Let's find out the task that is assigned to the post offices and their position, during a hunting trip to boar. Safety is one of the main aspects to take care of, so each post must know the exact location of the others, in order to avoid unpleasant hunting accidents.
There are many hunters who, at least once in their life, have participated in a traditional "Cacciarella". If we were to listen to the opinions of hunters after this type of boar hunting, we would see a series of conflicting opinions: who liked it a lot, who was bored. Those who express this latter opinion argue that they will almost certainly not repeat an experience of that type, having not fired a single shot and not having seen anything of what was happening during the joke.
The traditional joke al boar, born in the Lazio Maremma on the Tolfa mountains, in the villages of Bracciano, Castel Giuliano, Canale Monterano, Manziana, Civitavecchia and Allumiere, is accomplished through the participation of a large number of hunters and a consistent pack of dogs, in a very extended, in some cases even hundreds of hectares. The wild boar hunt involves hunters and dogs throughout the day, from sunrise to sunset, and it can happen that while in one area the air becomes electric because you can hear the hoots and killing, in another area of the territory delimited for the joke nothing interesting happens, not even the shots. In any case, everyone agrees that it is necessary to keep the attention threshold high until the sound of the horn that decrees the end of the bar is heard.
The stakes are generally assigned by merit or by drawing lots. The first type is used in small teams, to those who have previously demonstrated their ability, terms of killing, earning the trust and esteem of all the other members of the team, who agree in allowing these hunters to lurk in the best points.
As for the stakes by drawing lots, the latter are generally assigned in large teams or in the course of big worldly jokes through tickets, numbered balls or by simple counting, with the aim of not penalizing or favoring anyone, avoiding annoying misunderstandings and dissatisfactions.
The position of the post offices, whatever their nature, is chosen by Capo Caccia in his indisputable opinion.
The position that is assigned to a hunter to have him guard a stretch of wood is similar to that given to a soldier with the same purpose, since it is a very serious task for two reasons: the first concerns the safety factor. This aspect should be emphasized, since people and dogs participate in the wild boar hunt and very powerful weapons are used. Recall that a medium caliber rifle has a range of a few kilometers, while normal dry XNUMX-gauge lead bullets, if they impact a log, a stone or a body of water at a sharp angle, suffer often unpredictable bounces.
So you need to be more than sure about where and what you are about to shoot, because in the woods there are not only wild boars. Furthermore, it should be remembered that the “Posta” has the burden and the duty to kill the wild boars that dogs, canai and poachers, with audacity and a lot of effort try to push against them.
The main task of the hunter stationed during a hunt is to take down the wild boar. After the stake has been assigned, you must first be seen by the previous one and the next, agreeing on the respective shooting angles and how far one hunter or the other will have to shoot. This aspect, in addition to mainly taking care of the safety aspect, will ensure that a series of shots are not fired that will not give anyone the certainty of who really killed the boar. Another task that can perform the post, is to "clean" the shooting lines to eliminate the branches and shrubs from the trots, from which the wild boar could arrive. Having a clear and "clean" view can help the mail a lot.
We are not talking about pruning all the plants around, but it is enough to eliminate some branches that prevent you from seeing well those areas considered "strategic".
Other aspects to take into consideration are the wind, taking care of our limited equipment, focusing on the points where the wild boar could arrive and keeping an eye on nearby posts. It must be remembered that the wild boar kills with hearing: a wild boar that makes noises as it sneaks up to our post, is a dead wild boar.
There are various types of posts, which change according to the type of joke that you want to make to settle the wild boar: the Cacciarella and the Girata.
In the cacciarella, a topic that we have already dealt with in a previous article, the posts are placed at the beginning of the hunt by the huntsman helped by the most experienced hunters in the area of the perimeter chosen for the hunt in the most plausible points of escape of the wild boar. The distance between the posts varies in relation to the visibility from the ground, so it is not measurable with precision. It is very important to take into account the wind which must blow in front of the post, since the smell of the boar is very acute and can feel the presence of a man at several tens of meters, with the wind in favor: for this reason it is not recommended. using perfumes, aftershaves and smoking.
Again, the main thing is that each mail knows exactly where the neighboring mail is.
The spin, on the other hand, differs from the cacciarella in that it is carried out on a not very large area (maximum 15 hectares and preferably surrounded by fields or meadows). The Girata team is made up of some stalls, a dog and a single dog that will have to find and force the animals.
The substantial difference between the two methods of wild boar hunting is not so much on the position of the stalls, but on the lower environmental impact and on the fauna that produces the turn, since fewer people and dogs participate in it compared to the hunting.