In recent days, the Federcaccia Umbra, meeting in its Assembly after completing its statutory obligations, discussed the issues facing hunters during this particularly challenging period, not only due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but also due to delays in hunting policy and management programs.
Strong concerns have emerged about the future of hunting, with issues related to the management of wild populations, particularly the abundance of wild boar and the scarcity of other sedentary species such as pheasant and partridge.
The disappointment over the turtle dove situation, which led to the failure to pre-open the crossings, and the border crossings, necessitated a thorough briefing from President Simone Petturiti. Hunters are willing to make some sacrifices, but not to be humiliated. Therefore, the Region is expected to make every effort to worthily and honorably restore the turtle dove to the list of species that can be hunted starting September 19th.
Furthermore, the Region is urged to address and resolve three other issues on which we are seriously behind.
The first concerns interregional agreements for hunter reciprocity and exchange, as well as hunter mobility between Umbria's neighboring regions, particularly Lazio, Tuscany, and Marche. The second concerns exemptions for starlings and other problematic species, which should be authorized immediately to avoid having to repeatedly hand over documents to hunters. The last, equally important and urgent, is the issuing of permits for fixed hunting hides, because without this document, applicants, who in many cases have paid rental fees, cannot access them to prepare and maintain the hunting hides. It is inconceivable, if not unfortunate, that so close to the opening of the hunting season, there are no responses to the above.
Since these are annual and repetitive operations, it would be appropriate for them to be planned ahead of time and not just rushed through. (Federcaccia Umbra)
Taken from Federcaccia.org
