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Man with a gun

22.04.2021

Four rules for safe gun handling

Nobody who does not know these rules should touch a gun, much less tell anyone else how to handle a gun. Rule 1: All guns are always loaded The only exception to this occurs when one has a weapon in his hands and he has personally unloaded it for…

hunters in the woods

01.12.2020

Tuomas Hallenberg continues as Chairman of the Finnish Hunters' Association

Tuomas Hallenberg from Helsinki will continue as Chairman of the Board of the Finnish Hunters' Association for the next two-year term. The Vice Chairman of the Board will be Ilkka Mäkelä from Punkalaidun. Eleced members of the Board and…

Ei uutiskuvaa

13.11.2020

The Finnish Hunters' Association does not give in to the lead shot restriction

The European Commission passed its lead shot restriction at an online meeting of the EU Member States' REACH Committee on 3 September. &nbsp;The decision could ban the use of lead shot in hunting and sport shooting in most of…

Kuva luovutustilaisuudesta

04.11.2020

The wolf initiative was handed over to Parliament

The citizens’ initiative "Initiation of tribal wolf hunting and prevention of wolf injuries" has today been handed over to the Finnish Parliament. It is proposed in the initiative that a law be prepared that enables the initiation…