Legal today
- Belgium Legal, with restrictions
- Bosnia and Herzegovina Legal, with restrictions
- Denmark Legal · 1999
- Estonia Legal, with restrictions · 2013
- Finland Legal · 1993
- France Legal · 1995
- Hungary Legal · 1997
- Italy Legal, with restrictions · 1992
- Portugal Legal
- Serbia Legal, with restrictions · 2010
- Slovakia Legal, with restrictions · 2009
- Spain Legal, with restrictions
- Türkiye Legal
Prohibited
- Austria Prohibited
- Bulgaria Prohibited
- Croatia Prohibited
- Czechia Prohibited
- Germany Prohibited
- Greece Prohibited
- Ireland Prohibited
- Latvia Prohibited
- Lithuania Prohibited
- Luxembourg Prohibited
- Netherlands Prohibited
- Norway Prohibited
- Poland Prohibited
- Romania Prohibited
- Slovenia Prohibited
- Sweden Prohibited
- Switzerland Prohibited
- United Kingdom Prohibited
Still researching
- Nothing open at the moment.
How to read the status
- Legal
- means bowhunting is a recognized method with its own rules.
- Legal, with restrictions
- means it is allowed only in defined cases: fenced estates, certain species, regions, or case-by-case permits.
- Prohibited
- is explicit in the law.
- Unclear
- means we have not found a rule either way and are still researching.