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LIVE from the Camino Gun fire? Cannon? Fireworks??
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Could be hail cannons.
More info here.
They use it here too in the local orchards. Not much scientific evidence they actually work btw.
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Similar gas-powered gadgets are also used as bird scarers. They have certainly scared me on occasion. Perhaps in vineyards?
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angmsmith
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I’m learning so much on this journey!Could be hail cannons.
More info here.
They use it here too in the local orchards. Not much scientific evidence they actually work btw.
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angmsmith
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Close to both vineyards and orchards, yes. And they have definitely startled me!
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Yep also in our local vineyards.
Living for a long time in this region and they still are able to surprise me.
Living for a long time in this region and they still are able to surprise me.
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Used by farmers here in Canada, too.
TravellingMan22
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Yes I heard them too walking into Padron!
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I live near vineyards and these bird scaring devices are quite common in the spring and summer.
Bill905
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Agreed. These are likely air cannons, which fire off randomly to scare birds away from vineyards. We have them in the Niagara wine region of Canada, and they do a great job of interrupting one's golf back swing ... 
Jeff Crawley
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Lame excuse for slicing the drive!Agreed. These are likely air cannons, which fire off randomly to scare birds away from vineyards. We have them in the Niagara wine region of Canada, and they do a great job of interrupting one's golf back swing ...
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FreeCat
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Agreed. These are likely air cannons, which fire off randomly to scare birds away from vineyards. We have them in the Niagara wine region of Canada, and they do a great job of interrupting one's golf back swing ...
Yes, to scare birds and in Galicia also wild boars.
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You can also hear them on the Ingles.
MTtoCamino
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lol yep had the same experience, made me hit the dirt, I was just back from the desert. Just so unexpected.
The one from Galicia (the round) and the one from Castilla & Leon. Individually numbered and made by the same people that make the ones you see on your walk.
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Once I kept hearing gunshots. But when I got to the next village I discovered that it was the feast day of St. Isodore, the farmer, and the villagers were shooting fireworks all the day long. I also was invited to a community feast where pilgrims were the guests of honor that day. God is great!
RibbonRomanceAuthor
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In early July of 2022 I heard loud booms near Rio Mendo on the Camino Ingles. There was a festival going on at a church that I was passing but I was also walking near fields and vineyards. My first thought was that Putin had expanded his recently begun invasion of the Ukraine! No one I saw seemed particularly alarmed.
AidaYYC
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Ahhh, yes - it is hunting season or wabbit season
It's alright and the hunters are very well aware of Pilgrims and their way.
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JordonOzero
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...but I was ready for it next time and knew it would make me slice so in my infinite wisdom I overcompensated and double-crossed myself and pull-hooked it. Problem solved.
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