Stage Hunting: Almost exclusively reserved for self-controllers, hunting from the rooftop requires precision, patience and knowledge of the game being hunted.
When we talk about hunting ungulates, we usually refer to the driven hunt which we have talked about several times.
It is a form of refined hunting, which sees the collaboration of different individuals who together reach a common goal: in short, an ancient and collaborative hunting technique.
Unlike the case of hunting from the roof terrace that moves away from the batting technique for the times but above all for the ways.
To begin with, the hunt from the roof terrace takes place in solitude, even better if in total silence and is aimed at many ungulates, first of all the fallow deer and the roe, but not infrequently also the wild boar.
If you choose to hunt from the roof terrace, mimicry is of fundamental importance: ungulates usually do not seem to have excellent eyesight, yet they have not only hearing, but also and above all an exceptional sense of smell and are able to detect the presence. human also for details not all considered important.
To spoil a day of hunting could think the smoke of a cigarette, or the too intense smell of an aftershave, or a badly insulated and creaking floor.
Another substantial difference between driven hunt and from rooftop hunting is that the latter is carried out naturally from a raised position of at least one meter from the ground: it is precisely this detail that gives the name to the hunting style.
The professional hunter in this case will have the opportunity to keep an eye on all the surroundings and the vegetation that surrounds him from his raised position, with a throw of at least a few hundred meters. You will thus be able to notice the arrival of a fallow deer or a roe deer that at dawn or dusk come out of the wood to feed.
Hunting from altana is particularly practiced in Tuscany, in which region, as mentioned, the technique is commonly reserved for wild boar hunting, but also and above all of roe and fallow deer.
It is usually a technique used for a selective collection of game: to try this technique, therefore, you must have a selecontroller card, or accompany a hunter who has this qualification.
Obviously, the culls will have to be regulated according to the control plan of the species in question, taking into account not only age but also sex. A type of hunting therefore that requires great preparation, patience and knowledge of the wild.
Normally, those who engage in hunting from the rooftop use a bolt action rifle with a tilting or manual single-shot bolt but with a telescope complete with a collimation reticle.
One of the greatest difficulties of this hunt is not only the recognition of the species approaching us, but also and above all the construction of the roof terrace which closely resembles a scaffolding but which must be entirely covered, for the safety of the hunter but also camouflaged with the use of ad hoc sheets.
The walls on each side must be equipped with slits, preferably these will allow you to shoot while sitting, and the floor must be made silent with the use of any insulation.