Finnish Hunters' Association

Suomen Metsästäjäliitto
Headquarters	Riihimäki
Executive director	Jaakko Silpola[1]
Website	metsastajaliitto.fi

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]

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 moose shooting with cross-country running [fi] (hirvenjuoksu).^[11]
• Hunting rifle.^[12]
• Nordic hunting shooting.^[9]
• Trap.^[12]

• Norwegian Association of Hunters and Anglers

• Finnish Hunting Museum