2nd Annual Hohenfels German American Friendship Hunt 2010

[addicted]

I think we should take up a collection here at HuntWa and send you hunting every week, with the stipulation you have to report back with photos and write-ups after each hunt!!!   

i think we could make this work 

I've been eyeballing some mouflan hunts 

[Ossahatchee]

Thanks for taking the time to document and post. I enjoyed reading and viewing very much. I have sent the link to many in the Verein Deutch Drahthaar -Group North America. It is good to see the hunting situations the Versatile hunting dog breeds were developed for. Few ever consider the value of a dog on a big game hunt.

How often were the dogs used in your Treib Jagd?

[saylean]

Freakin awesome story Addicted. What an experience. Great pics!

[addicted]

Thanks for taking the time to document and post. I enjoyed reading and viewing very much. I have sent the link to many in the Verein Deutch Drahthaar -Group North America. It is good to see the hunting situations the Versatile hunting dog breeds were developed for. Few ever consider the value of a dog on a big game hunt.

How often were the dogs used in your Treib Jagd?

we use der hunde on every treib jagd i've been on. Sometimes a whole mess of terriers and sometimes just a dog or two for a slow treib in order to get the game out of their beds.

It really is amazing how many uses there are for a trained dog. If standards and traditions like this were adopted in the states there would be far less lost game as well as great improvements in other aspects of hunting such as herd management.

In 50 years hunting in the states will have continued to slouch and deprive itself through poor herd management and Germany will still be the same. No management plan is perfect but these guys do a pretty darn good job.

[addicted]

Dang.

A repeat of this hunt scheduled for the 22nd has been cancelled. probably due to weather. The biggest bummer is that angelface was going and it was going to be her first drive hunt.

[Black Ghost]

Awesome write up!  One of these days, maybe make the bucket list!

[addicted]

We're heading out for this hunt again in the morning. My camera gave up the ghost after afghanistan so i wont have a lot of pics but i'll take the video camera and the wife will be sitting with me this year.

wish me luck

[Klyne3]

Wow very cool!

[jeepasaurusrex]

Josh, looks like you had a great time. I sure do miss Germany.

The last time I was at Hoenfels I was ass deep in mud. 

[Wake1]

Man that looks like alot of fun. I did some training in Hoenfelds back in the early 90's. I seen some monster pigs back then.   

[jeepasaurusrex]

Wake, I was there 92-94.  Sounds like our paths may have crossed at some point. 

[addicted]

You guys are in luck, my beautiful lovely wife snagged us a waterproof camera on our way through the PX the day before the hunt. took 186 photos. 

[IronMike]

Great story and pics!!  Very enjoyable read. I was stationed in Hohenfels from 91-96 with the OPFOR, I remember lots of great animals running around the training area, especially the hogs and the Stag. The pic with the hiltop in the distance, Was that Old Baldy??

[addicted]

Great story and pics!!  Very enjoyable read. I was stationed in Hohenfels from 91-96 with the OPFOR, I remember lots of great animals running around the training area, especially the hogs and the Stag. The pic with the hiltop in the distance, Was that Old Baldy??

might be. I'm not familiar with the names of the terrain.

[scree]

IronMike we may have "shot" at each other I spent way too much time in mud city while I was with the Berlin Bergade 91-93