Sedentary birds are very familiar with their own biotope. Lively and clever, they play with the maquis and relief to gain speed and height. You will be part of a high-flying hunt within a small team or a larger group from 6 to 12 people.
Découvrir en imagesThe next day, depending on your wishes, you can go for hunting with pointing dogs. Which kind of territories? Being all wild, the plain, the sand dunes and the scrubland are all ideal spots offering spectacular landscapes, breathtaking views and so much promising quests.
Découvrir en imagesWater means life. The river, the ground labored by farmers, cleaning consistently the scrubland, maintaining the hedges, the shrubs and the bay trees. All those ingredients make the migratory birds coming and standing by here throughout the season, like a stopover in an Eden.
The variety is visible: mallards’ ducks, teals, snipes, pigeons, woodcocks, thrushes and blackbirds, quails and larks. Along the hedges and olive groves, hidden in the gorse, crushing the marshland, in the flooded plains, traveling-up Ortolo river, the hunter appreciates this area of multiple sites and beautiful encounters. And then, like an icing on the cake: the feeling of wandering in a privileged paradise, secluded, in the heart of the nature, what the Corsican soul is all about.
Depending on the migration, some hunting days could offer you large quantities of game.
The Migratory Hunting board would not be complete without duck, mallard going without saying, but also teal or again wildfowl. Here is the best way to end up a hunting day on a high.
The ducks pass shooting in La Vallée de l’Ortolo is otherworldly. You are on the alert around the river mouth, the backwash as background sound, the sea is never too far, you face up to the Corsican maquis.
At first, the ducks of the river, disturbed by the beaters, will appear one by one and the first shotgun blasts will resound. Then, to cap it all, the lift of the swamp comes. The ducks flit around, gain altitude, turn again to give you a chance before reaching the sea. Here is the fantastic spectacle we would like to assist every single day.
The Domaine de l’Ortolo offers all the best conditions to spend a successful hunt and a fantastic sojourn.
Prepare ahead your hunting stay in South Corsica and discover here our special offers for the next season (drinks not included) for all hunters.
The Domaine de Murtoli is the ideal place to experience the Art of Living in Corsica through the gastronomy, the excellent wines, the Nature, the History, the ancestral culture and even the sport.
The splendid Corsican landscapes perfectly lend themselves to hike, among other sports such as… golf! Hunter or not, everyone is pleased!
Big game (Wild boar) Honor where honor is due, the rich and varied Ortolo valley hosts great groups of those famous little - and sometimes larger - wild boars, an always quick and unpredictable game that uses very unique and clever technics to escape from dogs and men. The territory provides the three vital animal needs: food, tranquility and hospitable shelter.
Two ways to experience a unique hunting moment. Discover here below:
