Overview of the hunting areas included in approved hunting plans. A hunting ground is a contiguous area that consists of one or more plots on which the same hunting right holder or a group of hunting right holders has the hunting right. The approval of a hunting plan is in accordance with Section 1 of the Decree of the Flemish Government on the administrative organization of the hunt in the Flemish Region of April 25, 2014 (B.S. June 12, 2014). A hunting plan proposal must be submitted annually before April 1 by a hunting right holder or the game management unit to the district commissioner of the province in which the hunting area or the largest part of it is located. The relevant district commissioner approves the hunting plan before July 1, after making any adjustments in accordance with Articles 31 and 32 of the above-mentioned Decree. A hunting plan can be adjusted during the course of a hunting season. However, an adjustment cannot relate to an extension of the hunting area. If no new proposal for a hunting plan or a declaration of maintenance of an unchanged hunting plan is submitted before April 1 of a current year, the approval of the hunting plan of the previous year automatically expires. on July 1.
