High seat
At a high seat (also hunting or hunter seat , high status or raised hide ) is a hunting device for stand hunting . It is used directly for hunting , namely searching for game , and therefore enjoys special protection by the Federal Hunting Act and the hunting laws of the federal states. High seats are set up on behalf of the person who is authorized to hunt (for example the hunter tenant of a community hunting district or the owner of the hunt ). This is also often the owner.
purpose
The high seat serves the hunter as cover and weather protection during the hunt . It enables the game to be reliably identified and assessed ( addressing ) as well as safe shooting. Due to the elevated position on the high seat, the ground can serve as a natural bullet trap for projectiles that penetrate or miss the target. In addition, the hunting rifle can be propped up or leaned against the game when it is put on. A high seat can also ensure that the hunter sits "above the wind" and is not smelled ( thunderstorm ) by the game . Standing in wait with a lower overall height is called a hide .
When setting up and using a high seat, preliminary hunting considerations (e.g. the main wind direction) and safety aspects ( accident prevention regulations ) must be observed. Another important factor is the annual inspection of wood as a building material - it can rot (“modern”) and become brittle due to moisture and fungal attack. Damaged components must be replaced, if possible before the safety and stability of the high seat are endangered.
Construction
Raised seats are divided into simple umbrellas (uncovered), raised hide huts close to the ground and high seats. The latter can be built at different heights. A distinction can be made between different types of structural design (the names are not always perfectly clear):
- Ladder seats (simple, partly covered ladders with seating, often leaning against trees, partly covered)
- High seats (free-standing construction with side panels, often with a roof)
- Pulpits (half-open and fully closed high seats with side panels and roofing)
- mobile seats (movable by mounting on trailers or by wheels)
- Climbing seats (portable seat frames that a hunter can use to climb tree trunks)
- Driven rams (simple, relatively low raised stands without a roof, which allow the shooter freedom of movement to shoot in all directions during driven hunts )
Scissor seat
Roofed ladder seat, leaning against a tree
Freestanding ladder seat
Perch with roof
Closed pulpit
Mobile, closed pulpit
Climbing seat
Driven ram
Luxurious high seat on a hunting farm in Namibia
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The high seat should be built in a simple and technically solid construction. In addition, the material and construction of the high seat should fit into the landscape. For example, an old car is not common as a raised hide and can also be problematic from an environmental point of view (pollutants that can get into the ground). Pulpits that are equipped with heating, electric light and overnight accommodation ("sleeping pulpits") are already a borderline case. The accident prevention regulations (UVV Jagd) of the agricultural trade association must be observed.
For reasons of cost, coniferous woods are predominantly used for the construction of high seats , which are often felled on site and are also dried and processed there. If hardwood is used, it is mainly the hard, weather-resistant wood of oak or robinia . Only healthy, debarked and slowly dried trunks are used to ensure the stability of the construction. The wood required is preferably felled in winter to avoid cracking - and the resulting higher risk of lower stability, especially due to fungal attack - by drying too quickly.
When building the load-bearing structure ("scaffolding") of free-standing high seats, naturally grown round timber - i.e. whole tree trunks, shortened to the required length - are used almost exclusively, as these are more stable than processed boards, battens and squared timber. The latter can be used for the construction of the floor and seating, as well as for the roofs and outer walls of closed pulpits. Particular attention is paid to the stability of railings and ladders, as structural defects are a frequent cause of accidents.
When hunters use high seats, the principle applies that ascent and descent should always be carried out with a diagonally slung, unloaded weapon - in order to avoid accidents with firearms and to be able to hold on to the ladder with both hands while climbing. It is also recommended not to climb high seats during storms and thunderstorms.
Use by unauthorized persons
A high seat is a facility for the direct pursuit of hunting by the person authorized to hunt or by a hunting guest with a hunting permit ("inspection certificate"). People who do not have the owner's permission are not allowed to climb or use a raised hide. It does not matter whether the high seat is locked or secured against climbing.
vandalism
Hunting facilities, in particular those that remain permanently in the area, such as fixed high seats, are a target of vandalism, sometimes for no particular reason or reference to hunting, sometimes in targeted actions by hunting opponents. Outlining, sawing over or otherwise rendering high seats unusable constitutes damage to property . Figures on the frequency of such acts are not known. The question of the ethical justification of actions relevant to criminal and private law is discussed controversially within the animal rights movement. While the investigation is often difficult, the use of photo traps and cooperation with the public, for example , lead to successes in police investigations again and again.
literature
- Ilse Haseder , Gerhard Stinglwagner : Knaurs Großes Jagdlexikon , Augsburg 2000, ISBN 3-8289-1579-5
- Jörg Rahn: Self-built hunting facilities . Instructions for the construction of territorial facilities, 240 pages. Neumann-Neudamm (2004), ISBN 3-927-84821-2
- Anton Schmid: high seat construction . Building instructions, construction drawings, model photos, 127 pages. blv, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-405-16897-X
- Gerold Wandel: Self-built district facilities . 288 photos and sketches, over 100 construction drawings by the author. 9th, revised edition. blv, Munich 2005, 296 pages, ISBN 3-405-16283-1
- Egon Wagenknecht : Hunting facilities . With drawings by Birgit Werwik. 2nd, revised and expanded edition. Deutscher Landwirtschaftsverlag, Berlin 1989, 216 pages, ISBN 3-331-00318-2
Web links
- Photo gallery of various high seats
- Social insurance for agriculture, forestry and horticulture (Ed.): Safe high seat construction - Instructions for the construction of safe high seats . 72 pages with photos, drawings and advice. 16th edition, Kassel 2016 (PDF file on svlfg.de, 3.9 MB, accessed on December 15, 2018)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ilse Haseder, Gerhard Stinglwagner: Knaurs Großes Jagdlexikon . Augsburg 2000, p. 388.
- ↑ a b Social insurance for agriculture, forestry and horticulture (SVLFG; Hrsg.): Safe high seat construction - instructions for the construction of safe high seats , p. 7
- ↑ SVLFG (Ed.): Safe high seat construction , p. 5
- ^ Mark G. von Pückler : The hunter and his right, Paul Paray Verlag, 2002, p. 130.
- ↑ Forest etiquette of the German Forest Protection Association , accessed on December 9, 2015
- ↑ a b Sascha Bahlinger: High seats blown up - suspect determined. In: jagderleben.de. May 11, 2018, accessed October 21, 2019 .
- ↑ Hunters call for help: hooded people deliberately destroy high seats. In: Aachener Zeitung. May 8, 2019, accessed October 21, 2019 .
- ↑ Christian Liehner: Hunting opponents destroy high seats and hang out leaflets. In: jagderleben.de. October 29, 2018, accessed October 21, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Sascha Bahlinger: Sawn up high seat - hunter falls down. In: jagderleben.de. May 24, 2019, accessed October 21, 2019 .
- ^ Daniel Salmon: Hochsitz fire series: Bünder (27) under suspicion. In: westfalen-blatt.de. June 15, 2018, accessed October 21, 2019 .
- ↑ Destroyed high seats in the Emsland: 22-year-old under suspicion. In: Grafschafter Nachrichten. May 2, 2019, accessed October 21, 2019 .