Hunting season is almost upon us. I noticed new post markers in the vineyard. The posts are where hunters are stationed during an organized group hunt called une battue while others, often with dogs, push the game toward them. The game are specific: fox, roe deer, or wild boar. The hunts are organized to reduce overpopulation of certain species.
Post markers are nailed to vineyard posts (ha!) or trees at regular intervals.
Our morning lows are over 20ºC this week and the highs are over 30º. I think that's close to the definition of a canicule (official heat wave) in our region if it lasts more than three days, but I can't find anything official about that. In any event, it's hot for us and it's predicted to get hotter into next week.
Very clever. Too bad you didn't catch this way back when you did your 14th post.
ReplyDeleteThere is another species which would need drastic thinning, Homo Americanus Republicanus Trumpistus!
ReplyDeleteYes, Yes, and Yes!
DeleteAbsolument, chm. Et ses supporters.
DeleteThere have been hunters active along the edges of the woods that surround us for the last two mornings, with dogs, horns and guns. The dogs and horns have been very vocal but I only heard shots a couple of times. I can't help hoping that they missed.
ReplyDeletemitch, back when blogs were written on stone tablets!
ReplyDeletechm, haha!
jean, I think each department sets its own schedule for the season and the battues. You guys started early!