?
In accordance with clause 71 of the Hunting Rules, sighting in of hunting weapons must be carried out within hunting grounds in areas specifically designated for this purpose and determined by local normative legal acts of the hunting user, or during the hunting process (provided all necessary hunting documents are available). Consequently, sighting in of hunting weapons outside of hunting grounds is not permitted.
Sighting in of hunting weapons in specially designated areas can be performed by hunters year-round, provided they possess the documents stipulated in the second, third, and fifth paragraphs of the first part of clause 51 of the Hunting Rules, namely – the state certificate for the right to hunt, a document confirming the payment of state duty for the provision of the right to hunt, as well as a permit for the storage and carrying of hunting weapons.