Tinker, the main restrictions that apply to hunting in France are:
- No night hunting; hunting permitted from one hour before sunrise until one hour after sunset only.
- Telemeters mounted on rifle scopes not permitted; but handheld telemeters or telemeters coupled with binos allowed.
- 22 rimfire allowed for small game (vermin, fox, birds, rabbits, etc.) but not allowed for bigger mammals (roe deer and above).
- Maximum magazine capacity for semi-automatic rifles / shotguns: 3 rounds.
- Calibers below 5,6 mm not allowed for large mammals hunting (roe deer and above).
- Calibers with residual power at 100 metres lesser than 1000 Joules not allowed for large mammals hunting (roe deer and above); in practice the .222 is therefore the entry calibre for larger mammals.

There are in addition a lot of other 'lesser' rules regulating different types of hunting/shooting/bow hunting or applying only to specific areas/syndicates, but the major ones are listed above.

Louis