The Finnish Hunters' Association () is Finland's largest voluntary association of hunters, consisting of over 2,500 hunting clubs and over 150,000 members. The association was founded in 1921, and today consists of 16 district organizations. Its headquarters are located in
Riihimäki
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. It is a member of the European hunters association
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as well as the
National Defence Training Association of Finland
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A member magazine called ''Jahti–Jakt'' is published by the association four times a year. The magazine is distributed to all members of the association, but it is also possible to subscribe for the magazine without being a member.
The goal of the association is to promote the interests of Finnish hunters and hunting club activities. This includes:
* Involvement in forming domestic and international hunting policies.
* Providing training and educational material for hunters.
* Organize youth camps and other youth activities.
* Maintain responsibility for Finnish hunting oriented shooting competitions (such as
moose biathlon
Moose biathlon ( Finnish: ''Hirvenhiihto'') is a winter sport variation of biathlon, which combines cross-country skiing, range estimation of paper targets resembling a moose, and rifle shooting using fullbore biathlon rifles. The Finnish Hun ...
) and promote
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s.
* Promotes Finnish hunting culture, for example by the founding of the Finnish Hunting Museum - ''Suomen Metsästysmuseo'' (founded in 1930).
* Publish hunting literature.
The association has received grants from the
Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture.
Shooting sport disciplines
The Finnish Hunters' Association hosts competition shooting in the following disciplines:
*
100 meter running moose
100 meter running moose (Norwegian ''elgbaneskyting'', Swedish ''älgbaneskytte'', Finnish ''hirviammunta'') is a Shooting sports, shooting sport based on Running target shooting, running targets simulating a moose moving sideways.
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* Compak Sporting.
*
100 meter running deer
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.
* Air rifle on balloons (ilmaluodikko)
* Air rifle on moose target (ilmahirvi).
*
Moose biathlon
Moose biathlon ( Finnish: ''Hirvenhiihto'') is a winter sport variation of biathlon, which combines cross-country skiing, range estimation of paper targets resembling a moose, and rifle shooting using fullbore biathlon rifles. The Finnish Hun ...
(hirvenhiihto) and (hirvenjuoksu).
* Hunting rifle.
* Nordic hunting shooting.
*
Trap.
See also
*
Norwegian Association of Hunters and Anglers
References
External links
Finnish Hunting Museum
{{Hunting topics
Hunting organizations
1921 establishments in Finland
Environmental organisations based in Finland
Organizations established in 1921
Outdoor recreation in Finland