The French Way

[squirreltail 15]

have no idea how use of this site works.but will have a go. does anyone have any advice about running a dog in France.the only info I can collect is on packs of hounds following boar and needing a permis de chasse to follow any game, that even to let your own sight hound chase and catch a hare is against the law and you could be fined and more.surely with permission from the land owner its ok.or on your own land.

 

I'm too long in the tooth to sit an exam.its probably really hard.has anyone sat it.

[ru_and_dill 0]

have no idea how use of this site works.but will have a go. does anyone have any advice about running a dog in France.the only info I can collect is on packs of hounds following boar and needing a permis de chasse to follow any game, that even to let your own sight hound chase and catch a hare is against the law and you could be fined and more.surely with permission from the land owner its ok.or on your own land.

 

I'm too long in the tooth to sit an exam.its probably really hard.has anyone sat it.

 

Squirreltail,

Sounds as if you've found it out already, but just in case you haven't...

1. All forms of hunting live game, whether fur or feather, in France need the permis de chasse.

2. Like the German Jagdschein, the PdC also allows you to buy firearms/shotguns and ammunition. There is no equivalent of the shotgun certificate or FAC that we have here. Put it another way, even if you wanted to blast nothing more lively than clays, you'd still need to have acquired your PdC.

3. Scenthounds are a big thing in parts of France, with a much wider range of legal game than in the UK (up to boar, chamois, deer, known as grand gibier). You need a PdC to follow them as well.

4. For historical reasons (way way back, not recent legislation) working sighthounds is a complete no-no. It's one of the reasons that there aren't many pointy-nosed dogs in France generally, and certainly when we take our 3 over there they do attract a lot of interest.

5. Having permission from the landowner, or it being your own land, wouldn't make a difference, partly because hunting rights don't necessarily go with land ownership (rather as in Germany again) and partly because it would still be completely against the law, and they'd jsut look at you strangely.

 

Fow what it's worth, the PdC is a difficult exam, and your French would need to be reasonably up to speed. It's basically like our modern driving test - there's a theory test to begin with. The test is multiple choice, 30 questions, you have to get - from memory - 27 out of 30 correct. The questions cover a whole range of subjects, from the legal bodies respnsible for issuing licenses / setting seasons' opening/closing dates, to basic game management, ballistics, target recognition, and the whole shebang... And then there's a practical weapon-handling test that you sit separately.

The good side to it is that you're then a fully paid-up member of the hunting community, and there are no more tests to sit, irrespective of whether it's woodpigeon/rabbit you're after, or a wolf/chamois. THe abd side, of course, is that you do have to be able to recognise a mountain goat's tracks in the snow before you're allowed to bag a collar dove!

 

I've got to say, there's somethig to be said for having it set up that way - you're not allowed to buy a gun unless youi've got an idea of what you can do with it, rather than simply having the emphasis on safe storage that we use in the UK. Although I'm sure there are people on this site who'd disagree with me - lol.

 

The bad news is (and we have to bit our tongues every time we go over the water) that running dogs can't run, and it's as simple as that.

 

Bonne journee!

 

R&D

[squirreltail 15]

have no idea how use of this site works.but will have a go. does anyone have any advice about running a dog in France.the only info I can collect is on packs of hounds following boar and needing a permis de chasse to follow any game, that even to let your own sight hound chase and catch a hare is against the law and you could be fined and more.surely with permission from the land owner its ok.or on your own land.

 

I'm too long in the tooth to sit an exam.its probably really hard.has anyone sat it.

 

Squirreltail,

Sounds as if you've found it out already, but just in case you haven't...

1. All forms of hunting live game, whether fur or feather, in France need the permis de chasse.

2. Like the German Jagdschein, the PdC also allows you to buy firearms/shotguns and ammunition. There is no equivalent of the shotgun certificate or FAC that we have here. Put it another way, even if you wanted to blast nothing more lively than clays, you'd still need to have acquired your PdC.

3. Scenthounds are a big thing in parts of France, with a much wider range of legal game than in the UK (up to boar, chamois, deer, known as grand gibier). You need a PdC to follow them as well.

4. For historical reasons (way way back, not recent legislation) working sighthounds is a complete no-no. It's one of the reasons that there aren't many pointy-nosed dogs in France generally, and certainly when we take our 3 over there they do attract a lot of interest.

5. Having permission from the landowner, or it being your own land, wouldn't make a difference, partly because hunting rights don't necessarily go with land ownership (rather as in Germany again) and partly because it would still be completely against the law, and they'd jsut look at you strangely.

 

Fow what it's worth, the PdC is a difficult exam, and your French would need to be reasonably up to speed. It's basically like our modern driving test - there's a theory test to begin with. The test is multiple choice, 30 questions, you have to get - from memory - 27 out of 30 correct. The questions cover a whole range of subjects, from the legal bodies respnsible for issuing licenses / setting seasons' opening/closing dates, to basic game management, ballistics, target recognition, and the whole shebang... And then there's a practical weapon-handling test that you sit separately.

The good side to it is that you're then a fully paid-up member of the hunting community, and there are no more tests to sit, irrespective of whether it's woodpigeon/rabbit you're after, or a wolf/chamois. THe abd side, of course, is that you do have to be able to recognise a mountain goat's tracks in the snow before you're allowed to bag a collar dove!

 

I've got to say, there's somethig to be said for having it set up that way - you're not allowed to buy a gun unless youi've got an idea of what you can do with it, rather than simply having the emphasis on safe storage that we use in the UK. Although I'm sure there are people on this site who'd disagree with me - lol.

 

The bad news is (and we have to bit our tongues every time we go over the water) that running dogs can't run, and it's as simple as that.

 

Bonne journee!

 

R&D

 

 

 

 

Ru & Dill

 

Can't thank you enough for your reply.

I thought the reason was historical.Perhaps I'll brush up my Francais.or perhaps not.maybe Irish republic then.

 

Best wishes

[ru_and_dill 0]

Ru & Dill

 

Can't thank you enough for your reply.

I thought the reason was historical.Perhaps I'll brush up my Francais.or perhaps not.maybe Irish republic then.

 

Best wishes

 

 

SQ,

Tons of luck, and I hope it goes fantastically well. Not being able to run Dill & Co is pretty much the only reason I've got misgivings about retiring over there - can't jump on a ferry EVERY time the wind gets up at a new moon

Good hunting, and have a native Guinness on me..

R&D