Hi Story, as far as I am aware it never went away but is a lot less common than it used to be. You need to be a good horseman ! A lot of people are unaware that about 67% of Spain is still natural parks but you can hunt there. My son is going on a school trip to Cazorla near Jaen for 4 days in May on a nature trip. I asked him if he could ask the teacher if I could go along with my single shot .30-06 with him, just as back up in case, (Cazorla has big boar, mouflon, fallow, big red stags etc). Unfortunately there were not keen on the idea ? best, Mike