Hunting seasons · 2026/2027 · Updated
Hunting seasons in Valencia
Valencia: 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.
Valencia’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 sexes2 | All year |
| Iberian ibex | Both sexes2 | All year |
| Mouflon | Both sexes2 | All year |
| Red deer | Both sexes2 | All year |
| Roe deer | Both sexes2 | All year |
| Wild boar | Both sexes2 | All year |
Small game
| Species | Sex / age class | Open season |
|---|---|---|
| Common pheasant | Both sexes3 | – |
| Common quail | Both sexes | – |
| Common snipe | Both sexes4 | – |
| Common wood pigeon | Both sexes53 | – |
| Eurasian coot | Both sexes4 | – |
| Eurasian wigeon | Both sexes | No open season |
| Eurasian woodcock | Both sexes | – |
| European rabbit | Both sexes3 | – |
| Fieldfare | Both sexes36 | – |
| Gadwall | Both sexes4 | – |
| Greylag goose | Both sexes4 | – |
| Iberian hare | Both sexes7 | No open season |
| Jack snipe | Both sexes4 | – |
| Mallard | Both sexes4 | – |
| Mistle thrush | Both sexes36 | – |
| Northern lapwing | Both sexes4 | – |
| Northern shoveler | Both sexes4 | – |
| Redwing | Both sexes36 | – |
| Red-legged partridge | Both sexes3 | – |
| Rock dove | Both sexes53 | – |
| Song thrush | Both sexes36 | – |
| Stock dove | Both sexes | No open season |
| Eurasian teal | Both sexes4 | – |
| 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 sexes3 | – |
| Eurasian magpie | Both sexes53 | – |
| Red fox | Both sexes53 | – |
Where Valencia differs from the rest of Spain
Compared with the dates that hold everywhere in Spain:
- Fallow deer: All year · not open everywhere in Spain
- Iberian ibex: All year · not open everywhere in Spain
- Mouflon: All year · not open everywhere in Spain
- Red deer: All year · not open everywhere in Spain
- Roe deer: All year · 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: – · everywhere in Spain: –
- Greylag goose: – · everywhere in Spain: –
- Iberian hare: No open season
- Jack snipe: – · everywhere in Spain: –
- 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: No open season
- Eurasian teal: – · everywhere in Spain: –
- European turtle dove: – · not open 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
February
- Closes
August
- Opens
- Closes
September
- Closes
October
- Opens
- Carrion crow ·
- Common pheasant ·
- Common snipe ·
- Common wood pigeon ·
- Eurasian coot ·
- Eurasian magpie ·
- Eurasian teal ·
- European rabbit ·
- Fieldfare ·
- Gadwall ·
- Greylag goose ·
- Jack snipe ·
- Mallard ·
- Mistle thrush ·
- Northern lapwing ·
- Northern shoveler ·
- Red fox ·
- Red-legged partridge ·
- Redwing ·
- Rock dove ·
- Song thrush ·
November
- Opens
December
- Closes
Notes
- Protected species; no open season.
- Outside 1 Sep – 15 Mar only by stalking or from a hide.
- Dates for common hunting zones; in cotos and controlled hunting zones the dates of each estate’s approved technical plan apply.
- In cotos; in the southern Alicante wetlands (El Hondo, Santa Pola) from 1 Nov.
- Also in the summer season (media veda): 22 Aug – 20 Sep.
- In cotos also from fixed posts until 14 Feb.
- Not hunted in common hunting zones; in cotos only where the approved technical plan allows it.
- Only in hunting grounds allocated part of the national quota.
- Only on 22 Aug, 23 Aug, 29 Aug and 30 Aug.
- Source
- Generalitat Valenciana
- Legal basis
- Orden 13/2022, de 5 de agosto, de veda; Resolución de 22 de junio de 2026, de la Dirección General de Medio Natural y Animal (DOGV núm. 10393, de 29 de junio de 2026); Decreto 142/2025, de 7 de octubre (ungulados)
- Published
Valencia'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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