Ain, Gers, Landes, Somme… This Sunday marks the opening of the 2022-2023 hunting season in many French departments. For most of them, it will end on the last Sunday in February, the start of the wildlife reproduction phase. This popular activity, which unites all social classes around the same passion, has 1.1 million people with up-to-date permits. 500,000 volunteers, including their accompanying tutes, should be added to that.
An opening under the sign of drought
This year, the opening cannot take place everywhere under normal conditions. Forests have been destroyed and ponds and ponds are at their lowest. Migratory birds like the wheat quail have already left. The waterfowl have left the empty waters. “It’s common sense. We will not go hunting where there is no more hunting, especially in dry ponds or burned forests.” comments Regis Harges, Director of the Departmental Hunters Federation…
Source: Le Figaro
