[eng] The hunting activity is one of the main movements that structure the rural environment of the Balearic Islands. From the information provided by the Hunting Service of the Mallorcan Council the following are assessed among others: the social impact of the hunting collective, basic indicator to determine potential issues related to the management of hunting areas or to evaluate the economic impact of the activity. It analyzes the distribution, age, gender and types of people who practice hunting license holders of Mallorca. A geographically limited framework with a socioeconomical environment based on the tertiary sector, shows how hunting strongly persists in most municipalities with emergence of practices traditional hunting and cynegetic tourism. The lack of generational change, the effects of the economic crisis and the introgression of urban uses are some of the limiting factors. Also, gender marks an essential difference between hunting and other recreational activities given the limited presence of women.