When you go hunting with someone, you hunt twice. There is all the excitement of research, of observing the territory. It is impossible not to identify with the hunter, but in the meantime the companion's "tasks" are many others. Do not...

Immolating our marksman instincts on the altar of respect for the wild is a great sacrifice, but it is also what distinguishes the hunter from the killer. In the warm sun of a mid-November afternoon I was ...

A hunting trip is a gift of a lifetime to forgive the working week in a chaotic metropolis March announced itself with its usual dysphoria: rain, sun and wind intertwined in a ...

A fantastic winter sunset “Bananas, biscuits, toys, diapers. Nothing should be missing, in case ... ". "Don't worry, I won't call you except for real emergencies, I know how precious a hunting trip is for you", she dismisses me ...

The rifle slowly slipped onto the tripod, and the author's eye slipped onto the eyepiece of the optics. The magnetic glow of dawn was already there waiting for us. The stubble threads crackled under the boots, and we searched in the last dark ...

The plan for this year is concluded, hunting has served the roe deer species and has gratified the hunters. The last time I was here it was full winter, but the day was mild and sunny. Now we are...

Pina and Erika ready to go on a roe deer hunting adventure There are men capable of very romantic gestures, such as decorating the house with red roses or hiding jewels at the bottom of a drink. AND...

The author with wild boars on the Pollino mountains Warm and muggy literally take your breath away. Ennio's invitation to accompany him on the hunt is very welcome! Our friend selecontroller of the wild boar species in the Pollino National Park ...

The anticipation itself becomes part of the desire “Exactly a year has passed since I was last hunting… March 8 of last year. I was in Novara and I had gone out to the roe deer. I shot a female, but I didn't ...

The new president Nicola Rotaris during a recovery action Hunting - The FVG Track Dog Handlers Group was established in 2009 thanks to a group of passionate Hunters-Handlers who, with the aim of ...

Gianni, friend and now companion, illustrates to the author the conformation of the territory The hardest winter I can remember was giving way to the inexorable arrival of spring. Not only did the night get shorter, but also the temperature started ...

The meaning of life also passes through death, and also in this fundamental teaching Nature is our great teacher. The black of the night sky turns to blue, then to cobalt. It's...

Recovery action of an ungulate during our hunting trip. Breeding Hunt - Each cull is a story, which sometimes begins days, months, seasons in advance. A leader sighted, sought, desired, chased ...

Three months have passed since the selection hunt for bald roe deer ended. Numerous hunting-themed events have entertained us in the meantime, but all this talk of hunting does not ...

The countryside glows day by day under the sun that radiates everything with a hot, scorching light. The fields have almost all been mowed and, among the stubble, timid leaves of green grass challenge ...

The alarm clock has time to emit half a trill, and the hand reaches out to turn it off, guessing perfectly the trajectory in the dark. At three in the morning the house sleeps, and with it the rest of the ...

In the fourth edition of the now prestigious literary competition "Writing and Hunting" the 70 short stories in competition were, according to the jurors, particularly interesting. Many young people competing, able to tell with the freshness of ...

Our author Pina Apicella during the wild boar hunt. In southern Tuscany, in Maremma, and more precisely in the territory of Saturnia, famous for its sulphurous and very hot waters, the territory is everything ...

Each team has its top canai, its shooters, its DOC frying pans ... but also some precious, often silent and almost invisible hunters (or "former" hunters) who, due to age or ailments, have sometimes abandoned ...