Incredible but true, another tile fell on the unfortunate woman hunting season 2021/2022. The entirety of the Brescia hunting world it was in fact convinced, equally divided between for and against, that this year during the month of January it was possible to carry out the roaming hunt for woodcock and snipe throughout the provincial territory on Saturdays and Sundays. The belief arose from the fact that the indication, su specific request of the Utr, had been given by the Provincial Council which usually expresses itself on some opinions such as the pre-opening, the training period of the puppies less than 15 months and the fixed days until October XNUMXst.
We remind you that the Consulta is made up of the presidents of the 8 alpine areas, by the president of the ATC, by a wildlife expert, by a representative of the agricultural world and by an expert in environmental matters. Having given a favorable opinion from the ATC and the wildlife expert, we were convinced that the request for woodcock and snipe had been accepted. Even the calendar, even with a lexical construction not the best he seemed to have consented to the requests of a part of the hunting world. And instead we were wrong, because once again in Italy and therefore also in Lombardy the public provisions can be interpreted and as always they are interpreted to the detriment of thousands of fans.
The so-called Supplementary Calendar for the province of Brescia in point 2.3 "OTHER PROVISIONS" states that "from 01.01.2022 to 31.01.2022 wandering hunting is allowed for three days a week to be chosen exclusively: in the swamps in the ponds and in the artificially prepared bodies of water for at least the entire relative year and relative shores, in the wet stubble or flooded. And in the following lakes and streams and their belt of 50 meters from the respective head of the wave…. and the list of the lakes of Garda and Iseo and of the rivers Oglio Chiese Mella Strone and Gambara follows "At the end of the list there is another sentence, not present in last year's calendar:" subject to the limitations referred to in the previous point, from 010.01.2022 to 31.01.2022 the woodcock and snipe are huntable only on Saturdays and Sundays throughout the territory of the Single Atc ".
From our point of view this phrase meant that the rambling hunt in general it followed the limitations of point 2.3, that is the banks of rivers, lakes and stubble flooded while for woodcock and snipe it was possible to extend the hunting in roaming form to the whole territory of the ATC, only on Saturdays and Sundays. Second instead a note issued by the Utr of Brescia woodcock and snipe hunting can only be practiced in the areas listed, as in their view "subject to limitations" is to be understood as "subject to limitations". Once again, however, this interpretation is to the total detriment of the hunting world which, with a thousand discussions, had tried to reach a meeting point among those who, especially hounders, want to protect the newly introduced repopulation fauna and those who, hunters with pointing dogs, want to carve out a few more hunting days even in January.
In all honesty we must admit that we did not notice this catch in Federcaccia Brescia, this ambiguous phrase. We are perplexed, however, to find that the opinion of the ATC and another member of the Council has not been taken into consideration, or rather, the fact that it was thought that this novelty had been accepted and instead, at the end of December it was realized that it was not. Many hunters are disappointed and embittered, others are enraged: in a season that saw us deprived of the first ten days of hunting, finding ourselves deprived of these further days is really disheartening for us. hunters, but embarrassing for the regional bureaucracy which once again proved not to be up to its role.
If the intention was not to authorize the withdrawal throughout the territory of the ATC, it was enough to say so and not add an unnecessary sentence. If, on the other hand, the intention was to accept the indications of the Consulta and the ATC, well then the Calendar was really badly written. We continue to maintain very strong reservations about regional officials: Guidelines for the Alpine Galliformes and especially for the rock partridge, the vortex of resolutions and managerial acts that caused the hunting activity to be suspended, this draft of the Supplementary Calendar. How will the Hunting Wildlife Plan be managed? The 24th November An online meeting was held by the Region with the hunting associations to illustrate the Wildlife Plan, communicating that within a week it would be published and we would have 60 days to make our observations: more than a month has passed but the Plan Regional wildlife even the shadow.
Federcaccia Brescia wishes you happy new year to all its members and to all managers and their families. We work together, with conviction and commitment, to make sure that the next hunting season makes us forget the disasters of the one that is coming to an end. We can and must find the energy to overcome the difficulties and obstacles that they want to reduce and in some eliminate our passion. Greetings to all. (Federcaccia Brescia - Cacciapensieri)