Hunting With Plummer Terrier In France

[coneyman999 17]

As Alli said I wouldn't risk trying to fetch a knocked up dog back. Surely better to leave the dog at home & spend as much time with the terrier team instead. Digging is legal across the whole of france but I think the weather is an issue the further south you go. All hunters have to complete a written test & I'm told it is possible to register to hunt on your own but easier to join a club. Have a great time mate & let us know how you get on. Hopefully get over there myself sometime

[coneyman999 17]

I think leaving my terrier at home for the digs is what I was thinking anyway and just watch the dig ......was just gonna try her bolting fox as she doesnt mix it and can be called out and use her mainly on rats and coypu, I do have the option of leaving her over there and fetching her back on a later day if need be. Will post some photos and let u know how I get on.

[Blaise 2,322]

There are only certain parts of the north around Normandy where its legal to dig and it has to be signed off by the local mayor,the rest is just the same as here,my mate left these shores for France thinking he could do as he liked 7 yrs ago,he now does very little,you even need a licence for a ferret,he's gutted because he sold a smallholding here to buy a farm in the south,he could'nt even hunt his own land as the local boar hunting club has all the hunting rights,not even any rabbits in his area,everything is shot to death in europe,WM

 

Badgers can be hunted all over France between september and january (except Bas- Rhin and haut Rhin). Between may and september, badgers can be hunted in the great part of departments.

[Blaise 2,322]

Just an advice : try to go with some french hunters, it's difficult to hunt alone because laws are very different. July is the middle of the badger hunting season.

If you are on the land of your family, you can dig alone coypus without problem even if you haven't any hunting license.

According to me, we haven't a lot of rats in France and ratting is very uncommon.

[coneyman999 17]

I will get in touch with the people you sent me details for thanks Blaise, I am sure I can find some rats around the buildings. Are the coypu worthy sport to dig?

[wirral countryman 2,110]

There seems to be " a grass is greener attitude " about hunting in France and yet not one reply reccomends digging alone,it is just as controlled as here if you're not in a club,you need to go further into europe to gain the free digging you talk of,the reality is far different than the dream,a lot of french do not like the english and unless you can find a club with a lot of english members then you will be kept on the fringe and decent terriers of the type we hunt in this country are few and far between.WM

[Blaise 2,322]

a lot of french do not like the english

and sometimes conversely

 

When you decide to go for a hunt abroad, there is always "a grass is greener attitude". That's the optimistic from whom is travelling. If you haven't this spirit, you stay at home.

some facts :

- french hunters are allowed to hunt badger from may to january in the most part of the country,

- the french way of digging is different than the english manner (no locators, hunting with crew...), so it's difficult to dig out in france the english way,

- hunting is a pleasure, some humans like to share, some other don't share.

- You can't pay for hunting trip organized like in Poland or Africa. So you must have a touch. It isn't easy.

Coypus can be always hunted without hunting license, just the authorization of the farmer or owner of the land.

[Blaise 2,322]

Are the coypu worthy sport to dig?

 

It isn't so interresting than badger because coypus go fairly quicly to the bottom. But coypus are noisy and very clever in water.

[coneyman999 17]

As Blaise knows, the area I stay in France is very rural, there are very few if any English speaking people, and my French is very sketchy to say the least, and saying that I have never had a problem, I try my best to understand and speak French and even though I get it all wrong at times the French are always friendly, helpful and welcoming in every way possible. I'm not saying this is always the case for others but I do believe we should maybe examine our own attitudes towards our hosts and try to fit in and experience their way rather than try to change it to ours???

[spade 224]

Like you, my French is terrible, although I am surprised what I do remember from school. I have always found that if you try to speak the lingo they are more than happy to help you along. Have a good trip and enjoy the hunting.

[coneyman999 17]

Like you, my French is terrible, although I am surprised what I do remember from school. I have always found that if you try to speak the lingo they are more than happy to help you along. Have a good trip and enjoy the hunting.

[coneyman999 17]

Like you, my French is terrible, although I am surprised what I do remember from school. I have always found that if you try to speak the lingo they are more than happy to help you along. Have a good trip and enjoy the hunting.

That is exactly what I have found!! Thanks very much, I'm looking forward to it, setting off on fri night to arrive Saturday morning so clock watching now!!! Lol

[spade 224]

 

Like you, my French is terrible, although I am surprised what I do remember from school. I have always found that if you try to speak the lingo they are more than happy to help you along. Have a good trip and enjoy the hunting.

That is exactly what I have found!! Thanks very much, I'm looking forward to it, setting off on fri night to arrive Saturday morning so clock watching now!!! Lol

 

Went to Cheverny in the Loire a couple of years ago to see their hounds and got chatting to a couple of people one of whom was something to do with Chasse de terre and looking after around 240 hunts.

[coneyman999 17]

I know in the nearby village to where I go there are a couple of houses with hounds in kennels and I have seen them around the lanes hunting with the hounds, looks to be a large event.