Hunters Shooting Nearby Home

[luciam]

Hi. We live in Chiusi about 5 min from town and noticed that hunters are getting a little too close to our home. We can hear the shots and yesterday my husband even saw sparks practically in our front yard. Who do we contact? Thanks. Living Italy

[tuscanhills]

Luciam, you might want to look at this thread from a little while ago....there's some advice (from both sides of the fence!) It woudl be good to hear your expereinces & whether they were successful or not..

-> http://www.italymag.co.uk/forums/gen...ng-season.html

[alan h]

Originally Posted by tuscanhills

Luciam, you might want to look at this thread from a little while ago....there's some advice (from both sides of the fence!) It woudl be good to hear your expereinces & whether they were successful or not..

-> http://www.italymag.co.uk/forums/gen...ng-season.html

I've just re-read that whole thread - and if you are looking to stop hunters shooting near your place, the information [or lack of it] in the thread is about as much use as a chocolate teapot.

It appears [from the thread] that there is little you can do, other than put up notices, shout rude words at hunters, and hope [and that's if its your land they are hunting on - if its someone else's land, you might as well get a second chocolate teapot]

Most of the thread seemed to be side tracked into shootings in London and animal cruelty [hunting, poisoning and rearing battery hens] etc etc


Has anyone had success in stopping this type of hunting? - if so, how?

Anyone wanting to talk about other [related?] topics - please start a new thread elsewhere.



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[deborahandricky]

I have to visit my local commune this week, will try and get more info from them.

[Lisa C.]

When we lived in Torre del Lago, we rented a villetta close to the forest. My husband was in our driveway washing our car when a rain of buckshot fell on him. He confronted the hunter and asked him what he thought he was doing, only to have the hunter turn and walk away and head back into the woods without a word. We lived in a community full of houses all around. Seems like things haven't changed in 28 years!

[Nardini]

You should find that the local commune has details of the areas that are prohibited to hunters - mostly within village/town boundaries, or parcs and reserves. Other than that, there is little that can be done. There are not the same laws regarding trespass as are found in the UK or the USA, so it can be difficult to comprehend why hunters act as they do by ignoring property boundaries as they sometimes do. In areas where hunters attract the most dislike, or where hunting is done by people from outside of the area (i.e. city folk), there are bound to be problems - problems for which there is no legal solution at present. Perhaps the only solution would be to become involved with local anti-hunting groups (yes, there are some) or, as we have done, get yourself a great big dog, or three - and erect a fence all the way around your property with "beware of the dogs" signs prominently displayed at regular intervals..

[Heiko]

And wear bright orange on hunting days so you don't get mistaken for a wild boar.

[Angie and Robert]

Well it isnt economically viable to fence all our land and we only have 4 cats!, and it is difficult when you are hanging out the washing (on the terrace by the house) to have shot flying over your head, and I agree Alan that shouting is probably not the best option, especially at a man with a shotgun, but when you have been frightened and are angry, chasing him up the road and screaming seemed fine to me ... perhaps not in retrospect, but we havent seen him since,Oh and the screaming was in English and Italian so I guess he got the message.
NB. this is not how I normally behave (honest) and is probably not a good idea, so possibly dont try this at home!.
A

[IRITALIA]

Just think as you are tucking into your fresh cinghiale at a local restaurant it may have been shot on your own doorstep.
Having grown up in Belfast in the 'good old days' the odd seasonal gunfire would probably make me feel at home.
NOT!

[adriatica]

am not going to add much but i started a thread a while back

http://www.italymag.co.uk/forums/gen...ig-hunter.html

it will most probably prove useful to those opposed to hunters on or near there homes...

have not looked at the link to the site in my posting for a while... hopefully for those that are concerned by what happens on their land it will have moved forward... anyway its as far as i know or was then one of the best info sites on your rights to be free of intrusive behaviour ...

however this to my mind has to be tempered by a balanced view on how you wished to be perceived locally

hopefully alan h will find the thread a bit more precise