Hunting seasons · 2026/2027 · Updated
Hunting seasons in Gipuzkoa
Gipuzkoa: 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.
Gipuzkoa’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 |
| Roe deer | Both sexes | – |
| Wild boar | Both sexes | – |
Small game
| Species | Sex / age class | Open season |
|---|---|---|
| Common pheasant | Both sexes | – |
| Common quail | Both sexes | – |
| Common snipe | Both sexes | – |
| Common wood pigeon | Both sexes | – |
| Eurasian coot | Both sexes | – |
| Eurasian wigeon | Both sexes | No open season |
| Eurasian woodcock | Both sexes | – |
| European hare | Both sexes2 | No open season |
| European rabbit | Both sexes2 | No open season |
| Fieldfare | Both sexes | – |
| Gadwall | Both sexes | – |
| Greylag goose | Both sexes | – |
| Jack snipe | Both sexes | – |
| Mallard | Both sexes | – |
| Mistle thrush | Both sexes | – |
| Northern lapwing | Both sexes | No open season |
| Northern shoveler | Both sexes | – |
| Redwing | Both sexes | – |
| Red-legged partridge | Both sexes | – |
| Rock dove | Both sexes | – |
| 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 | – |
| Eurasian magpie | Both sexes | – |
| Red fox | Both sexes | – |
Where Gipuzkoa differs from the rest of Spain
Compared with the dates that hold everywhere in Spain:
- Roe deer: – · not open everywhere in Spain
- Wild boar: – · 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 hare: No open season
- European rabbit: No open season
- Fieldfare: – · everywhere in Spain: –
- Gadwall: – · everywhere in Spain: –
- Greylag goose: – · everywhere in Spain: –
- Jack snipe: – · everywhere in Spain: –
- 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: –
- Carrion crow: – · not open everywhere in Spain
- Eurasian magpie: – · not open everywhere in Spain
- Red fox: – · everywhere in Spain: –
Openings and closings by month
January
- Closes
- Carrion crow ·
- Common pheasant ·
- Common quail ·
- Common snipe ·
- Eurasian magpie ·
- Fieldfare ·
- Jack snipe ·
- Mallard ·
- Mistle thrush ·
- Red-legged partridge ·
- Redwing ·
- Rock dove ·
- Song thrush ·
- Stock dove ·
February
- Closes
March
September
- Opens
- Common quail ·
- Common wood pigeon ·
- Red fox ·
- Rock dove ·
- Roe deer ·
- Stock dove ·
- Wild boar ·
- Eurasian coot ·
- Eurasian teal ·
- Gadwall ·
- Greylag goose ·
- Mallard ·
- Northern shoveler ·
October
- Opens
November
- Closes
Notes
- Protected species; no open season.
- Only limited hunts, authorised in certain areas.
- Source
- Diputación Foral de Gipuzkoa
- Legal basis
- Orden Foral 0582/2026, de 3 de julio, por la que se fijan los periodos hábiles y las condiciones para el ejercicio de la caza en el Territorio Histórico de Gipuzkoa durante la temporada 2026/2027 (BOG núm. 133, de 16 de julio de 2026)
- Published
Gipuzkoa'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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