Little note to self, check Hochsitz for bino's gloves spare ammunition etc before you leave,
Driven Boar - things you do/don't find useful
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Bavarianbrit
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Done that, another hunter found my 7x50 Steiners middle of a field 3 month later covered in snow, he stepped on them.Little note to self, check Hochsitz for bino's gloves spare ammunition etc before you leave,
Kitchen roll, or toilet paper, wet wipes.
Coloured cable ties, so if you’re lucky, you can ID your boar. Can be very hard to tell, when there are a bunch of boar laid out together.
Coloured cable ties, so if you’re lucky, you can ID your boar. Can be very hard to tell, when there are a bunch of boar laid out together.
Heym SR20
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A blanket of some sort. When you are sitting on the stand you will get cold. Wrapping a blanket over your legs helps hugely.
Even better is an Ansitzsac.
I wouldn’t worry too much about knife etc, especially if you are flying. In my experience in Germany all of the gralloching etc is done back at the larder by fully qualified larder men rather than all the hunters. And beaters and guides will have dragging ropes etc. By all means offer to help and assist but don’t use expensive luggage space on rope etc.
Even better is an Ansitzsac.
I wouldn’t worry too much about knife etc, especially if you are flying. In my experience in Germany all of the gralloching etc is done back at the larder by fully qualified larder men rather than all the hunters. And beaters and guides will have dragging ropes etc. By all means offer to help and assist but don’t use expensive luggage space on rope etc.
Heym SR20
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And as regards shooting standing game, no issue at all as the Germans are very keen on good careful shooting.
You do need to keep very very alert and also very quiet and still. Often animals are very cautious and will keep in cover until they know exactly where you are and will then sneak through out of easy shot.
Make sure you are fully comfortable with safe angles and where permitted shots are allowed. Don’t worry the shoot captains and trackers will identify every drop of blood and bullet tracks around your stand. A bullet mark on a tree or shot sight in a no shoot zone is you having your licence pulled and no more shooting.
Also make absolutely sure you know exactly what you can and cannot shoot and the cost of any trophies. Trophy fees can be eye wateringly high - as in a few thousand €s. And sometimes the trophy fees are not necessarily on the biggest animals.
On one area I know the trophy fees on palmated fallow bucks ran to a few thousand €s. So of course nobody shot them. Following year, the really big old bucks had low fees, but the younger bucks with smaller palms were much higher.
And do not in any circumstances shoot a matriarch sow. If bug herd of pigs come through leave the big ones alone - shoot the smaller ones. The big sows have big backsides. Big Keilers are much more solid up front and skinnier behinds and tend to be on their own or in small groups.
When the chance comes don’t think about it, look at the animal and shoot. Generally they will be close enough that you don’t need to faff taking a rest - just shoot off hand.
Hesitate and they are gone.
You do need to keep very very alert and also very quiet and still. Often animals are very cautious and will keep in cover until they know exactly where you are and will then sneak through out of easy shot.
Make sure you are fully comfortable with safe angles and where permitted shots are allowed. Don’t worry the shoot captains and trackers will identify every drop of blood and bullet tracks around your stand. A bullet mark on a tree or shot sight in a no shoot zone is you having your licence pulled and no more shooting.
Also make absolutely sure you know exactly what you can and cannot shoot and the cost of any trophies. Trophy fees can be eye wateringly high - as in a few thousand €s. And sometimes the trophy fees are not necessarily on the biggest animals.
On one area I know the trophy fees on palmated fallow bucks ran to a few thousand €s. So of course nobody shot them. Following year, the really big old bucks had low fees, but the younger bucks with smaller palms were much higher.
And do not in any circumstances shoot a matriarch sow. If bug herd of pigs come through leave the big ones alone - shoot the smaller ones. The big sows have big backsides. Big Keilers are much more solid up front and skinnier behinds and tend to be on their own or in small groups.
When the chance comes don’t think about it, look at the animal and shoot. Generally they will be close enough that you don’t need to faff taking a rest - just shoot off hand.
Hesitate and they are gone.
kingstonandy
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Take a bit more cash than you expect to need, and don't forget to pack your lucky Y fronts.
Never been driven boar shooting (or anything remotely like it) myself, but I do recall hearing a bit of advice that sounded sensible enough: "Don't worry about the trees. There are more gaps than there are trees, so just swing through and shoot as if they weren't there".
Oh man, they haven't been washed in years, even I wouldn't what them in the plane!
That's sounds like a need from a previous experience
On more than one occasion
I started carrying the “kit”, when I started hunting boar at night in Hungary. These were “all nighters”, and needs must !
I would also highly recommend carrying some plastic bags, in case you find yourself in a stand, and climbing down, to find a tree, isn’t a safe option
Collected from hotel circa 6am after breakfast, then hunting to circa 12.30, then lunch. Then back out again, back to hotel 5-6.30 ish
No brainer !
I find a knife very useful, but it does live in my bag, rather than being worn.
Driven hunts are regularly in the snow, or wet, & muddy conditions, where I don’t want my bag on the floor.
I just cut a branch short, close to the trunk, instant bag hook !
As in Heym's post #25.............................. SIT ON YOUR HANDS!!!!
Jagare
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Bavarianbrit
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They are about, my neighbour shot a 67kg boar at 8:45pm last night, presently we have for this week high pressure no rain and 6 degrees at night.
Two of these. Will last all day, if they’re only switched on, when you need them.
3 position, never needed the hottest.
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My pic was shot on a no Stags drive, not by moi' thank the Lord, rumour has it the chap didn't even get to keep the head & was relieved of many, many shekels.
Jagare
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I shot that one on a stag drive so no trophy fee. Was on a hunt in Hungary where we were told not to shoot any stags or it would cost. A German hunter shot a 10 pointer and like the stag in your pic he had to pay and no head.
Bavarianbrit
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Whatever you do do not bring a Photon or Pulsar NV scope with you = jailtime here "kriegswaffengesetz".
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