Seasons set by each autonomous community
Act 42/2007 tasks the communities with determining the grounds and the permitted dates for each species.
There is no national Spanish hunting calendar. Article 65.2 of Act 42/2007 lays down the rule: hunting must be regulated so as to guarantee the conservation and development of the authorised species, and «las Comunidades autónomas determinarán los terrenos y las aguas donde puedan realizarse tales actividades, así como las fechas hábiles para cada especie» — the autonomous communities determine the grounds and waters where these activities may take place, and the permitted dates for each species. In practice each community publishes an annual orden de vedas, the order setting the periods, hunting days and quotas for the coming season. Dates therefore differ from one community to another for the same species, according to local conditions. A hunter must identify the community they are travelling to, then the order in force for the current season.