Castiglione della Pescaia (GR): The Second Day of hunting activities dedicated to wild boar hunting will be held on Sunday 20 March. Twenty stands from the area in Piazza Garibaldi. The typical hunts of the Maremma will be reconstructed and the falconers show will be staged.
Another whole day dedicated to hunting. After the success of last year, the Second Day of hunting activities kicks off in Castiglione della Pescaia. The whole world of hunting will arrive in Piazza Garibaldi, on Sunday 20 March, from 10 to 18,30.
During the day some settings related to the various types of hunting in the Maremma will be set up. The brim technique used in marshes with a kind of artificial lake and with a small boat will be reconstructed to scale.
Then there will be the reproduction of the pigeon hunt, and the wild boar hunt.
And, new this year, the stand and the falconers show at 12 and 17, the setting up of the field for archery and the stand of the Pro Loco and the agritourisms, which can host those who practice hunting in the winter months and visitors to the exhibition.
At the same time, about twenty stands will be mounted on activities related to hunting, such as exhibitions of weapons, clothing of the sector, feed, surveillance and hunting guards, the stand of the Province, that of the territorial hunting association, the stand of the selection hunt, pen hunting, lark hunting, one for hunting magazines, archers, sector photos. All the hunting associations in the area were involved, such as Federcaccia, Libera Caccia, Enalcaccia, Arcicaccia, etc.
This morning the event was presented by the councilor for hunting and the environment David Bulleri, and some presidents of the various hunting associations: Sandro Pilozzi, Liberacaccia, Piero Totti, Federcaccia, Sergio Bocci, Arcicaccia and Mirocle Bartolucci, of the Compagnia Arcieri "I falchi of the Clodia island ".
“The hunter must be the first environmentalist, the one who has respect for the environment in which he moves and we want to convey this message to all those who will be with us on Sunday”, explained Bulleri.
Some restaurants that have joined the initiative of the Municipality of Castiglione della Pescaia have prepared characteristic menus at a reduced price to be offered to the participants of the day.
Finally, within the event there will be a conference - from 10,30 to about 13 - which will be held in the adjacent council room which will be decorated with trophies and hunting photos and will have the theme: "The wild boar, resource or problem ? " which will be attended by the president of the Province of Grosseto, Leonardo Marras and the mayor of Castiglione della Pescaia, on. Monica Faenzi. The journalist Giacomo Cretti, columnist for Sky hunting and fishing will moderate.
The speeches will be those of Bruno Modugno, responsible for Sky hunting and fishing, Gaetano Cipriani, director of the magazine La caccia al boar, Mario Mencarelli, expert in wild boar hunting and Giampiero Sammuri, president of Federparchi.
Finally, the international hunting council will be present with a special commission for the official evaluation of hunting trophies that can be brought to the streets by hunters.