Jagttider
Jagttider shows hunting hours, species, sunlight and weather for the place in Denmark you choose — in the app and as a home screen widget. Free. No account. The app itself is in Danish; the labels quoted below are shown as they appear in the app.
Frequently asked questions
Do the hunting hours follow where I hunt?
Yes. Hunting seasons are worked out for the place you've chosen. Where the executive order sets local seasons — e.g. for roe deer, pheasant, grey partridge and fox on certain islands and in certain regions, and for red and fallow deer in each area — the app uses those instead of the general ones. Sunrise and sunset are calculated for the place on your phone.
Why are there several time ranges?
The large time range at the top is sunrise to sunset. Ducks and geese may be hunted from 1½ hours before sunrise to 1½ hours after sunset, so when they're in season their range is shown on an extra line. If red deer have local dawn hunting that day, the range is shown when you tap the species. All times are rounded to whole minutes so they are never wider than the law allows — which is why they may differ by a minute from other sources.
Where can I read the law?
Tap a species. The "Lovgrundlag" (legal basis) sheet shows the lines of the executive order that apply to that species where you hunt, verbatim, and the hours of the day. The whole of BEK 470 can be read and searched in the app — tap "BEK 470" at the bottom of the main screen. If in doubt, the official version on Retsinformation applies.
There's an asterisk (*) next to a species.
The asterisk means a special local rule applies that can't be expressed by dates alone — e.g. hunting only on certain days. Tap the species to read the rule for your area.
A species is missing.
The app only shows species that are in season on the chosen day. Species we haven't yet checked against the executive order aren't shown at all. Where the season depends on sex, the sex is part of the name, e.g. Fasanhane (cock pheasant) and Fasanhøne (hen pheasant).
What does "Kan reguleres" mean?
"Kan reguleres" (can be culled) lists species that are out of season that day but covered by the rules on culling (regulering). Culling has its own conditions — permit, method, period and place — which the app doesn't assess. Tap the species to see its hunting season.
It says "Offline".
The app couldn't fetch new data and is showing the times it last fetched for the place. If it has never fetched data for the place, it shows only a few species. Sunlight and time ranges are still calculated on the phone, but weather needs a connection. Open the app again once you're online.
How do I add the widget?
Touch and hold the home screen, tap Edit and Add Widget, and choose Jagttider. The widget comes in the large size and shows today and tomorrow.
The widget doesn't update.
The widget asks for new data about once an hour, but iOS decides when that actually happens. Open the app and the widget updates immediately. The "starter om" and "slutter om" countdown (starts in / ends in) runs by itself.
The widget shows the wrong place.
The widget uses the place selected in the app. Change the place in the app — the widget follows. If it says Tisvilde, you haven't chosen a place in the app yet.
The app doesn't show where I am.
The app doesn't follow your location continuously. It remembers the place you chose. Tap the place name at the top to choose another: search for a place, or drop a pin on the map. Jagttider covers Denmark only.
A hunting hour looks wrong.
Write to us. Tell us the species, place and date — we can check it against the executive order the same day. This is the most important report we can get. Where a period only applies on a certain type of land, e.g. the fishing territory or arable land in rotation, the condition is shown under the species ("Kun …", only …), and the full wording appears when you tap the species.
The weather is missing or wrong.
Weather comes from DMI, with MET Norway as a fallback. Forecasts run just over two days ahead at hourly resolution. If you pick a date further out, the app shows hunting hours and sunlight but no weather — that's not a bug.
What does the app use my location for?
To calculate sunrise and sunset, look up the hunting seasons and fetch the weather for the place. You don't have to give access to your location — you can also pick the place on the map. We don't store your location in any database and don't link it to you. Read more in the privacy policy.
What the app doesn't do.
Jagttider tells you which species are in season, and when during the day. It doesn't tell you whether you may shoot — that also depends on your hunting rights, area requirements, game reserves and other protected zones the app doesn't know about. Always check local rules.
Contact
We typically reply within a couple of days. Please mention which version you're running — it's shown at the bottom of the app's main screen.
Sources
Jagttider follows Danish executive order BEK no. 470 of 17/05/2024 on hunting seasons for certain mammals and birds, including the local seasons in its annexes.
Weather data: DMI and MET Norway (CC BY 4.0). Area boundaries: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Contains data from Klimadatastyrelsen (Danish Agency for Climate Data), DAGI, September 2026 (terms).
Jagttider is made by Sandet Apps — the same team behind Dyrr.