Another fall from a high seat in our Revier

[Bavarianbrit]

The new hunter in our 3 man revier group was putting up a high seat last Friday as the leaving hunter took all his with him and he fell about 3m, I hear he has many broken ribs and is in hospital. My neighbour hunter did the same off a frozen kanzels platform some 10 years ago and I found him 40 minutes later, he would have frozen to death if I had not gone to see him as his wife was not expecting him till teatime and it was midday. Hmm our Revier may be jinxed.

 

[Andyquadra]

everything happens in 3's......

 

[Bavarianbrit]

everything happens in 3's......

Don't.

 

[reiver]

German Reiver not to be confused with English/Scottish Reivers( moss troopers ) that are a totally different breed altogether

 

[Steff]

Revier, Kanzel … does really everyone know what‘s meant? If so I might just as well post in German from now on .

 

[Mr. Gain]

Be careful.
I went to use my tallest seat for the first time in several months the other day, and after giving it a tug and feeling some give, I decided to go to plan B and come back and check it out another day, when I had more time and better light. I was back there today with the toolkit, a set of replacement straps and a new wrap for the shooting rail. It took me about an hour to make everything good. I can't say whether the old straps would have held or not, but there's no way I would have fitted them to a new seat...
I hope your fellow hunter makes a fast and full recovery.

 

[tozzybum]

These "ladies" decided to help me clear my high seat ,so glad it's chained to the tree .
Whilst I was up the ladder
Be careful out there

 

[finnbear270]

Revier, Kanzel … does really everyone know what‘s meant? If so I might just as well post in German from now on .

You could offer up a translation of our Gralloch for our German friends, Maybe Ausweidung?

 

[Bavarianbrit]

You could offer up a translation of our Gralloch for our German friends, Maybe Ausweidung?

Yeah, I have been over here too long now, I must be becoming a subliminal German even if they still refuse to give me their citizenship after more than 22 years of being here, which ****es me off big time. Hence my fresh push for Canadian citizenship from my fathers side.

 

[Steff]

You could offer up a translation of our Gralloch for our German friends, Maybe Ausweidung?

Ausweiden (das Ausweiden = the gralloch; ausweiden = to gralloch) would be perfectly correct, a little old fashioned though.
Aufbrechen is the more commonly used term.

 

[ejg]

I have the feeling that German hunters pride themselves with building the cheapest possible high seats. Race to the bottom which is part of the reason for accidents.
edi

 

[Bavarianbrit]

I have the feeling that German hunters pride themselves with building the cheapest possible high seats. Race to the bottom which is part of the reason for accidents.
edi

They always seem to want to use the timber they get free from the woods where they have their lease. The foresters ie state businesses and richer hunters mainly get them made up from sawn square timber and have them installed by specialised firms. Money rich = time poor.

 

[Steff]

I have the feeling that German hunters pride themselves with building the cheapest possible high seats. Race to the bottom which is part of the reason for accidents.
edi

Because we need them by the dozen. Building a decent Hochsitz including a roof, door and insulation is nothing you do on one afternoon. And if you buy such a villa and even have it set up you are easily EUR 2,000 poorer. But you know that.

 

[Rutland lad]

I’ve missed my footing coming out of a high seat and stepped down two steps - that hurt. To slip/fall 3m is a whole different ball game. I hope he makes a full recovery.

 

[finnbear270]

And judging by the numbers visible from hundreds of miles of autobahn, along with those invisible within forestry, a very sizeable outlay in anyones terms.

 

[ejg]

For me it does not make sense... a nation of people that will not shoot rifles without "Handspanner" because they are not safe enough then getting up on rotting high seats. We had a look into industrial made high seats from materials that rot less or not at all as well as TUV approval etc. but quickly gave up after talking to hunters.
edi

 

[Phil fox man]

due to my recent escapade I will be reviewing my risk assessment on all my jobs !.you don't realise how much you can't do on fecking crutches

 

[opticron1]

When we were near Stockum in June, I was impressed with number of high seats and there were more being erected - all looking very sturdy. However when you realise how high some were it doesn't surprise me that there were a few injuries following an "unplanned descent"!

 

[Bavarianbrit]

When we were near Stockum in June, I was impressed with number of high seats and there were more being erected - all looking very sturdy. However when you realise how high some were it doesn't surprise me that there were a few injuries following an "unplanned descent"!View attachment 319653

That is an absolute normal height in our area, but the steps - ladder looks like a child made it.
When you are policing the farmers fields 3-5 nights a week to avoiding the horrendous game damage costs that the hunter can incur from a sounder of marauding boar it is important to have a decent box and free from draughts to be sitting in and the best is large enough to let your legs stretch out horizontally occasionally onto a ledge or a beer crate (it is Germany) as otherwise it gets crippling after 4 hours and descending is a real pain.

 

[Mick9abf]

I remember sitting out in Austria many years ago in a ‘very’ high seat with one of the local hunters all relaxed.

After a while the wind really picked up and it was clear there was going to be a thunder storm and the tree we were attached to was swaying a bit more than I was comfortable with and I’m usually not entirely over cautious as a rule.

I suggested to the guide that we should maybe go down until the weather settled at which point he smiled laughed and said “no problem the seat is very well made” and looked at me like some sort of fairy…….

Fast forward a few minutes and the wind got a bit ‘tastier’ at which point there was an almighty crack and I saw that one of the bracing battens and the 8” nails formerly holding it in place we’re now swaying about next to us.

Without much being said the lad gave me that knowing look, albeit he looked a bit paler than before, and we descended as rapidly as you can in such circumstances and once on the ground I couldn’t stop laughing but managed to comment that I wasn’t as stupid as I look contrary to what many say, he was slightly sheepish when we got back to the cabin and regaled the story to the other lads there.