Adyb
Well-Known Member
Hello all,
I'm originally from the Brecon Beacons but have lived in the Alpes Maritime in the southern french alps for the past 16 years. Our commune (village area) goes from 400m in the valley bottom to nearly 2000m on the ridges. Very little cultivated farmland so wilderness - broadleaf forest on the valley sides, scrub rock and meadows up top when no snow. Almost all of it is very steep. I sometimes hunt driven boar, roe and reds with the village hunters (its a very expansive hybrid version of 'driven', few guns placed at strategic exit points), it's not very productive but a magical hunting experience and the food and drink afterwards not bad either! The stalking here is equally special but getting hard on ageing knees. We usually have 4 or 5 shared tags for chamois per season and seldom fill them all. My main tools are currently a browning maral 30-06 and tika t3 270, both synthetic to cope with the terrain (a few other curiosities in the safe). I enjoy the SD very much and I'd love to hear from others interested in life and hunting in the alps.
Thanks for reading
Adam
I'm originally from the Brecon Beacons but have lived in the Alpes Maritime in the southern french alps for the past 16 years. Our commune (village area) goes from 400m in the valley bottom to nearly 2000m on the ridges. Very little cultivated farmland so wilderness - broadleaf forest on the valley sides, scrub rock and meadows up top when no snow. Almost all of it is very steep. I sometimes hunt driven boar, roe and reds with the village hunters (its a very expansive hybrid version of 'driven', few guns placed at strategic exit points), it's not very productive but a magical hunting experience and the food and drink afterwards not bad either! The stalking here is equally special but getting hard on ageing knees. We usually have 4 or 5 shared tags for chamois per season and seldom fill them all. My main tools are currently a browning maral 30-06 and tika t3 270, both synthetic to cope with the terrain (a few other curiosities in the safe). I enjoy the SD very much and I'd love to hear from others interested in life and hunting in the alps.
Thanks for reading
Adam
