Hunting grounds — Vojvodina

Vojvodina is Serbia’s northern lowland — an endless mosaic of farm fields (corn, wheat, sunflower), windbreak strips, canals and riverside forests along the Danube, Tisa and Sava. That mix of abundant food and cover makes it one of the best small-game grounds in this part of Europe, alongside healthy roe deer and wild boar populations. The region splits into Bačka, Banat and Srem, with grounds ranging from open field to sand dunes and river wetlands.

Game you will hunt

Species	Style of hunt	Typical season*
Pheasant	driven hunt, over dogs	Oct–Jan
Brown hare	driven (group) hunt	Oct–Dec
Grey partridge	over pointing dogs	Oct–Dec
Quail / turtle dove	summer shooting	Aug–Sep
Mallard / goose	pass shooting on water	Sep/Oct–Feb
Roe buck	stalking and high-seat	Apr–Sep (peak: spring and the rut)
Wild boar	high-seat, winter drives	most of the year (males)

*Dates are set by regulation and vary by ground — confirm before you travel at /en/vodic/sezone.

Best seasons

• Spring–summer (Apr–Jul): trophy roe buck, peaking in spring and during the rut in late July; calm dawn and dusk sits from the high-seat.
• Late summer (Aug–Sep): quail, turtle dove and the first duck shooting.
• Autumn–winter (Oct–Jan): the heart of Vojvodina hunting — pheasant and hare on driven days, duck and goose over water, boar from the high-seat.

How to get there

• By air: Belgrade “Nikola Tesla” is the main gateway; most grounds in Bačka and Srem are about 1–1.5 h away by car (northern Bačka is a bit farther). Novi Sad is the regional hub.
• By road: a solid motorway network (E-75 Subotica–Belgrade, E-70 toward Srem) plus local roads to the village bases.
• Who runs the grounds: the public company “Vojvodinašume”, the military Karađorđevo ground, and many local hunting associations. Foreign guests hunt through a licensed ground or agency that handles paperwork and provides a hunting guide.

A typical hunt

Pheasant and hare: a driven day with 8–15 guns, beaters and dogs, a warm-meal break, and the traditional laying-out of the game with hunting-horn signals (last honours) at the end. Roe buck: individual, accompanied by a guide, from a high-seat or by stalking at dawn and dusk. Wild boar: high-seat over a feeding site, or organised drives in winter.

Permits, firearms and trophies

A foreign hunter typically needs a hunting card and a hunting permit (usually arranged by the ground or agency), an approval to bring in firearms and ammunition (issued at the border) and insurance. Trophies are scored using the CIC formula and travel with the prescribed paperwork (a game certificate and a trophy sheet); trophies of exceptional value (above national-record level) may not, by law, be taken out of the country, and for internationally protected species check CITES as well. Exact requirements change — confirm them with the ground before you travel. Details: /en/vodic/dozvole and /en/vodic/cites.

Don’t rely on rumours about price — ask the ground for a written quote and see how we structure cost at /en/cena. For vetted grounds and booking steps, see /en/kako and /en/provereno.