Wood pigeon special: everything you ever wanted to know about wood pigeon and never dared to ask - A precious series of articles intended for those who have in their hearts the magnificent wild with white insignia. A journey that will touch on numerous aspects of hunting from the stage and to the field, an opportunity to refresh the memory in anticipation of the pre-opening. The fateful date that puts the hunter back at the center of the scene, even if for a few days
Colombaccio: October 2009 an unusual migration -? at the end of September and like every year, every good traditional wood pigeon hunter has finished the preparations to face and better enjoy all the nuances of migration that is now upon us. Every year many of the October conditions are repeated with a cadence that seems almost drawn, the temperature fades, the sun begins to give off a pleasant temperature and the leaves of the trees turn yellow, but one thing determines the soul of the hunter more than the others. arrival of the wood pigeons. The wait, this year, lasted much longer than the previous hunting years and the migration has held a completely singular trend, let's try to describe it with the data collected by the "Progetto Colombaccio Italia" surveyors.
Colombaccio: the oak woods the ideal habitat - In Italy the Wood Pigeon is configured as a regular migrator. It is also present as a discontinuous breeding species in numerous locations in Italy. The populations of Northern and Eastern Europe are essentially migratory, partial migrant or resident, as we proceed south and west
Wood pigeon: the rules of winter hunting - To identify wood pigeon hunting exclusively with that practiced during the phase of the autumn migration of these birds is, nowadays, at least anachronistic. These wild animals, in fact, have now become regular guests of the peninsula, even in the months that separate the so-called pass from the spring review, not to mention those contingents that have established stable roots in our latitudes.
Wood pigeon: Wood pigeons abroad - Wood pigeon hunting abroad takes place almost exclusively in "classic" sanctuaries which - as happens only for the best destinations - show no sign of missing a beat: Scotland, England and Ireland
Colombaccio: Story of a passion - The fondest memories for a passionate wood pigeon hunter are inevitably linked to the days spent on the hunting post, lost among the branches of a wood that in October still shows off all its luxuriance. These are temporal portions full of emotions, emotions linked to hunting as well as to that friendship that finds the glue par excellence in the hunting passion. These are splinters of life that are repeated and that may seem durable, but which in reality run away as fast as the passage of a flock of wood pigeons on the horizon.
Colombaccio: Fausti Progress LX, progress cannot be stopped - Consolidation on different markets requires an expansion of the product range and at Fausti this semi-automatic was appropriately thought of. Perfect for the migrating king
Wood pigeon: guns and cartridges for the blue King of migrations - Reasoning about trajectories, calibers, barrels, and shot to best intercept this lightning bolt from the skies
Colombaccio: Diana and the Professor - The appointment with art signed by Diana is back, the artist we propose this time is Maurizio Martelli, Professor at the best Academies of Fine Arts in Italy and passionate about everything that is hunting, tradition and Nature
Colombaccio: The Colombaccio on the web - Sifting through the web we found some curious news about this magnificent wild and we thought to propose them again in these two pages. These are singular and curious news that can be enjoyed even by those who are not passionate about steel pigeons
Woodcock between dream and reality: appointment with the "Queen" - It's like resuming a speech interrupted just yesterday. It does not seem that an almost whole year has passed in between: all the events of life, good or bad they are, now take a back seat. When an October storm finally drives a woodcock to our part of our country, attached like a kite to a long breath of cold northern air, the dialogue with the "queen of the woods" resumes as if by magic.
The case: final conflict - A funny theatrical curtain stages a quarrel between hunters. With the usual competence and a pinch of irony, our lawyer identifies the reasons for the dispute and the solution of the same according to the law
Waiting for the opening: ornithology, from my home ... - Where will it be said of how in this crazy spring that is raining, I wanted to have fun transforming my house into a large fixed post, from which to "shoot" salvos of shots with the Nikon in order to cheer up my eyes and yours, to understand even a little more than what management means ...
Hunting and science: the Casilina natural history gallery, a collection for everyone - The Natural History Gallery of the University of Perugia, recently inaugurated in Casalina di Deruta, near the Umbrian capital, ranks among the most important Italian naturalistic collections
In the kitchen: fried mallard breasts - A really cheerful and tasty dish, also suitable for those who are not lovers of game. It is a second easy to prepare that does not require excessive culinary experience, the only attention must be paid to the oil which must be very hot before dipping the mallard breasts.
Fair Leisure Slug: a ball against the boar - The Brescia-based FAIR is determined to pursue two substantial objectives: to offer the wild boar hunter a product with an unsurpassed quality / price ratio and to affirm, on a commercial level, the "100% Italian Made" philosophy
Optisan 6 Z 2-13x44mm rifle scope: Prestigious economic - In the hunting optics sector, the range that abounds most is that of products around 400-500 euros in cost. For this figure, today you can buy a spotting scope with excellent performance and great reliability. Among them, the Optisan of the 6Z series stand out. The 2-13-44 mm model has some truly remarkable numbers
Fantoni Hide Holding: an excellent paperback - Foldable version of a very successful fixed blade model, this pocket knife has a decent size and very interesting features. Starting with the excellent quality of materials and finishes
Talks with: Tiberio Becattini, an example of pure dog lovers… even today! - In a dog world that seems to have moved everything to Serbia, a true paradise for partridges, however, when with the results achieved there you think you have completely exhausted the problem of selection, without taking into account many things that we will talk about another time, I, on the other hand, went to Vicchio di Mugello to greet a real dog lover who today I want to tell you about