Holland&Holland
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I have not posted for a long time due to personal and work related circumstances but i did not want to leave you without this story.
After I pulled out of the syndicate in Germany I was asked to join a syndicate at a permission owned by the State Forestry in 2014. I have hunted here quite happily, shooting red, roe and wild boar, but again was asked at the end of 2016 to hunt for a Nature conservation organisation who own large areas of land. They only allow their own employed stalkers or "professional" stalkers on their land. I did a three year
shock: theory and practical) stalking course and got my diploma in november 2016. So instead of paying for my lease i now get paid as an official stalker to hunt 
. Pretty pleased with that 
.
The permission is 6500 hectares and is in the hart of the biggest Dutch nature reserve. Every year the County sets the amount of animals that need to be culled. For us its close to 275 wild boar, mostly piglets and uberlaufer, some sows and keilers. Season started at 1 july. Up to now we got 74. Apart from stalking and hunting from a high seat near a feeding station, I was asked to sit at a meadow close to some arable fields with mais and wheat. The farmer saw several wild boar jump in and out his fence to eat his crops. So my task was to shoot these boar. First evening and night i was out saw about 23 boar and shot two uberlaufer. Second evening out while stalking i bumped into a friend of the farmer who showed me photos of a big keiler on the meadow. He was monitoring the movement of the boar and tried to scare them away from the crops. (as the neighbouring fields and woods are ours he cant shoot the boar)
After watching a roebuck chase the doe, at around 22.00 i heard a loud crack from the woodland opposite of the field. The Keiler came out and was going to cross the field from my left at about 80-100 meters. I quickly got the gun up and was able to shoot the boar in the middle of the field. Dropped on the spot. On closer inspection it was a 6 year old keiler, 95 kilos, lenght of tuskers 19 centimeter. Not an animal you shoot on a yearly basis so i was happy with the result. Had to get some pie and cakes to celebrate with my fellow hunters.
Earlier at the permission of a friend my dad shot a small keiler. Again this animal was a troublemaker, scaring and making mock attacks at hikers and people walking their dogs in a recreational woodland. We put out some maize at a feeding station for several days and waited if it would show himself. We where lucky enough and on our first outing with the gun the boar came at the feeding station. As it did not drop on the spot although it had a heart shot i had to go and track it. It got into some thick cover and on my hands and knees followed the bloody trail. As the cover was that thick i could not carry my dads gun with me so i armed myself with a big knife in case the boar would still be allive. Because i could track a considerable amount of blood i did not get a dog handler. If you doubt that the animal is mortally wounded you normally call a trained doghandler. After half an hour, getting in and out of cover and over rides following the track, i found the animal stone dead. So handshakes made and pictures taken after a stressfull 30 minutes.
After I pulled out of the syndicate in Germany I was asked to join a syndicate at a permission owned by the State Forestry in 2014. I have hunted here quite happily, shooting red, roe and wild boar, but again was asked at the end of 2016 to hunt for a Nature conservation organisation who own large areas of land. They only allow their own employed stalkers or "professional" stalkers on their land. I did a three year
shock: theory and practical) stalking course and got my diploma in november 2016. So instead of paying for my lease i now get paid as an official stalker to hunt . Pretty pleased with that .The permission is 6500 hectares and is in the hart of the biggest Dutch nature reserve. Every year the County sets the amount of animals that need to be culled. For us its close to 275 wild boar, mostly piglets and uberlaufer, some sows and keilers. Season started at 1 july. Up to now we got 74. Apart from stalking and hunting from a high seat near a feeding station, I was asked to sit at a meadow close to some arable fields with mais and wheat. The farmer saw several wild boar jump in and out his fence to eat his crops. So my task was to shoot these boar. First evening and night i was out saw about 23 boar and shot two uberlaufer. Second evening out while stalking i bumped into a friend of the farmer who showed me photos of a big keiler on the meadow. He was monitoring the movement of the boar and tried to scare them away from the crops. (as the neighbouring fields and woods are ours he cant shoot the boar)
After watching a roebuck chase the doe, at around 22.00 i heard a loud crack from the woodland opposite of the field. The Keiler came out and was going to cross the field from my left at about 80-100 meters. I quickly got the gun up and was able to shoot the boar in the middle of the field. Dropped on the spot. On closer inspection it was a 6 year old keiler, 95 kilos, lenght of tuskers 19 centimeter. Not an animal you shoot on a yearly basis so i was happy with the result. Had to get some pie and cakes to celebrate with my fellow hunters.
Earlier at the permission of a friend my dad shot a small keiler. Again this animal was a troublemaker, scaring and making mock attacks at hikers and people walking their dogs in a recreational woodland. We put out some maize at a feeding station for several days and waited if it would show himself. We where lucky enough and on our first outing with the gun the boar came at the feeding station. As it did not drop on the spot although it had a heart shot i had to go and track it. It got into some thick cover and on my hands and knees followed the bloody trail. As the cover was that thick i could not carry my dads gun with me so i armed myself with a big knife in case the boar would still be allive. Because i could track a considerable amount of blood i did not get a dog handler. If you doubt that the animal is mortally wounded you normally call a trained doghandler. After half an hour, getting in and out of cover and over rides following the track, i found the animal stone dead. So handshakes made and pictures taken after a stressfull 30 minutes.
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