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(Voiceover) 16th September, at dawn,

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In the land of Bouchonnois

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It's the hunting season opening.

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Not any hunting: [br]The Greylag Shelgouse hunting.

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A real passion for these men...

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that we were following during 24h.

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(Dédé) I wouln't have hit you, c'mon!

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- Hi ! - Hi!

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- Everyhting's OK, Dédé?[br]- Hey Robert!

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- Hi Dédé! What's up?

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- hi Bebert

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Still cheated?[br](Laughs)

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(Gérard) For sure, hunting is an art...

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For others it's painting, music,...

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For us it's hunting. It's an art.

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It should be said, the Greylag Shelgouse hunting...

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It's typical from the Bouchonnois.

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Bouchonnois is not big, but it's Bouchonnois...

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You have Pitibon-sur-Sauldre,

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And Arriège, then also Corville.

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Wait Dédé, Corville is closer to Marais-sur-Saonais.

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Of course not!

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My grandmother comes from Corville.[br]She's from Bouchonnois.

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Though, well, ok, in short,

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The Shelgouse hunting, it's from Bouchonnois. - For sure.

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The rest is something else.

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Well, yeah, somehow...

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Hunting is a communion with nature, yes.

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It's an encounter with Lady Nature...

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As soon dawn-casts-silver-shafts-of- light[br]through-scarfs-of-mist...

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(Interviewer) Must you have a poet soul to be a hunter?

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Shit, yes! That's essential! - F... yes!

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You should be a poet...

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Listen! It's a Hood Plover

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A little bird, good to gobble up.[br]Listen, it's "carbling"...

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No, that's a Grumpy Lapwing.

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A Ggrumpy Lapwing? Are you kidding?

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- But listen, it isn't carbling, it's wackling![br]- Of course not! I say it's a Hood Plover...

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No, it's a Grumpy Lapwing! OK, let's say maybe a Billdaw...

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Mmm well no. It's Gérard...

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I would say hunting, it's a spirit of friendship,

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It's fraternity in effort

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- ... against hardness of Lady Nature.[br]- Exactly.

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- Yes, that's it, more or less.[br]- Pals, camaraderie, ...

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- Yeah.[br]- It's about the pals. yes.

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(Voiceover) 11h. Still empty-handed.

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Or "empty-balled" like they say in Bouchonnois.

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I say: If I see one of these bitches...[br]I will kick its ass!

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OK guys, let's go.

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Because, yes, it's late.

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- OK, let's go[br]- Yeah. Other things to play at.

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(Interviewer) And the risks?

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You told me about your dog, Lolita...

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Oh well yes, that's the stupid incident...

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I thought it was a Greylag Shelgouse, well, I shoot

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Well, so...

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It was ma dog.

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It was Lolita.

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(Interviewer) Hmm yes but with humans?

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Ah, well, also...

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4-5 months ago, I was with my kid...

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I shoot: I thought it was a Greylag Shelgouse

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Well...

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So it was Billy.

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So, the stupid incident.

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But above all,

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A dog as Lolita,

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Well, for sure, I won't find one twice.

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(Bird call sound)

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(Another one)

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(Yet another one)

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(Interviewer) Finally,

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What's the difference between a good

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and a bad hunter?

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(Laughs)

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Ah! I was expecting that one!

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No, well, the bad hunter...

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It's the guy, he has a riffle,

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He sees something moving,

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And he shoots. He shoots.

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(Interviewer) Hmm. And the good hunter?

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The good hunter,

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It's a guy, He has a riffle.

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He sees something moving

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He shoots; but, well...

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It's not the same!

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Yes! you have the good hunter and the bad hunter.

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- There's the meat collector and the non-meat collector...[br]- Yes, he cares.

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OK, You have the bad hunter: he sees something, he shoots! He shoots!

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The good hunder, he sees somethings...

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Ok, he shoots but, well...

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He's a good hunter, you see!

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Yeah, of course.

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Exactly. It's different.

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You cannot be confused.

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There's the bad hunter:

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It's a dude, he sees a thing, he shoots.[br]- Indeed. - Exactly.

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You recognise them!

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And the good hunter, he sees a thing: he shoots...

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But well, It's a good hunter!

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I mean, it's not...

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- Anyway those are dumb ass' questions.[br]-You have to explain that to people,

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Otherwise they won't make the difference.

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(Voice-over) 13h. Our friends, poets of hunting,

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...are still "empty-balled".

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They haven't seen any single bird.

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Or, "Birdewee" as it is said in Bouchonnois.

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Shit! F...!

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(Interviewer) Where are the good spots for Greylag Shelgouses?

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(Laughs)

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A guy from Bouchonnois will never tell you

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where to find Greylag Shelgouses!

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- Where? -Where? -Where? -Where?

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No, That was nothing. That was nothing.

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(Voiceover) 15h. They decide to organise

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a release of Greylag Shelgouses.

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Where do we put them? There?

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Yes, put-it there.

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OK, I thought about it...

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- Bebert, you stay here, You release them.[br]- OK

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Gerard, go on the other side,

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and I go there.[br]- OK -OK

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(Voice in Talki-walkie) Dédé, do you copy?

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Yes, 5/5.

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I wait Bebert do the release.

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Good. Carefull, I am just in front of you.

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Don't hide too much otherwise I won't see you

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OK I am here, look:[br]Hou Hou!

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Ready Bebert, Let's go!

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Go!

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OK!

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Good! Good![br](gunshots)

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Care! The second one! here it is!

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- Shit! I am running out of bullets![br]- Shit! I missed it! Shit!

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Where? Where? (gunshots)

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There! Gérard!

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Here!

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Shit!

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(gunshots and machine gun shots)

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Bitch!

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Ok, OK, it's OK now...

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Careful! Careful!

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- No, it's good now.[br]- It's OK. It's dead, now.

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- Waow, That's a beautiful one!

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Hell! We got it!

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Good. Let's go.

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(Voice-over) The Bouchonnois slowly falls asleep

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In the distance sound the melodic voices of grateful hunters

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(Smutty song)

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