Finnish Hunters' Association Explained

Finnish Hunters' Association
Native Name:	Suomen Metsästäjäliitto
Native Name Lang:	Finnish
Headquarters:	Riihimäki
Owners:	-->
Leader Title:	Executive director
Leader Name:	Jaakko Silpola^[1]
Leader Name2:	Ere Grenfors

The Finnish Hunters' Association (Finnish: Suomen Metsästäjäliitto) 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,^[2] and today consists of 16 district organizations. Its headquarters are located in Riihimäki. It is a member of the European hunters association FACE^[3] as well as the National Defence Training Association of Finland.

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) and promote shooting ranges.
• Promotes Finnish hunting culture, for example by the founding of the Finnish Hunting Museum - Suomen Metsästysmuseo (founded in 1930).^{[4] [5]}
• Publish hunting literature.

The association has received grants from the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture.^[6]

Shooting sport disciplines

The Finnish Hunters' Association hosts competition shooting in the following disciplines:

• 100 meter running moose.^[7]
• Compak Sporting.^[8]
• 100 meter running deer.^[9]
• Air rifle on balloons (ilmaluodikko)^[10]
• Air rifle on moose target (ilmahirvi).^[10]
• Moose biathlon (hirvenhiihto) and (hirvenjuoksu).^[11]
• Hunting rifle.^[12]
• Nordic hunting shooting.^[9]
• Trap.^[12]

See also

• Norwegian Association of Hunters and Anglers

References

1. Web site: Edunvalvonnan vahva vaikuttaja . 2020-04-25 . 2020-04-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200411232312/https://metsastajaliitto.fi/tavoiteohjelma . dead .
2. Web site: Metsästyksen puolesta vuodesta 1921 (English: In favor of hunting since 1921) metsastajaliitto.fi . 2019-09-22 . 2019-09-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190922150014/https://metsastajaliitto.fi/node/44 . dead .
3. https://www.face.eu/members/finnish-hunters-association/ FACE | Finnish Hunters’ Association
4. https://www.metsastysmuseo.fi/english/ Suomen Metsästysmuseo (English: The Hunting Museum of Finland, Svensk: Finlands Jaktmuseum)
5. https://museot.fi/searchmuseums/?museo_id=21722 Museot.fi - The Hunting Museum of Finland
6. Web site: Liikuntaa edistävien järjestöjen yleisavustus. 23 May 2018. Opetus- ja kulttuuriminiseriö. 23 May 2018.
7. Web site: Metsästyshirvi ja Metsästysluodikko Suomen Metsästäjäliiton Varsinais-Suomen piiri . 2019-09-22 . 2019-09-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190922185638/https://varsinaissuomi.metsastajaliitto.fi/node/56 . dead .
8. Web site: Compak Sporting Suomen Metsästäjäliiton Varsinais-Suomen piiri . 2019-09-22 . 2019-09-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190922185637/https://varsinaissuomi.metsastajaliitto.fi/node/52 . dead .
9. Web site: Kansainvälinen kilpailuammunta Suomen Metsästäjäliiton Varsinais-Suomen piiri . 2019-09-22 . 2019-09-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190922185732/https://varsinaissuomi.metsastajaliitto.fi/node/57 . dead .
10. Web site: Ilmaluodikko ja ilmahirvi Suomen Metsästäjäliiton Varsinais-Suomen piiri . 2019-09-22 . 2019-09-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190922185637/https://varsinaissuomi.metsastajaliitto.fi/node/54 . dead .
11. Web site: Hirvenhiihdon ja Hirvenjuoksun tiedotteita Suomen Metsästäjäliiton Varsinais-Suomen piiri . 2019-09-22 . 2019-09-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190922185805/https://varsinaissuomi.metsastajaliitto.fi/node/53 . dead .
12. Web site: Metsästyshaulikko ja Metsästystrap Suomen Metsästäjäliiton Varsinais-Suomen piiri . 2019-09-22 . 2019-09-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190922185743/https://varsinaissuomi.metsastajaliitto.fi/node/55 . dead .

External links

• Finnish Hunting Museum