Thanks claire very useful, I did not know that the mayor could extend it to 200m, I will give it a go! I have to be careful here as we are quite friendly with a couple of local farmers who allow hunting on their land, which adjoins ours. I am reluctant to put "No Hunt" signs everywhere as I am told it agrivates the situation as the hunt here seem to think English are wealthy and stupid and they can do what they like and do not understand French countryside laws!
I did have a run in with the hunt last year when they arrived and let their dogs roam accross our garden and poo on the front lawn. I marched up to the end of the driveway and asked them to remove their dogs from our garden. The chasse man ignored me until I eyeballed him and asked again politely, but forceably. He said he couldn't call his dogs as they were disobedient! My answer, well don't hunt with them if you can't control them. Fortunately, they did then leave.
The following week we were planting trees in the garden and saw a hunter in the garden with his dog, as soon as he saw me he hid and jumped over the ditch away from the house. When I approached him, I asked why he was there but he avoided me. A short time after we went to a local event at the salle des fetes and saw him again, he was decidely uncomfortable. I approached him and said I know you don't ? It turned out he was from the neighbouring commune and poaching on our patch. He is now worried I will report him to our commune, so stays well away!
I will make sure I am vigilant this hunting season, but if anything, it is the one thing that really gets to me through the winter as our peace and space is consistantly invaded, not just on a Sunday, but a Monday and Wednesday or whenever they feel like it!