Nice video, thanks.

And, welcome to the forum from the great state of Tennessee

 

Well done, Sir.

 

Nice hunt. I didn't think France had that much terrain to hunt in.

 

Hi Joe.

France is one of the hunting capitals of Europe. There are thousands of hunting associations in France and most of them have a driven hunt at least once a week.

Every year around 800 000 boars get shot in the country.

I went on 27 hunts last year and shot 12 boars. All of it is driven game hunts over dogs. At my club with an area of around 5000 hectares we finished at 108 for the season. So yeah France hunts 😂. It is the second biggest sport after football/soccer with around 1.3 million participants.

Cheers

 

Way to get it done ! Nice video and Welcome from Oregon!

 

Welcome back.

 

Welcome back.

 

Welcome back to the forum and thanks for posting the video!
I always visioned more farmland and wooded acreage for France - at least that's how my aunt described it to me. (She and my uncle met and married at the end of WW ll.)
What caliber rifle are you shooting and do you reload your ammunition?

 

I think i had the same vision. The terrain he is hunting in surprised me.

 

Hi there - thanks for the question - It all depends on where you are hunting in France. In the north it is much more like you think - but then when you get to the areas further south it becomes more like the area I hunt in - remember - there is the Alps as well - where they also hut every weekend - where the area is HUGE!

The area I hunt in is called Les Alpilles - for most Americans it would be probably be the best known as the area where Vincent Van Gogh spent his last few years. I'll post a photo of the spot he lived soon. It is about 10 km from Saint Remy de Provence.

This is in the South of France, in Provence. I live 25km from the are where I hunt in - over in my village it is the hunting as you imagine it - fields, wooded areas. France is a particular country - you drive 30 km and you are in a different world. Me coming from South Africa find this very weird. Even the rainfall patterns differ widely within a 30km area.

Funny thing is that we have so much wild life all around our towns. We even have wolves now less than 10 km from our village. We even had a wild boar running down mains street one day, scaring the daylights out of the people.

I shoot the Marlin XS7 bolt action in 308 with Winchester Super X 180gr.

Most of the people here shoot either semi-automatic rifles, limited to 3 shots or shotguns. I'm the only guy that I know of or have ever met that shoots bolt action.

I'm also the guy that shoots the "smallest" caliber - most people go for 300 WWM, 9.3x62, 9.3x74 and 30-06. But I'm happy with the 308.

Cheap as chips and does the job.

Cheers

 

@Methos_FR Welcome back to Marlin Owners.

Old Creek
U.S.M.C. (Ret.)