French hunting exams
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Bavarianbrit
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Contact the Linslerhof hunting school in Uberherren which is 2kms from the French border, one of the teachers was living in France and commuting a few kms to work there.
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mereside
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I am doing a french hunting course end of august, covid permitting, the yearly hunting permit is €200 after completion of the course, this ones bow oriented but just go to the french hunting website and look up the info there, regards Wayne
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Dhindes
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Thanks for that, have you done any training / practice ?. I know there is a shooting part where you have to show safe shot selection - what I have never found out is if you actually have to hit the targets / clays you are supposed to shoot at , in otherwords is it a shooting skill test ?
mereside
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For the bow course I am assuming it’s like the Ibep where you have to be in the kill zone and put 5 broadheads into a target, for the rifle one I am not sure but I would hope you had to hit the target like in our dsc, regards Wayne
stalkerjohn
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Did mine years ago. 1987 ish. Roughly translated it was called “Achieving the Hunt” Sat in the local Mayors office and did the written exam. Multiple species, silhouettes, needed to identify them, sex and age, usual questioning about my hunting morals, a bit on gun safety. etc. Then went out hunting with the locals on a couple of Stalks, if you can call it that. Followed by drinking a huge amount of something like kirch in a log cabin (the lodge) in the woods, climbed on a pin ball machine praying that the glass didn’t break and blew an English Hunting Horn. I was presented with my hunting permit shortly before the mayor fell flat on his face. I’m sorry but I don’t remember much more than that. The next day I found myself up to my waist in freezing water duck shooting. That was in the North east of France where some of the hunters have not yet accepted France as the homeland since 1945. I promise you all absolutely true.
wildfowler.250
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Something I’d also be interested in. I looked into it but struggled to find a translated version. How does the visitors license work?
The partner’s family have a few acres in Normandy and there’s boar and roe on it. Really the boar I would be interested in but it’s 1) grinding down the family who are slow to come round to the idea and 2) getting the paperwork in.
Least if the paperwork is sorted that’s half the battle!
Pine Marten
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Obtaining a visitor's licence is easy, here are the instructions: Comment faire valider son permis de chasser ? | FNC
Each département has a Fédération des Chasseurs, and most of their websites allow online "validation" which is what you need. You need a "validation temporaire", which you can obtain for a maximum of 9 days. BUT, in the same way that having a FAC in the UK doesn't give you the right to stalk, a Permis de Chasser doesn't give you the right to hunt on your in-laws' land. Generally speaking in France, unless you have a very large estate, the hunting rights do not automatically belong to the owners but to the local hunting association. In the North these are generally private (similar to a syndicate). So you'd need an invitation from someone there. Hope that helps.
This site will enable you to find your local federation: Fédération régionale de Normandie - Fédération Nationale des Chasseurs
Dhindes
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Just one addition. Once you get your temporary hunting permit validation they may send you a renewal each year. You can then renew for a full year.
I have been hunting in France for the past few years on this basis. Applied first with my DSC1 ( I do not have a FAC as live in Switzerland) - they sent me my validation. Next year they sent me renewal and I simply renew each year for a full year. Costs about 200Euro and covers the whole of France.
I have been hunting in France for the past few years on this basis. Applied first with my DSC1 ( I do not have a FAC as live in Switzerland) - they sent me my validation. Next year they sent me renewal and I simply renew each year for a full year. Costs about 200Euro and covers the whole of France.
Pine Marten
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You really shouldn't be able to do that, but I know anecdotally that people have obtained several 9 day temporary licences, generally by doing so with different federations. They shouldn't offer you a full year's renewal if you haven't done the exam. I'm not sure of the legality but it's analogous to being issued a driving licence by mistake. If that happened, would your licence actually be valid?
Pine Marten
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Oh I don't dispute that this is how it happens. The whole digital approach is pretty recent, and the federations aren't going to go out of their way to turn away paying members....
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