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Zeddicus


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this is a short report from a hunt for hares in my home town. Nothing spectacular to report so I'll try to give you some insights into hunting traditions in germany as well. 

In case somebody is questioning the relevance to crow hunting, please see the part about blue jays ;)

 

We met at 8am to be greeted by the host of the hunt. He told us what to expect, what we were allowed to shoot and reminded us to stay safe and stick to the rules for driven hunts that should be known to everybody who has a hunting license in the first place...

Our end result was 20 hares, a couple of blue jays and three deer (which were not shot but got injured in some fences in the forest that are being put up to protect small trees). 

The result was not great for an area where we got 106 about 6 years ago. But although Foxes are hunted regularly and although they have started crow hunting the numbers went downhill due to change in habitat. It also was a particular bad day, but this is hunting...

I was quite happy, it got two hares and a blue jay and never had to clean the left barrel of my side by side which is always nice. Now for the pictures...

An old farmhous in the valley on a foggy morning. Is is an unusual picture as in most of germany you are not allowed to build a house just anywhere. so this is really quite old. 

 

 

My favourite gun for this kind of hunting with the first blue jay I shot with it. (Side by side Webley & Scott 16ga. Oh, how I love it..;) ) 

 

 

 
This tower is what remains of an old church burned down in the 30 year war sometime between 1618-1648. It's situated on top of the hill overlooking my hometown. The rest of the church was torn down, it's stones used to build houses. 
"Strecke legen" meaning that the animals that were shot are presented to everybody involved. The host traditionally thanks the beaters for their work, the women for preparing lunch, the hunters for disciplined shooting (sometimes though it's time for criticism...).  After this the horn players play specific hunting tunes. Nearly every creature we shoot has it's own signal, be it fox, hare, birds, deer, wild boar etc. by playing the tune and standing still for a moment in silence the final respect is shown to our quarry. After that the horn players play "Jagd vorbei und Hallali".
Wanna listen? 
http://www.jagdschule-rheinhessen.de/downloads/jagdvorbeihalali.mp3
The first part is "Jagd vorbei" the second part is "Halali" which is a greeting call for hunters which probably originates from 100s of years ago...
After that we usually go to a guesthouse to get some food and restock the fluid levels... ;)
And this was our work on sunday morning after a night of restocking the fluid level... Two small wild boar (about 65 and 67 pounds), also three deer and three hare to be skinned and butchered...
Another report to follow soon which will be better as there is more to report and I did not take the pictures so they are of better quality ;)


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That is a great story and love the pics even if a little fuzzy! I enjoy an occasional off subject hunting show and love seeing what others hunt around the country and world. Keep them coming.

BTW, Some of the dogs we use to chase rabbits with aren't as big as your hairs!!! WOW!!



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Zed,

I had no idea that hares got that big, those are some photos.

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Waidmannsheil!



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Ulli:

Great tale and outstanding images!

Those are large hares!!  (Or else you're using the American trick of including a bunch of short guys in the background!) 

Thanks for the cultural exhange!

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Hi lads, I am glad you liked the story and the pics. Yes, hares are not that small, but no tricks were used :)
I'll try to get a pic with my gun beside it next time. The guys in the background are all specimen bavarian men ;)
My next report will be about rabbit catching, the best driven hunt so far and a hunters christening...

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