german hunters

[Dom]

Hello Skyline, since I haven't done so yet, let me welcome you to HuntChat, pretty cool place, albeit mostly for North America, but a good all around bunch of guys & gals.

Yes, I've done quite a bit of hunting over here, love it when I can go hunting 365 days a year -- always something in season !! and the seasons are long. I have done some Red deer hunting, a couple stags, and a LOT of Roe deer hunting. And I hunt a lot for Wild Boar, in the fall drive hunts and the rest of the year from high seats at night. Throw some fox, hare, ducks, pheasant, etc in the mix and I'm a happy camper.

You're in a good place to hunt, wouldn't mind being up in your neck of the woods either, Waidmannsheil, Dom.

P.S. And a tidbit or two about that German hunting course -- cost you between 1 and 3k to get thru the course (books, ammo costs, instructors are paid, etc). And the test is rigorous, written, oral, shooting w/both rifle and shotgun. No wonder it's quite the fraternity over here, you make it through you HAVE accomplished something. And it's no gimme where everyone is going to graduate. Most who are serious start studying and shooting a year ahead of actually taking the course. It was different when I grew up in Michigan, you know, walking out the door and you're hunting, was just a matter of fact thing I took for granted that everybody got to do that. Boy was I wrong . . . .