land rover 0 Posted March 13, 2007 Report Share Posted March 13, 2007 has anybody got any experiences of Lurchers and Working terriers in France. I've heard they have digging clubs over there, does anyone know if this is right? If there are any French people or english people living in france perhaps they could enlighten me. What regions in France would suit this type of hunting. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ru_and_dill 0 Posted March 14, 2007 Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 has anybody got any experiences of Lurchers and Working terriers in France. I've heard they have digging clubs over there, does anyone know if this is right?If there are any French people or english people living in france perhaps they could enlighten me. What regions in France would suit this type of hunting. Rover, Don't know about the terrier side of life in France, but I can confirm that running dogs are a complete no-no. The blether below is a copy of a reply I did a while ago for someone else, but it'll give you the idea. Hope it helps. R&D 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 4 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 bad 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 you'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 bite 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 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dickyboy 1 Posted March 14, 2007 Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 thats what i needed to know about lurchers and a friend on here could tell you a little more about terriers but he's going over there and he's told me that you can hunt badgers for 3 months of the year with terriers and thats the only legal way to kill badgers in france! Don't know about foxes but they also dig badgers at country fairs Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fish 148 Posted March 14, 2007 Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 has anybody got any experiences of Lurchers and Working terriers in France. I've heard they have digging clubs over there, does anyone know if this is right?If there are any French people or english people living in france perhaps they could enlighten me. What regions in France would suit this type of hunting. hi all i live in france in normandy.i go diging with 2 lots of french lads i cant speak much french only a few words i have been out with them the last 2years from about end april all summer diging fox and badgers. the frence have funny laws over hear locaters are a big no no so is lamping dont know about running dogs sorry about spelling im us at it fish Quote Link to post Share on other sites
land rover 0 Posted March 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 has anybody got any experiences of Lurchers and Working terriers in France. I've heard they have digging clubs over there, does anyone know if this is right? If there are any French people or english people living in france perhaps they could enlighten me. What regions in France would suit this type of hunting. Ru & Dill, thanks for your reply about hunting in France. Very informative didn't realize it was as bad as that for lurchers. Not always greener on the other side. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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