The hunting season has just begun amidst a thousand controversies and disputes, among other things still in progress, with not a few difficulties for honest hunters and even the usual cunning ones get involved in dirtying the good name of the Italian hunter.
23 September 2011 - In the province of Florence the men of the State Forestry Corps have in fact denounced on the loose two young people who are absolutely not part of the hunting population but who can at most be part of the prison population; with their deeds, unfortunately, these two self-styled crafty ones do nothing but tarnish an ancient passion such as hunting.
The State Forestry Corps of the Station Command of Barberino del Mugello, Ceppeto and Covigliaio carried out a series of anti-poaching operations aimed at combating the phenomenon of poaching as well as ascertaining the occurrence of situations of irregularities and violations concerning both the use of hunting means that the allowed times.
Precisely as part of one of these anti-poaching operations which took place in the night between 22 and 23 September in the territory of Berberino del Mugello (FI), the men of the Forest Guard caught red-handed two young men aged 21 and 22 who introduced into a hunting wildlife company and they thought it best to hunt with a crossbow while they remained stationed from inside their car.
When the agents arrived, the two criminals launched the crossbow and darts from the window and then tried to escape with their car but another patrol stationed not far away took steps to block the fugitives.
The crossbow abandoned by the two subjects was found by the men of the Forestry Guard in perfect working order and ready to shoot with a bolt already loaded; some cutting tools were also found in the machine.
The two young offenders, both had criminal records, were reported on the loose for hunting from motor vehicles, hunting with unauthorized means, hunting at prohibited times and within a wildlife hunting area as well as resistance to public officials.
Fortunately, these people do not reflect the hunting people who often actively participate in the fight against poaching.