Tirassieren

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Two types of bird hunting with a dog and a net: on the left method in England, on the right a variant in mainland Europe

When Tirassieren is a large square net or twine poultry , hunting game birds caught like partridge, woodcock, quail, larks and other birds.

Word origin

The word comes from the French tirer , which means something like to pull . The tirass is a cover net that is pulled over the poultry in the field. The French word tirasser , which is no longer in use today, means to hunt with woolen yarn. In addition to the net or twine, a well-trained chicken dog or falcon is part of it .

With dog

The chicken dog is steered only by gestures with the hand. He searches in the field and stands firm and safe from all hunted animals that are found. The protrusion is an inhibition of prey when approaching the game. This is hereditary. The pointing dog freezes in motion and remains tense as soon as its nose has caught the scent of the small game in cover. If the prey moves away from the protruding dog, it follows it carefully and tense, and it follows . The fine-haired or so-called bloodhound or the wire-haired or so-called water dog was used for tirassing.

The protrusion can be expressed by lifting a front leg, tense posture or by pointing the nose towards the game. Hence the English name Pointer from the English to point , which means to show . A special variant of the projecting is the presence of the setter . In England, the sport of bird hunting for poultry with setter breeds (English setting dogs for sitting dogs ) began to develop. These lay down when they were displayed, captivating the game with their eyes so that the hunters could throw the nets over the dog and prey.

With a falcon

Only a small, trained falcon was needed to catch the lark, which was hunted by the hand when the lark burgled. Thereupon the lark fell and was covered with the tiras. Falcons were also used to hunt chickens and quails to better keep the animals. Here revierten the Hawks only.

Wild boars

A suction twine is placed around a sow, she is startled and driven into the twine and caught. This type of hunting is no longer practiced today.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ilse Haseder , Gerhard Stinglwagner : Knaurs Großes Jagdlexikon . Weltbild, Augsburg 2000, ISBN 3-8289-1579-5 , p. 788
  2. ↑ Tiras . In: Johann Georg Krünitz : Economic Encyclopedia . 1773-1858
  3. ↑ Tyrassing. In: Jacob Grimm , Wilhelm Grimm (Hrsg.): German dictionary . tape 22 : Treib – Tz - (XI, 1st section, part 2). S. Hirzel, Leipzig 1952 ( woerterbuchnetz.de ).
  4. ↑ Bird hunting . In: Johann Georg Krünitz : Economic Encyclopedia . 1773-1858
  5. ↑ Territory. In: Jacob Grimm , Wilhelm Grimm (Hrsg.): German dictionary . tape 14 : R - skewness - (VIII). S. Hirzel, Leipzig 1893 ( woerterbuchnetz.de ).