Originally Posted By: JDW
Gunwolf, I had the pleasure of hunting when I was in Germany 1966-67. I became friends with a German fireman who worked on our kaserne and I was invited to hunt on his father's place when I told him I had bought a Remington 11-48,.410. He asked what I was going to shoot with this as he had a Franchi 20ga. I told him I could kill as much as he could with his.
In the mornings we hunted just with myself, my friend his son and the father. The afternoon is when hunters arrived to go on a big hunt for Hungarian partridge, hares but too early for pheasant as they would not bring as much at the market if not fully plumaged. All the game was sold and you could buy it from them if you wanted.

I was wondering if that is still the tradition.


David, in some regions it is still so - but of course in general there is much less small game today in Germany! In contrary the number of big game, especially Wild Boar but also Red Deer has increased.
But the german hunting tradition is always the same. We lay it on the ground, called "Strecke legen" and bid farewell to the game with horn signals:



And be sure: All is organized very well, no matter if hunting in the woods or in the fields. wink

Cheers,
Gunwolf

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