Our big game advices

Is your dog bursting with energy? Do you manage to channel it during your hunting trips, or not? Don't panic, here are our tips and advice for more peace and quiet.

Each dog, depending on its breed, size, age, time of year and frequency of exercise, has very different needs in terms of nutrition. It is therefore essential to correct its daily ration of food.

A successful drive hunt demands careful preparations. The plans must cover the organisation of the rounds, a recap of the safety rules and the hunt terrain and the numbers and species of game that can be hunted. Our enthusiasts from Picardy in France, Marie and Alexandre, explain.

Hunting, especially driven hunting, is a sport that must be practised in complete safety.

For Solognac, safety is our obsession, a vital part of the hunting experience. We consider safety on several levels: there is the safety of the equipment including protection of the external factors, eyes, ears, that it provides visibility, and the basic rules of safety such as the angle of fire, visibility, and handling of the gun, etc.

Hunting is a sport that involves transporting equipment and numerous accessories. Consequently, your backpack is essential, but it will only be really useful if it is well organised.

Shooting at a 30 degree angle on either side of the hunter considerably reduces the risk of ricochets.

Learn how to make yourself less conspicuous by blending in with your surroundings, both silently and by mimicry, in order to increase your chances during a driven hunt.

Having a sense of range is essential in hunting. However, the idea might seem a little vague to some of you. Here, we’ll tell you more about it!

To make the most of a long-awaited return to the midst of the cornfields, we asked Alexandre, head of the Decathlon-Soisson hunting section and an enthusiastic driven hunter, to tell us about these summer outings.

Are you a beater or a gun with a passion for driven shooting and ready for your summer hunting expeditions?