Hunting seasons · 2026/2027 · Updated
Hunting seasons in Extremadura
Extremadura: 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.
Extremadura’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 | – |
| Buck2 | – | |
| Iberian ibex | Buck3 | – |
| Doe | – | |
| Mouflon | Both sexes4 | All year |
| Red deer | Both sexes | – |
| Stag5 | – | |
| Roe deer | Both sexes | – |
| Wild boar | Both sexes46 | All year |
Small game
| Species | Sex / age class | Open season |
|---|---|---|
| Common pheasant | Both sexes | – |
| Common quail | Both sexes7 | – |
| Common snipe | Both sexes | – |
| Common wood pigeon | Both sexes8 | – |
| Eurasian coot | Both sexes | – |
| Eurasian wigeon | Both sexes | No open season |
| Eurasian woodcock | Both sexes | – |
| European rabbit | Both sexes | – |
| Fieldfare | Both sexes | – |
| Gadwall | Both sexes | No open season |
| Greylag goose | Both sexes | No open season |
| Iberian hare | Both sexes | – |
| Jack snipe | Both sexes | No open season |
| Mallard | Both sexes9 | – |
| Mistle thrush | Both sexes | – |
| Northern lapwing | Both sexes | – |
| Northern shoveler | Both sexes | – |
| Redwing | Both sexes | – |
| Red-legged partridge | Both sexes | – |
| Rock dove | Both sexes8 | – |
| Song thrush | Both sexes | – |
| Stock dove | Both sexes | – |
| Eurasian teal | Both sexes | – |
| European turtle dove | Both sexes | No open season |
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 sexes | – |
| Red fox | Both sexes10 | – |
Where Extremadura differs from the rest of Spain
Compared with the dates that hold everywhere in Spain:
- Fallow deer: – · not open everywhere in Spain
- Fallow deer (Buck): – · everywhere in Spain: –
- Iberian ibex (Buck): – · everywhere in Spain: –
- Iberian ibex (Doe): – · everywhere in Spain: –
- Mouflon: All year · not open everywhere in Spain
- Red deer: – · not open everywhere in Spain
- Red deer (Stag): – · everywhere in Spain: –
- Roe deer: – · 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: No open season
- Eurasian woodcock: – · everywhere in Spain: –
- European rabbit: – · everywhere in Spain: –
- Fieldfare: – · everywhere in Spain: –
- Gadwall: No open season
- 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: – · everywhere in Spain: –
- 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: –
- Eurasian magpie: – · not open everywhere in Spain
- Red fox: – · everywhere in Spain: –
Openings and closings by month
January
- Closes
February
- Closes
March
- Closes
- Iberian ibex (Buck, Doe) ·
- Red fox ·
April
- Opens
- Roe deer ·
July
- Closes
- Roe deer ·
August
- Opens
September
- Opens
- Iberian ibex (Buck, Doe) ·
- Closes
October
November
- Opens
- Common wood pigeon ·
- Fieldfare ·
- Mistle thrush ·
- Redwing ·
- Song thrush ·
- Stock dove ·
December
- Closes
Notes
- Protected species; no open season.
- Also 1 Sep – 4 Oct, only by stalking or from a hide.
- Also open 1 Apr – 15 May.
- Outside 10 Oct – 21 Feb only by stalking or from a hide.
- Also 29 Aug – 30 Sep, only by stalking or from a hide.
- In the VC4 hunting district, stalking and hides only 1 May – 31 Dec.
- Also open 12 Oct – 6 Jan.
- Also in the summer season (media veda): 22 Aug – 8 Sep.
- Also in the summer season (media veda): 15 Aug – 8 Sep.
- Also open 1 Apr – 26 Apr.
- Source
- Junta de Extremadura
- Legal basis
- Resolución de 23 de marzo de 2026, de la Dirección General de Mundo Rural, Caza, Pesca y Tauromaquia, periodos y días hábiles de caza 2026-2027 (DOE núm. 60, de 27 de marzo de 2026); Orden General de Vedas de 22 de julio de 2024
- Published
Extremadura'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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