The text, substantially unchanged compared to previous years in the fundamental choices relating to huntable species, harvesting times and various provincial provisions. In particular, there was discussion about the possible postponement of the opening date of the hunt from the third to the fourth Sunday of September, the elimination of the “buffer” between areas suitable and not suitable for wild boar hunting and above all, the inclusion of the wild dove (Streptopelia turtur) as a species that can be harvested in pre-opening given the limitations imposed by Europe and by an uneven application recorded by the Regions in the respective hunting calendars approved to date or in the process of approval.
The president of Federcaccia Toscana – UCT Marco Salvadori, underlined the
no to any possible proposal to postpone the general opening date of hunting from the third to the fourth Sunday of September. An unmotivated proposal as far as respect for the decades of overlap is concerned and in the absence of further more incisive measures, it is also marginal from a management point of view. Also with regards to the proposal to eliminate the so-called buffer or buffer zone between areas suited to wild boar and those not suited to wild boar, the opposition expressed was clearly argued as this predominantly management tool allowed the ATC to organize the collection of the species with flexibility in the various territories, avoiding conflicts and tensions with the organized teams and with the districts of the suitable areas. Finally, the problem relating to the harvesting of wild doves in pre-opening was addressed, given the limitations on the quota that can be harvested resulting from a distorted and forced application of the key concepts and other factors.Without prejudice to the two pre-opening days for opportunistic species and derogation species, the proposal for a possible ban on the collection of the Turtle Dove is not understood. The choices made at the time by the Region, with the mandatory introduction of the hunting license app Toscaccia for the collection of the species, today place Tuscany in a privileged and advanced position compared to other regions. The possibility of certifying the collection of the assigned quota, puts us in a position to guarantee a retraction at the ministerial level and in the same state-region conference on the maximum quota of assigned heads, avoiding unmotivated and further reductions compared to the previous year and the consequent collection on the pre-opening dates. Despite this, the need to keep the species in the list of huntable species included in the calendar was expressed.
A position also strengthened by the intervention of the Vice President of ANUU Migrationists – Terfiro Innocenti – in full agreement with the arguments expressed. It will be our association’s responsibility to send in the next few hours detailed technical-scientific material supplementing the elaboration premises of the calendar also regarding the dates and times of sampling of some other species of hunting interest. (Federcaccia Toscana UCT)
