Two men both went on trial on Thursday in the nearby town of Cahors, charged with involuntary manslaughter. If convicted, they face up to three years in prison and a fine.
The death of Morgan Keane, a Franco-British man, caused outrage when he was shot while cutting wood near his house in the village of Calvignac in southwest France.
Jacqueline Taylor, 67, died on Sunday from a gunshot wound above the heart after her partner Pierrot Philippot, 69, fired his shoulder-mounted rifle in her direction during the hunt.