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| Vale Cavaleiro’s Touristic Hunting Area |
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| HUNTING PAVILION |
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 This building is a solid construction made in granite, observing the regional architectural specificities.
It was built specially to help clients in the hunting area. It is equipped with a living room, a kitchen, toilets, a pantry, a laundry, a study, a medical office to provide first aid assistance and a kennel.
Located in a charming and easy to find place, it allows an excellent view to the Beira ridge of mountains, in the surroundings of the Douro’s Demarcated Region which vineyards still mark the landscape.
A meals’ service is available, where quality is always considered to please our guests. |
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| VALE CAVALEIRO’S TOURISTIC HUNTING AREA IN ARMAMAR |
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 With an area of 5031 acres approximately, this hunting facility is located in a well known traditional cynegetic region.
Vale Cavaleiro’s Touristic Hunting Area is formed by private and public grounds with not much agricultural usage. This agricultural use is considered to be traditional and for subsistence, with poor economic development, but with excellent conditions to produce and use cynegetic fauna for hunting purposes.
This area is essentially a plateau where several stream waters give the landscape a wavy and slightly cut aspect, intersected by some rocks rising out, what causes optimal orographic characteristics to minor chase.
Concerning to vegetal coverage, the scattered wild pine tree prevails, and in the stony slopes with poor soils the natural brushwood remains, with brooms, blackberry bushes and spontaneous grass. |
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| CYNEGETIC SPECIES: |
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Javali - Sus scrofa |
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Lebre - Lepus capensis granatensis |
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Coelho - Oryctolagus cuniculus |
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Raposa - Vulpes vulpes |
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Pega-rabuda - Pica pica |
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Gralha-preta - Corvus corone |
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Perdiz vermelha- Alectoris rufa |
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Gaio - Garrulus glandarius |
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Codorniz - Coturnix coturnix |
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Pombos - Columba spp. |
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Rola-comun - Spreptopelia turtur |
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Tordo-ruivo-comum – Turdus iliacus |
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Tordo-comum– Turdus philomelos |
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Tordo-zornal – Turdus pilaris |
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Tordeia – Turdus viscivorus |
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Melro-preto - Turdus micalos |
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Estorninho malhado - Sturnus |
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Narceja comum - Gallinago gallinago |
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Galinhola - Scolopax rusticola |
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| WILD CYNEGETIC SPECIES USED: |
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The red partridge, the wild rabbit, the turtledove and the quail are the species of minor chase, and in major chase the wild boar, which are here used in their natural and wild status.
Despite the abounding or the social and sporting value, the partridge, the rabbit and the thrush take here an important relevance, finding in this area, singular and unique conditions to stay and rise.
The number of hunts to these species, is annually defined after census actions, complementary done with Auxiliary Forester information. This number is always limited and settled carefully in order to a rational and sustained hunt.
Hunting these species can be done during the respective cynegetic period, all days of the week for sedentary species, and on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays for migratory ones. |
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| INTENSIVE HUNTING |
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 The leap hunting - caça de salto - to partridges, with a stopping dog, may be the most traditional in Portugal, among the feather ones. The scarcity of wild partridges or their high cost instigated the practice of this modality with captive partridges and/or pheasants.
It is possible to practice all over the year in Hunt Training Camps in this Hunting Zone. It is an excellent way to start or training stopping dogs and also practicing to shoot. Besides, it provides enjoyable hunting journeys similar to those practised in past times, where the abundance of pieces to chase encourages, and fellowship is reinforced.
Using only the best partridges and pheasants, well feathered and with high performance in flight, we can provide hunting journeys for the most demanding hunter.
The leap hunting to captive cynegetic species can be made here in this Hunting Zone, any day of the week all over the year, but an advance notice is required.
The putting off birds – largadas – that take place in the Vale Cavaleiro’s Touristic Hunting Area, either for the usage of high quality birds or for the local orographic characteristics, simulate realistically the hunting parties or Alentejo’s “enchotas” and also the “oejos” of our Spanish neighbours, often appreciated and with great demand.
The wildness, rusticity and the genetic pureness of the partridges, pheasants and wild ducks put off are the delights of the followers of this modality.
Gesticaça organizes “largadas” from August to March, on previously designated dates or previously requested, if the number of hunters is justifiable. |
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