Il Covid halves hunting days and Brescia side-by-side close a season to forget. The last cartridges fired on Sunday close a year that sees our local hunters fall below the psychological threshold of 20 thousand, and among many abandonments and some new entries, Federcaccia records a final balance of around 19 units. A whole different story compared to past times. Now the hunt feels squeezed between checks "not always done in the right way" as the provincial president Marco Bruni says, and an ancient habit of not respecting the rules on the part of Diana's own followers.
For the data on the reports raised by the hunting guards of the Provincial Police in December and January, the commander Claudio Porretti refers to the next weeks. Also because several proceedings are still ongoing. The managing director of the matter Guido Galperti, for his part, will remember the year for the "continuous information on the passages of the Dpcm", and also for the "Positive approach" to the management of abatement plans in alpine areas, "Unfortunately closed early due to heavy snowfall, as well as Covid". BUT A fairly defined FRAMEWORK comes from Bruni, starting with the phenomenon of abandonment that has been going on for years now. «We did some distance courses and there were some new entries - he summarizes - but the balance is negative by approximately one thousand units". The main cause is attributed to the pandemic that lost the entire month of November.
At the beginning of December, the resolution of the governor Attilio Fontana allowed hunters to cross the borders of their municipality even in the orange zone. And it went on until the change of color in red. On balance, "most of our associates - says Bruni - managed to exploit only half of the calendar, and the season was seriously compromised". With the consequence that many have decided to hang the shotgun permanently. But for the president of Hunting Federation it is not the only cause of renunciation. There are also the recurrent acts of vandalism against fixed stalking and sometimes too meticulous controls. "The last action against the huts took place last week in Franciacorta - Bruni underlines - and we wrote to the Public Prosecutor's Office also to ask to group the cases under a single Prosecutor's Office because there are the conditions for a minimum of investigation ».
Then the question of controls, which, however, does not sound like a justification for side-by-side goals that do not respect the rules. «Our priority commitment is to make it clear that hunting is not a right but a concession exercised on wildlife that is available to the State - he underlines -, and the only way to experience a serene hunting season is respect for legality ». And yet Bruni did not see any correspondence from the other side, in particular on the sizes of the rings for decoy birds, on which the controls have focused this year. «I have seen minutes in which the discrepancy of two tenths of a millimeter - he says -, on round aluminum rings that easily oval and are subjected to continuous wear ». By the way, “we don't know if the measurements are made with certified gauges - he adds - and the thing is creating a lot of noise. In the end, the fixed posting with wine calls is put at risk, which is the truly traditional hunting in Brescia "(Brescia Today).