Saturday, December 21, equipped to brave rainy weather, a beautiful squad made up of supervising hunters from the La Lèbe Hunting Interest Group and members of the Cap de Gascogne Outdoor Association, took part in a hound hunt on the hare's path.
Organized by Cédric Brethes, a fan of this traditional method of hunting, this morning was intended above all to be a meeting and an exchange around this hunting with a stick, without a weapon. “It’s about enjoying chasing the hare without killing it. It’s a sporty leisure hunt that gives pride of place to the work of hounds,” he explains.
Fast and cunning
Because you should know that the lebe (Gascon name) is a fast, cunning animal, full of resources for hiding in bramble thickets, streams and even on farms. Like a chameleon, it can blend in with the color of the cornfield stubble.
Saturday, December 21, a pack of 14 basset hounds from Brittany, belonging to Mathieu Bellot and Arnaud Crucé, hunted hares in the area of the communes of Saint-Maurice, Benquet, Bretagne and Saint-Sever. A connected hunt, when we consider that the dogs are equipped with a GPS collar, to better follow their progress in this pursuit game.
Within the Departmental Hunting Federation, the GIC La Lèbe has 115 approved municipal hunting associations or member hunting companies. In addition to its actions to promote this practice, it carries out counting operations, thus ensuring the good management of the presence of the hare in the department, specifies Mathieu Bellot its president, surrounded by Nicolas Vicard and André Lailheugue, representatives of the FDC 40 .
This morning, certainly rainy, but rich in learning, ended at the Jean-Cazaubon House of Hunting and Fishing, in Téré, in Saint-Sever, as it should be, around a drink of friendship .
