There is no two without three: the Monferrato Trophy organized by the Italian Federation of Hunting is preparing to live its third edition, scheduled for weekend of Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 May 2016. The venue chosen for this important Piedmontese dog show is always the same, namely the province of Alessandria. It's about a try Sant'Uberto on partridge, open to all the hunters who will demonstrate the possession of the regular firearms license for hunting purposes, as well as in compliance with the payments and the insurance card. The first absolute edition dates back to 2014, so it is quite recent and took place inWildlife Farm of Castelnuovo Bormida (in the province of Alessandria precisely).
Last year, on the other hand, the"Il Bandiasso" Wildlife Hunting Company, extended over several municipalities in the Piedmont province (including Castelnuovo Bormida, Sezzadio and Predosa). The 2015 edition was characterized by four categories in the race, viz "Absolute", "Search dogs", "Women" and "Under 30". The game eligible for evaluation by the judges was pheasants. According to the Sant'Uberto regulation, admitted hunters must have a pointing or hunting dog registered in the ENCI herd books or those recognized by the same body.
The provincial phases, as in the case of the Monferrato Trophy, must be carried out on sedentary game, even if the regulation adds the adverb "preferably": it is the task of the organizers of the event inform the competitors of the type of game that has been planned for the competition, before the shift is carried out, therefore the choice for the 2016 edition will soon be known. the competitor has the possibility to shoot other game in addition to the one foreseen, if the hunting laws allow it: this is one more opportunity for a possible acquisition of points foreseen for the behavior of the hunter (specifically 40 points) and of the dog (30 points).
How do these shifts work? Each hunter takes a fifteen-minute shift with his dog. With sedentary game, at least six cartridges are required, but only four can be used for killing a maximum of two birds. In the case of released game (quail for example), the hunter is obliged to bring at least ten cartridges and use only eight of them to kill up to four birds. Now further details are awaited from Federcaccia on this test.