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...or if in Germany,do as the Germans.
Since there are not just US and Canadian hunters on this forum, I thought we might take a look at hunting around the world.
So here comes Germany.
First, you need a hunting licence.
That means either 3 weeks full-time in a school, or more than 1/2 a year with a lokal hunting organisation 2-3 days a week.
That includes:
Weapon handling and some ballistics.
Law
Meat hygiene and processing.
Lots of stuff about the biology of game and non game animals.
Some agriculture.
Trees and eco systems.
At the end there is a full day exam.
Depending on where you live shooting.
Where I live:
5 shots at a roe deer standing, resting the rifle against a vertical pole (25 of 50 possible, which is rather easy, 100m)
5 shots running boar (at least 2 in the kill, 50 m)
15 shots skeet (minimum 5).
Written exam about all topics.
Weapon handling. If you fail there,you are out.
Practical exam. Walk through the woods. Identify animals, trees, ...
See the innards of game, identify organs and potential diseases.
Hunting situations: can you place a safe shot? Is the target in season? ...
Once you have the licence, it gets interesting.
We have no such thing as public land.
All land is leased out or owned by the state. So you have to either lease land (which you can't for the first 3 years), or get in with someone who has a lease (which can be state).
There, you have certain quotas what you can hunt.
Wild boar has no limits in most places and red stag are frequently fought about.
Young have to be shot before old (killing a mum before the kids can cost you the license).
Shots are rather close - we are densely populated in many areas and hikers,dog moms and the next village or street are usually close.
Ah - lead free becomes more and more mandatory.
Our bread and butter game is the roe deer, which is quite small. Depending on where you are, followed or exceeded by boar.
The wolf is back for some time now. Making game careful.
We are allowed to use night vision or thermals for boar at night. Only boar.
Otherwise, legal light is 90 minutes before or after sunset. Which means in many occasions, it is pitch black at legal light...
Well. I guess that it for an overview
Ah,no. There are quite a few driven hunts, sometimes with more than100 shooters and a lot of beaters and dogs
Talking about dogs: following a possibly wounded animal with a dog is mandatory.
We have lots of volunteers with the local associations. And of course the dogs need a few exams, too. This is Germany...
But boy,the do the job!.
I think Australia and Switzerland are very similar - how about you neck of the woods?
Forgot something:
Often, we hunters have to pay for crop damage on our leased land.
Think about hogs in Texas - that can be quite expensive
Since there are not just US and Canadian hunters on this forum, I thought we might take a look at hunting around the world.
So here comes Germany.
First, you need a hunting licence.
That means either 3 weeks full-time in a school, or more than 1/2 a year with a lokal hunting organisation 2-3 days a week.
That includes:
Weapon handling and some ballistics.
Law
Meat hygiene and processing.
Lots of stuff about the biology of game and non game animals.
Some agriculture.
Trees and eco systems.
At the end there is a full day exam.
Depending on where you live shooting.
Where I live:
5 shots at a roe deer standing, resting the rifle against a vertical pole (25 of 50 possible, which is rather easy, 100m)
5 shots running boar (at least 2 in the kill, 50 m)
15 shots skeet (minimum 5).
Written exam about all topics.
Weapon handling. If you fail there,you are out.
Practical exam. Walk through the woods. Identify animals, trees, ...
See the innards of game, identify organs and potential diseases.
Hunting situations: can you place a safe shot? Is the target in season? ...
Once you have the licence, it gets interesting.
We have no such thing as public land.
All land is leased out or owned by the state. So you have to either lease land (which you can't for the first 3 years), or get in with someone who has a lease (which can be state).
There, you have certain quotas what you can hunt.
Wild boar has no limits in most places and red stag are frequently fought about.
Young have to be shot before old (killing a mum before the kids can cost you the license).
Shots are rather close - we are densely populated in many areas and hikers,dog moms and the next village or street are usually close.
Ah - lead free becomes more and more mandatory.
Our bread and butter game is the roe deer, which is quite small. Depending on where you are, followed or exceeded by boar.
The wolf is back for some time now. Making game careful.
We are allowed to use night vision or thermals for boar at night. Only boar.
Otherwise, legal light is 90 minutes before or after sunset. Which means in many occasions, it is pitch black at legal light...
Well. I guess that it for an overview
Ah,no. There are quite a few driven hunts, sometimes with more than100 shooters and a lot of beaters and dogs
Talking about dogs: following a possibly wounded animal with a dog is mandatory.
We have lots of volunteers with the local associations. And of course the dogs need a few exams, too. This is Germany...
But boy,the do the job!.
I think Australia and Switzerland are very similar - how about you neck of the woods?
Forgot something:
Often, we hunters have to pay for crop damage on our leased land.
Think about hogs in Texas - that can be quite expensive
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