Hunting

The hunting season is open.

The 2024 autumn hunting season is now open between 1st September 2024 and 31st January 2025. For more details about the autumn hunting season together with a list of huntable species with pictures, and for a detailed guidance sheet about the season, click on the Autumn hunting tab below. In other tabs you can also find details on illegal hunting in Malta and how to report it.

The 2024 spring hunting season ran between 10th and 30th April 2024. Hunting was permitted from Monday to Sunday (including public holidays) from two hours before sunrise until 12pm. Hunting was permitted on the Vulnerable European Turtle-dove (Gamiema) and the Common Quail (Summiena). To read more about the spring hunting season, and for a detailed guidance sheet about the season, click on the Spring hunting tab below.

Autumn hunting

Each year the autumn hunting season in Malta runs between 1st September and 31st January (both days included). Hunting during autumn is permitted for 40 species from land and 12 species at sea. Of these, the European Turtle-dove (Gamiema) can only be hunted between 1st September and 30th September. The overall bag limit for the autumn hunting season for Turtle-dove is 500.

Want to know what is permitted or illegal during the autumn hunting seasons? Download the guidance sheet we prepared for the autumn hunting season in Maltese or English below, with details about the season and photos of all 40 huntable species.

Autumn hunting guidance sheet

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