2022Hunting in Portugal - 2nd Group - First Day Cover

One of society’s oldest activities, hunting has served, throughout time, as an indispensable tool for human survival, not just as a form of defence against wild animals but also supplying us with food, clothing and the raw materials necessary to construct utensils from the bones, horns or hooves of the hunted animals. The abundance of woods and forests in Portugal lend them- selves to hunting and the use of different hunting processes, such as hawking, driven hunts or beating, with the assistance of trained animals such as dogs, horses, falcons or ferrets.