if you can find a caliber that will work for all those hunts then you have the right caliber .....
there is some that can be lost in translation ....
Scandinavia, Finland and Baltic countries
Danemark E100m
fallow,sika, red deer
9grams /139 grains = 2700j /1992 ft/lbs
10g = 2000J /1475 ft/lbs
3,2g = 800J roe deer /590 ft/lbs
Finland E100m
Moose, brown bear
9g-10g = 2700 j /1992 ft/lbs
10g /154 grains 2000J /1475 ft/lbs
sika, whitetail deer,wild boar, reindeer, fallow,red deer, mufflon
6g-8g 2000j /1475 ft/lbs
8g 123 grains 1700j /1254 ft/lbs
roe deer, wolf lynx 3,2 g 800j /590 ft/lbs
sweden up to 2006 ... new rules never came ...
moose, red deer, brown bear, fallow, wild boar
10g E100m 2000J m /1475 ft/lbs
9g-10g 2700j E100 m /1992 ft/lbs
Roe deer 3,2gr 800j E200m /590 ft/lbs
Norway 100m
red deer, wild boar,reindeer, fallow, moose, wild boar, muskox,wild sheep,wolf, brown bear
9g-10g = 2700j /1992 ft/lbs
10g 2200J /1623 ft/lbs
roe deer, lynx 3,2 g 980j /590 ft/lbs
Svalbard
protection against polar bear .308 win mini rifle caliber or 12 ga shotgun
with rifled slug
Island
Reindeer .243 100 grains 6,48 grammes cal 8mm max.
(6 mm 100 grains 1300ft/lbs at 200 m)
Greenland
polar bear mini calibre .222, in 2006 30-06 (7.62x63mm) due to us embargo on polar bear never came.
muskox, reindeer mini calibre .222
estonia cal 6,5mm 9 gr
wolf,lynx, wild boar, moose, red deer,roe deer, brown bear
Latvia E0 3000j
red deer, moose
UK et Irland
England and Wales E0
1700 ft/lbs 2350 j caliber mini 6 mm or .240
recommanded 270 win 150 grains for wild boar.
Scotland E0 mini speed 2450 feet/sec 747 m/s
roe deer 50 grains 3,24 grammes 1000 ft/lbs 1356 j
red deer sika and fallow 100 grains 6,48 grammes
1750 ft/lbs 2373 joules
northern Irland E0
.220 50 grains muntjac, chinese deer
.236 100 grains 1700 ft/lbs Sika, red deer, fallow,
Ireland
.220/.250 calibre and ammo 55 grains
Sika, cerf élaphe, daim, muntjac,
Continental Europe
Austria E100m
30 kg = 1000 j /738 ft/lbs
80 kg = 2000 j /1475 ft/lbs
+80 kg = 2500 j /1844 ft/lbs
Caliber mini 5,5 mm + 40 mm case
germany E100m
Chevreuil 1000j /738 ft/lbs
other ongulates +6,5 mm 2000j /1475 ft/lbs
Portugal E100m
120 kgm roe deer 5.6mm
200 kgm mouflon 6 mm
250 kgm others 6.5 mm
France E100m
roe deer, wild boar, chamois, mouflon,red deer, fallow
1000j cal min . 22 ou 5,58 mm
Switzerland small country but a lot of rules ....
canton Vaud caliber superior at 7 mm
red deer, roe deer, chamois, fallow, ibex, wild boar
cantons Bern, Soleure
red deer, fallow, sika, wild boar 2000j E200m
chamois 1500j E150m
Roe deer 1000j E100m
canton Fribourg
chamois roe deer ibex 6.5mm 1700j E200m
wild boar, red deer 2000j E200m 7mm
canton Valais E0 7 mm 3500 joules /2582 ft/lbs
red deer, roe deer, chamois, wild boar, ibex
canton Neuchatel 1700J E200m
Canton Tessin
7mm or .277 in
chamois, roe deer, ibex
canton Zug minimum caliber of 7 mm, E200m 2000 J
canton Jura 1500 j E100m
Liechtenstein cal mini 5.56mm
a) roe deer: 100 kg-m à 100 m;
b) Chamois: 150 kg-m à 150 m;
c) red deer: 200 kg-m à 200 mètres.
Benelux
nederlands, Luxembourg E100m
roe deer = 980j /723 ft/lbs
red deer, fallow, wild boar, moufflon, 2200j /1623 ft/lbs
Belgium E100m
roe deer red deer wild boar moufflon fallow
rifle only for driven, stalk and lying wait:
Caliber mini 6,5 mm 22OOj
roe deer stalk and lying wait: cal min . 22 ou 5,58 mm 980j
eastern countries
Slovakia and Czech E100 minimum 6 gr. smallest caliber - 6 mm
1000 J - roe deer and youngs ( calves red deer fallow moufflon etc.)
1500 J - brown bear and adults (red deer fallow moufflon etc.)
Roumania calibers mini
brown bear 7x64
red deer 7x57
fallow, wild boar 6.5x57
chamois, wolf, lynx, roe deer 5.6x50
Slovenia E100m
brown bear 7mm .284 11 grammes / 170 grains 3000j /2212 ft/lbs
red deer, ibex, wild boar, fallow 6,5mm .260 9 g / 139 grains 2500j
/1844 ft/lbs
moufflon chamois piglet calf wolf 6mm .243 6 g / 92,6grains
1800j /1328 ft/lbs
roe deer 5,6mm .222 3,2 g / 49,4 grains 1000j / 738
ft/lbs
Serbia caliber mini
brown bear 7mm 11 grammes
red deer, wild boar 7mm 9 grammes
fallow, whitetail deer, chamois, moufflon 6.2mm 6 grammes
roe deer 5.6 mm 3,5 grammes
Montenegro E100m
brown bear 7mm 11,50 grammes /177 grains 3500 j / 2582
ft/lbs
wild boar, red deer fallow 7mm 8,20 grammes/126,54 grains
2500j/1844 ft/lbs
moufflon chamois roe deer wolf 6mm 4,80 grammes / 74 grains
2000j/1475 ft/lbs
Croatia
brown bear 11,50 grammes /177 grains 3500 j / 2582
ft/lbs E100m
wild boar, red deer fallow 8,20 grammes/126,54 grains
2500j/1844 ft/lbs E150m
moufflon chamois axis deer 4,80 grammes / 74 grains
2000j/1475 ft/lbs E200m
roe deer and young of all species 3,24 grammes
/50 grains 1000j/738 ft/lbs E150m
Bosniae y Herzegovina
wild boar brown bear 7mm 10,50 grammes E150m 2450 J
roe deer wolf chamois 6,17 5,0 grammes E100m 2100 J
Hungary E100m
1000j = roe deer /738 ft/lbs
2500j = others /1844 ft/lbs
Pologne E100m + for driven scope 3x max
1000j = roe deer female deer piglet /738 ft/lbs 5.6 mm
2000j = red deer fallow wild boar moufflon /1475 ft/lbs et 7 mm mini
2500j = moose /1844 ft/lbs
3000j = bison 2212 ft/lbs
Bielorussia calibre mini 6,5x57
wild boar red deer roe deer bison, moose wolf
brown bear protected
Ukraine mini 5.5mm centerfire
red deer, wild boar, bear, moose, bison
