"This is the cold shower, we can't hunt", TF1 questions a traditional hunter The weekly Chassons.com newsletter

While the traditional hunts were again suspended this Monday evening, the cameras on the TF1 television news went to meet a Landes hunter in Alouette au fillet.Disappointed, he does not hide his disappointment."I took larks three days ago.These are the only ones that I will take this year, the hunter is sorry.It’s depriving myself of an important moment: I take vacation every year for that moment, and there, cold shower last night, finished, we can't hunt… ”.

A tackle at the peasantry

At the beginning of August, already, several traditional hunts had been prohibited, deemed illegal by the Council of State.These prohibitions had raised the anger of the hunters, who organized major demonstrations throughout France to defend their values.In mid-October, the government turns around and again authorizes certain traditional hunts, before prohibiting them again at the end of October.

The season will only have lasted a month, and many hunters find themselves in tune."It was the peasantry that was trampled on.These are very strong signals that are sent to our campaigns, and these are very strong signals that we too could refer to our leaders ", ton Régis Hargues, director of the Departmental Federation of Landes Hunters.The nets are selective and capture only a small number of volatiles each year.This time, there will not be, for the greatest misfortune of many enthusiasts.