My field of view for the first drive. I had maybe 50m into the woods before it dropped into a valley I couldn't see, so fast shooting was needed. I brought my Marlin .45-70 for fast followups and Dead-Right-There killing power.
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Joerg stands in his typical stance, H&K SLB2000 .30-06 at his side
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Lunch break. Bring your own.
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Large crowd of hunters
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My place for the second drive
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Drivers will send doggies into the forest to look for animals, and use them to search after the shooting is over for wounded/dead animals.
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One of the drivers walking through the woods
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The whole point of a drive hunt is to get the animals moving, not to get them excited or running. If they walk past the hunter, you get more opportunity to manage the population than sitting in a stand. Otherwise they just sit still and don't move. Even as it is, we saw little game.
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Walking back we had a gorgeous view of the Pfalz in winter
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Looking at the boar. He is likely 5 years old and good size.
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A water fountain sprays a tree causing icicles to form off the branches
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The streckanlage, or laying out of the harvest. This is pathetic, only 3 animals between 60 hunters, but sometimes luck is just not with you.
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