Driven hunt

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Rifleman on a driven ram

When driven hunt , in the mountains because of the sealed-off forced change also of game tie hunting called, refers to a form of movement hunting in the wild pressed , d. H. is chased slowly by drivers and mostly also by hunting dogs in the direction of the previously set up hunters . In driven hunts, attempts are made to move the game slowly and deliberately out of its entrenchments ( e.g. in thickets , blackberries, reed belts, etc.) in order to enable a safe shot.

While one to several dozen shooters, as well as drivers and dog handlers, are the rule in driven hunts, there are several hunting grounds in multiple hunting grounds as well as in state and large private forests with z. T. several hundred participants. If the hunting area is too large to be hunted “in one piece”, it is hunted one after the other in several sub-areas known as drifts. Driven hunts take place almost exclusively in the winter months and only in daylight.

Driven hunts, which are carried out on cloven-hoofed game such as deer and wild boar and mainly in the forest, are driven hunts, in which hunts, game birds or foxes are usually hunted in the open country with shot .

procedure

Safety briefing by the responsible hunt manager before the start of the driven hunt

Driven hunts usually start early in the morning. After a brief joint meeting, including a safety briefing for all those involved, drivers and dog handlers go to their designated starting positions, while the shooters move into their stands in the hustle and bustle, which usually covers a few hundred hectares . The start and end of the hunt are set in advance or are communicated flexibly by hunting horn or radio. The drivers then try together with the dogs to get the game moving and to bring it to the posted shooter. As hunting dogs are preferably driven hunts rather short-legged, track, according to e Flushing Dogs used are slower than the game they follow, and so from his Einständen force without rushing it. For reasons of hygiene , sometimes a break is taken to set off on longer driven hunts.

safety

Safety precautions must be taken during driven hunts . In Germany, the regulations of the agricultural employers' liability insurance association in particular in the VSG-UVV hunt must be observed.

literature

Web links

Commons : driven hunt  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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