Sierra Nevada Ibex Hunting in Spain
Southeastern Spanish Ibex Hunt is done by stalking in Government game reserves. The Southeastern Spanish ibex hunting season is from October to May. Sierra Nevada Ibex male’s horns grow long and follow an extraordinary backward curve, which looks like the shape of a sheep’s horn’. The Sierra Nevada Ibex or SouthEastern Spanish Ibex is hunted in the mountains of Sierra Nevada National Park, in Sierra de Lujar, Sierra de Huetor, Santillan, and Sierra Arana, in Andalucia province.
SIERRA NEVADA IBEX
Order: Artiodactyla
Suborder: Rumiants
Family: Bovidae
Genus: Capra
Specie: Capra Pyrenaica
Subspecie: Capra Pyrenaica Hispanica
Body height: 2,13 – 2,95 ft. 65 – 90 cm.
Weight: 110 – 132 lbs. 50 – 60 kgs
SIERRA NEVADA IBEX HUNTING METHOD
Hunting is done by stalking in Government game reserves.
SIERRA NEVADA IBEX HUNTING SEASON
October to May. The best is the rutting (from November to December) and spring (from March to May) season.
GEOGRAPHIC RANGE
South Spanish mountains. The Sierra Nevada Ibex or SouthEastern Ibex is hunted in the mountains of Sierra Nevada National Park, in Sierra de Lujar, Sierra de Huetor, Santillan, and Sierra Arana, in Andalucia province. The hunting area is at least 3 hours from Alicante airport.
SIERRA NEVADA IBEX HABITAT
Rocky mountains between 4.900 – 8.200 ft. 1.000-2.500 m.