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A Profile of Deer Hunting Through The Ages
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In the bottom picture, your deer seem to have undergone evolution!
Bo Diddley
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It's been going on for some time...
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Well , you managed a good picture of a fallow masterbuck
The technology is always changing, but for me what is interesting is that even 800 years ago the fashion was to eschew technology for taking deer. Hunting ‘par force’ was held in the highest esteem, not for being the most efficient method of killing a deer but for requiring the most effort. The same as the ritual of a stalking on the hill and extraction by hand versus shooting off the bonnet at night.
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“Hunting par force was considered the noblest form of hunting. In this process the game was run down and exhausted by the dogs before the kill was made. Par force hunting consisted of eight parts: the quest, the assembly, the relays, the moving or un-harboring, the chase, the baying, the unmaking and the curée.
Picture from Livre de la Chasse showing relays of running hounds set on the path of the hart
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“Hunting par force was considered the noblest form of hunting. In this process the game was run down and exhausted by the dogs before the kill was made. Par force hunting consisted of eight parts: the quest, the assembly, the relays, the moving or un-harboring, the chase, the baying, the unmaking and the curée.
- Quest: Before the hunt started, an expert huntsman, accompanied by a lymer, would seek out the quarry. By the help of tracks, broken branches and droppings he would try to locate the lay of the hart as accurately as possible; ideally he would see it.
Picture from Livre de la Chasse showing relays of running hounds set on the path of the hart- Assembly: Then, early on the day of the hunt, the hunting party would meet, examine the huntsman's information and the deer's droppings, and agree on how best to conduct the hunt. This would be a social gathering also, with breakfast served.
- Relays: When the path of the hart had been predicted, relays of dogs were positioned along it. This way, it was assured that the dogs were not worn out before the hart.
- Moving: Also called the fynding. Here a lymer was used to track down the hart.
- Chase: This was the hunt proper; here it was essential to keep the hounds on the track of the selected quarry.
- Baying: When the hart could run no longer, it would turn and try to defend itself. It was said to be "at bay." The hounds should now be kept from attacking, and the most prominent man in the hunting party would make the kill, with a sword or spear.
- Unmaking: The deer was finally dissected in a careful, ritualistic manner.
- Curée: Lastly, the dogs had to be rewarded with pieces of the carcass, in a manner so that they would associate their effort with the reward.”
Can't see your local branch of Tesco entertaining this, on any scale, in 2024:
Love the hunting plaid!
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Love the hunting plaid!
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Love the hunting plaid!
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One wonders how they ever got to actually shoot anything?
I figured that if you don’t have the latest Kuiu digi-camo Axis Hybrid hooded jacket or the Harkila Mountain Hunter Expedition HWS jacket all the deer will scarper pronto!
They went with out the guide, less noise and expense.
bottletopbill
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Looks like the two young boys shot the wrong deer the black one and asking where they went wrong
Bo Diddley thank you for posting this image. What time period is this from?
Thanks
SCB
Bo Diddley
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1960's deer hunt in Thetford Forest... It's gotten a little better since then.
Only kidding, Google tells me Australopithecus.. but I'm not sure on that one.
In reality, it could have been a depiction of a hunt only a few decades ago by the San people.. I wonder how that tribe is fairing
I find cave paintings fascinating.
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