Hunting: Modena, the Provincial Council has approved the Hunting Calendar valid for the 2013-2014 Hunting Season.
Green light of the Provincial Council for the 2013-2014 hunting calendar. The provision, approved in recent days, indicates the main dates that mark the activity in the next season: hunting for sedentary game involving over six thousand shotguns will start on Sunday 15 September to close on 1 December and will be brought forward, from 1 September, five days of pre-opening with limitations, preceded by the start of the dog training activity scheduled for Sunday 25 August. Meanwhile the selection hunt for wild boar can start, probably as early as this week once the administrative procedures of the ATC have been completed; finally with the ok to the calendar, the hunt for male roe deer can start in the first days of June, earlier than in previous years to more effectively combat the proliferation, while the selection hunt for deer is scheduled from October to March, with limitations , in order to contain an increasing species that is causing various damages in particular to the agroforestry heritage.
The rules for hunting different species to be protected are confirmed in the calendar such as the wild turtledove (reduced hunting days), the red partridge (new rules even if the species is recovering) and the lark for which there are limitations. to the game bag; for the corvids, on the other hand, all the changes introduced last year to increase the incisiveness of the levy to protect agriculture have been confirmed, while the blackbird hunt closes on 26 December.
There are also rules on fox hunting, in order to ensure greater safety, and on sedentary hunting during the month of January. To protect the woodcock, in the winter months there are temporary suspensions (communicated through the website of the Province) in case of severe frosts. It is also specified that an unloaded shotgun means the weapon that does not contain cartridges in the tank or even in the cartridge chamber, while for the safety distances (150 meters from the houses) buildings with collapsed roofs and buildings are not to be considered. not under renovation.
The formal recognition of hunting with falcons has been confirmed (permitted by national and regional legislation) for which the provisions envisaged for hunting with sedentary fauna apply. The Hunting Calendar of the Province of Modena will soon be available in the special section “Venatori Calendars” of the Caccia Passione portal.
14 May 2013
Province of Modena