Millions of hectares of hunting grounds: More than 120 small game areas, 340 elk areas and many other hunting opportunities. Find one that's right for you!
Metsähallitus offers fishers access to thousands of water areas. The income from selling licences is used in reconditioning natural habitats and in making fry stockings, which are designed based on catch feedback.
Where the road ends, the wilderness experience begins! For lands owned by the Finnish state, permits for off-road traffic are granted by Metsähallitus.
You can find the wilderness news on state-owned land and waters in the news section! You can also order Metsähallitus magazines free of charge.
Metsähallitus has 123 destinations for which it is possible to get hunting license for small game. For fishers there are 60 recreational fishing destinations. Also there are for example elk hunting destinations that are always applied for in January.
Wildlife Service Finland (Metsähallitus) organizes hunting and fishing on state grounds and monitors the legality of these actions.
Backpack contains learning materials, information on Wildlife Tutors and the Eräluvat mobile app.
Senior Specialist, Hunting (Sodankylä, Savukoski, Salla, Pelkosenniemi, Kemijärvi and Rovaniemi)
Toimipaikka: Rovaniemi
040 737 1992
etunimi.sukunimi@metsa.fi
Senior Specialist, Fisheries (Eastern Finland, coastal areas between Hanko and Virolahti)
Toimipaikka: Mikkeli
040 611 7362
Senior Specialist, Ecological Management, fish and game habitats
Toimipaikka: Oulu
040 549 1831
Senior Specialist, Hunting, Southeast Finland
Toimipaikka: Jyväskylä
040 651 5292
Specialist, Fishing and Hunting
Toimipaikka: Suomussalmi
0400 192 615
ICT Specialist, web communications and systems
Toimipaikka: Kuusamo
040 631 8678
Senior Specialist, Hunting (Kittilä, Kolari, Muonio, Pello, Ylitornio and Tornio)
040 152 9490
Specialist, Forest Reindeer
Toimipaikka: Kuhmo
040 728 5150
Specialist, Communications
Toimipaikka: Turku
040 351 6844
Senior Specialist, Fisheries, Kainuu region
Toimipaikka: Kajaani
040 158 9412
Toimipaikka: Inari
Game and Fisheries Warden, Utsjoki and Inari
0400 392 726
Senior Specialist, Hunting (Utsjoki, Inari and Enontekiö)
040 620 4276
Project Manager, MetsäpeuraLIFE-project
Toimipaikka: Pori
040 631 8527
Specialist, Hunting and Fishing Permits, permit sale
Toimipaikka: Kolari
Specialist, Fisheries, Triwa Life-project
040 583 5513
Game and Fisheries Warden, Savo, South Karelia, Nurmes and Valtimo
Toimipaikka: Kuopio
040 482 6197
Specialist, Forest Reindeer, MetsäpeuraLIFE-project
040 724 6267
ICT Specialist
020 69 2424
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