Look on the internet for a jachtseizoenen (hunting season list) anything on the list and you need a license.
Rodents like Rats and Mice are usually Freiwild (free hunting). If a hunter has the hunting rights, he is the one who determines whether you can bring a firearm onto the lease. Rabbits aren't Freiwild. Pigeons may be, but seriously, the types of pigeon can be hard for experts to determine. Wild pigeon and feral domesticated pigeons interbreed.
Hunting Rats and Gophers can be great fun, a good place to start. But a word of advice, don't shoot anything you aren't sure of, the penalties are just to darned high. Most European countries take poaching very seriously and the penalties can be really strict.
Pigeons nesting in the boerderij (barnyard) may be freiwild, but you had better ask first.
You may also want to check on the regulations for a gun controlekaart (firearms registration card).
Last edited by MudderChuck; 04-04-2017 at 04:28 PM.