The Regional Wildlife Committee has approved the 2023/2024 hunting calendar.
It begins on Sunday 3 and Thursday 7 September with the hunt for doves, hooded crow and jays, and then resumes on Sunday 17 September with the general opening which, this year, will coincide with the opening for the sedentary noble.
In fact, three days of hunting for partridge, hare and rabbit are scheduled (Sunday 17, 24 September and 1 October).
From Sunday 17 September, mallard, teal, gadwall, pintail, hooded crow, wigeon, coot, moorhen, jay, garganey, shoveller, water rail, snipe, whisk, blackbird, quail and fox will also be huntable.
For the species woodcock, fieldfare, song thrush and redwing you will have to wait for Sunday 8 October and you can continue until Wednesday 31 January (included).
Lark hunting will be allowed from Sunday 4 October to 31 December, wild boar from Wednesday 1 November to 31 January . Thanks to the approval of the Management Plan of the species, after years, the pochard will once again be among the huntable species. Finally, wood pigeon hunting can be practiced from Sunday 1 October to Saturday 10 February.
From 5 October it will be possible to hunt on Thursdays and midweek holidays, including Friday 8 December and Tuesday 26 December.
In summary, the closing of the hunting season is scheduled for 31 January 2024, except for lark, blackbird and quail (brought forward to 31 December 2023), and wood pigeon (postponed to Saturday 10 February 2024).
"We are continuing the path undertaken in recent years, in an attempt to plan hunting activity in time and guarantee certainties for Sardinian hunters - commented the regional councilor for environmental protection, Marco Porcu - This year for the census of hares and partridges we collaborate with the National Authority for Dogs, which, through the use of pointing dogs, will allow us to monitor a greater territorial area and have a well-defined picture of the presence of wild species that are the object of hunting. Furthermore, thanks to a series of scientific studies, we were able to identify, with greater precision, the periods of the beginning of pre-nuptial migration of wild species".
(Unioneonline/lf)
