Hunting seasons · 2026/2027 · Updated
Hunting seasons in Catalonia
Catalonia: the open seasons for every game species, class by class, and where they differ from the dates that hold everywhere in Spain. The HunTracker app carries the same dates, opens on the country you are in and shows what is open today.
Catalonia’s own seasons, from its annual order (orden de vedas). The order in force prevails.
Big game
| Species | Sex / age class | Open season |
|---|---|---|
| Brown bear | Both sexes1 | No open season |
| Fallow deer | Both sexes | – |
| Iberian ibex | Buck | – |
| Doe | – | |
| Mouflon | Both sexes | – |
| Pyrenean chamois | Buck2 | – |
| Doe | – | |
| Red deer | Both sexes | – |
| Stag | – | |
| Roe deer | Both sexes | – |
| Buck3 | – | |
| Wild boar | Both sexes4 | All year |
Small game
| Species | Sex / age class | Open season |
|---|---|---|
| Common pheasant | Both sexes | – |
| Common quail | Both sexes5 | – |
| Common snipe | Both sexes6 | – |
| Common wood pigeon | Both sexes5 | – |
| Eurasian coot | Both sexes | – |
| Eurasian wigeon | Both sexes6 | – |
| Eurasian woodcock | Both sexes | – |
| European hare | Both sexes | – |
| European rabbit | Both sexes | – |
| Fieldfare | Both sexes | No open season |
| Gadwall | Both sexes6 | – |
| Greylag goose | Both sexes | No open season |
| Iberian hare | Both sexes | – |
| Jack snipe | Both sexes | No open season |
| Mallard | Both sexes | – |
| Mistle thrush | Both sexes | – |
| Northern lapwing | Both sexes | No open season |
| Northern shoveler | Both sexes6 | – |
| Redwing | Both sexes | – |
| Red-legged partridge | Both sexes | – |
| Rock dove | Both sexes7 | – |
| Song thrush | Both sexes | – |
| Stock dove | Both sexes | – |
| Eurasian teal | Both sexes | – |
| European turtle dove | Both sexes89 | – |
Predators and other game
| Species | Sex / age class | Open season |
|---|---|---|
| Eurasian lynx | Both sexes1 | No open season |
| European wildcat | Both sexes1 | No open season |
| Eurasian otter | Both sexes1 | No open season |
| Carrion crow | Both sexes | No open season |
| Eurasian magpie | Both sexes5 | – |
| Red fox | Both sexes | – |
Where Catalonia differs from the rest of Spain
Compared with the dates that hold everywhere in Spain:
- Fallow deer: – · not open everywhere in Spain
- Iberian ibex (Buck): – · everywhere in Spain: –
- Iberian ibex (Doe): – · everywhere in Spain: –
- Mouflon: – · not open everywhere in Spain
- Pyrenean chamois (Buck): – · everywhere in Spain: –
- Pyrenean chamois (Doe): – · everywhere in Spain: –
- Red deer: – · not open everywhere in Spain
- Red deer (Stag): – · everywhere in Spain: –
- Roe deer: – · not open everywhere in Spain
- Roe deer (Buck): – · not open everywhere in Spain
- Wild boar: All year · everywhere in Spain: –
- Common pheasant: – · everywhere in Spain: –
- Common quail: – · not open everywhere in Spain
- Common snipe: – · everywhere in Spain: –
- Common wood pigeon: – · everywhere in Spain: –
- Eurasian coot: – · everywhere in Spain: –
- Eurasian wigeon: – · everywhere in Spain: –
- Eurasian woodcock: – · everywhere in Spain: –
- European hare: – · everywhere in Spain: –
- European rabbit: – · everywhere in Spain: –
- Fieldfare: No open season
- Gadwall: – · everywhere in Spain: –
- Greylag goose: No open season
- Iberian hare: – · everywhere in Spain: –
- Jack snipe: No open season
- Mallard: – · everywhere in Spain: –
- Mistle thrush: – · everywhere in Spain: –
- Northern lapwing: No open season
- Northern shoveler: – · everywhere in Spain: –
- Redwing: – · everywhere in Spain: –
- Red-legged partridge: – · everywhere in Spain: –
- Rock dove: – · not open everywhere in Spain
- Song thrush: – · everywhere in Spain: –
- Stock dove: – · everywhere in Spain: –
- Eurasian teal: – · everywhere in Spain: –
- European turtle dove: – · not open everywhere in Spain
- Eurasian magpie: – · not open everywhere in Spain
- Red fox: – · everywhere in Spain: –
Openings and closings by month
January
- Closes
- Red-legged partridge ·
- Iberian ibex (Doe) ·
- Mistle thrush ·
- Pyrenean chamois (Buck, Doe) ·
February
- Closes
March
- Closes
- Fallow deer ·
- Mouflon ·
- Red fox ·
- Roe deer ·
May
- Closes
- Iberian ibex (Buck) ·
August
- Opens
- Closes
September
- Opens
- Fallow deer ·
- Mouflon ·
- Red fox ·
- Roe deer ·
- Red deer (Stag) ·
- Closes
October
- Opens
- Common pheasant ·
- Common snipe ·
- Common wood pigeon ·
- Eurasian coot ·
- Eurasian magpie ·
- Eurasian teal ·
- Eurasian wigeon ·
- Eurasian woodcock ·
- European hare ·
- European rabbit ·
- Gadwall ·
- Iberian hare ·
- Iberian ibex (Buck, Doe) ·
- Mallard ·
- Mistle thrush ·
- Northern shoveler ·
- Pyrenean chamois (Buck, Doe) ·
- Red deer ·
- Red-legged partridge ·
- Redwing ·
- Rock dove ·
- Song thrush ·
- Stock dove ·
Notes
- Protected species; no open season.
- Also 1 Mar – 15 May, only by stalking or from a hide.
- Also 4 Apr – 15 Aug, only by stalking or from a hide.
- Outside 1 Jun – 31 Mar only by stalking or from a hide.
- Summer season (media veda) only on 23 Aug, 30 Aug, 6 Sep and 13 Sep; in Lleida, Cerdanya and Solsonès 20 Aug – 10 Sep (Thu, Sat, Sun).
- Only in Terres de l’Ebre (snipe also in three Girona hunting areas).
- Also in the summer season on 6 Sep and 13 Sep (Lleida, Cerdanya, Solsonès: 3 Sep and 10 Sep).
- Only in hunting grounds allocated part of the national quota.
- Only on 23 Aug and 30 Aug.
- Source
- Generalitat de Catalunya
- Legal basis
- Resolució ARP/2305/2026, de 6 de juliol, per la qual es fixen les espècies objecte d'aprofitament cinegètic, els períodes hàbils de caça i les vedes especials per a la temporada 2026-2027 (DOGC núm. 9704, de 9 de juliol de 2026)
- Published
Catalonia's own regulations prevail: they can add closures, quotas or restrictions not shown here. Season information in the app is for guidance only. Always check current legislation and local rules before you hunt.
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