Start of pre-opening
On 2 September, therefore two days ago, the pre-opening of the hunt began Calabria. This is the memorandum published by the regional Federcaccia:
2 – 3 September: TORTORA, WOOD PIGEON, GAZZA (exclusively from ambush)
9 – 10 September: COLOMBACCIO, GAZZA (exclusively from ambush)
13 – 14 September: WOOD PIGEON, MAGNIFICENT (exclusively from ambush) – QUAIL.
Remember that for hunting turtle dove and pochard it is necessary to download the XCaccia App, as soon as you have a hunting card, and record the samples relating to the species in real time, as well as mark it as usual on the hunting card.
Here is the link to download the application:
https://www.xcaccia.it/
Other important details
In pre-opening, the use of retrievers is permitted on 2, 3, 9, 10, 13 and 14 September; the use of pointing and hunting dogs on 13 and 14 September. It should also be remembered that in the SPAs, in pre-opening, hunting is prohibited, with the exception of selective hunting of ungulates.
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The hunting exercise in the territory of the metropolitan city of Reggio Calabria, as well as by the hunting calendar as already anticipated yesterday, is regulated by ordinance n. 5 of the PSA Commissioner, published in the Official Gazette no. 203 with relative annex n. 4. Federcaccia Calabria wishes all hunters good luck and a good start to the hunting season (source: FIDC).