An Invitation to Germany.

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Have you guys ever had Apfelwien when you went to Germany? I brew my own beer and cider and made some about 6 months ago and its really good. Also what is Germany's attitude towards firearms in general? Roe, are there still a lot of doubles makers in England?
 
Nice story and pics. The European like the social side of there hunting.
Its true about the internet and meeting people and it gives you an insite to how other people in the world hunt.
I was looking at your photo's and recognised your face David. We have met in England at our mutual friend Chris's wifes funeral in Bolney. must be over Ten years ago.
I hunted with Chris in Scotland last October.
Good to see your still hunting.
Hunters ought do what you did with your Dutch friend and swap hunting trips.
I think its much more about see how other people do it than big trophy hunting
 
More than ten years Alan and a sad occasion it was too. Chris told me that you were a Swedish resident these days. He didn't tell me that you were over at Altass though. Chris came down to Aberdeenshire to hunt with me and our German friend Bernd last year. Sussex memories return in waves Alan.

Phantom AK47. I have never tried Apfelwein in Germany. The beer is too good. I am a big cider fan at home though and had three pints of Kingstone Press this evening.

German gun laws are quite restrictive too. However, if you do the hunting school and get your Jagd Schein, you can buy as many rifles and shotguns as you want and two hand guns. There is a young man on this site called Isildur. He is a German national and could tell you more tham me. PM him. He will be pleased to talk to you I am sure.

They still make doubles in England. H&H, Purdey, Rigby. Great if you have forty to sixty thousand dolars spare!

I'll quit for now as the pleasant contact with Skoghund has me thinking a bit.

David.
 
Sussex was very good hunting. I had 35years of first rate hunting there. I was so lucky to be able to take chris and many others out hunting and give them the start. Did get very tired of all the people and cars,ect. It got so that that hunting was being disturbed by people out walking. exerciseing dogs and so on. Even at 5 in the morning. The other thing is that as i got older killing so many deer was just not fun any more. it became bloody hard work.
So here i am in sweden.I live out in the forest with my dogs, No noise, cars or people. apart from the odd berry picker.
I had to pass the Jägar Exam here so that i could bring my guns from England.
nine months of evening classes and a two part written exam and a 5 part shooting test. It was great fun and i learnt a bit. After having taken the test you can have up to 6 hunting weapons and as many targat weapons that you can justify.
Chris says he hopes to come over in the Autumn or winter so we can hunt roe with the dog. Jon " The fat one" is comeing for the moose hunting. My neighbours and i are having a bit of a walked up day with the spaniel on black cock here on my place in a couple of weeks. Plenty about this year but i don't think the bag will be great.
The roe buck season starts tomorrow. So i will be out and try and get those deer that have been snacking on my new trees.
Have been improving my dog kennels this year. Next year i will put out some pheasants. Also want to build another kennel with a large grass run as i feel the need for a dog or two for hunting pigs.
So life Go's On:)
Alan
 
After being stationed there three times I never wondered how much their Jagd Schein would cost. I know that some of their rifles are extremely expensive compared to our standards here in the United States. Deutschlanders would never believe that I just bought a slightly Remington 700 BDL stainless steel 7 mm mag with a Leupold for $500.00.

Aufwiedersehen
 
Hello Roebuck,

Just a quick intro, I left the UK in 2002 to Germany, Bavaria due to the 1997 pistol ban in the UK. And I have not looked back since.
I did the German Jagdschein in 1998-1999 (the normal not the armed forces easy version) and it was quite hard but not impossible but then you are pretty free to pursue your hunting dream here.
I find the people not very anti as they love to eat game meat.
I hunt mainly Roe and wild boar with regular forrays over to the USA for whitetail and wild turkey seasons.

Weidmanns heil.

Bavarianbrit
 
Interesting information

Are handguns/pistols legal for hunting in Germany?

If one wanted to come to hunt in Germany what is legal to bring for taking ,say, roebuck or wild boar?

Thanks
 
Thanks for the memories

Talk about bringing back the memories. The last time I was stationed in Germany (1980 - 1983) I took the classes and training and testing for my German Hunting License. The camaraderie of all the hunters was second to none.

I quickly learned never to go anywhere without my knife. They would get us young jaegers into a gaust house and the call for a knife check. If you are caught without a knife it is your treat for the group.

The traditions were probably the best part. Saying a prayer for the game both before and after a hunt. Going on a boar hunt as a driver is exciting to say the least. But the most fun I ever had was hunting kinechen (cottontails) with ferrets. We all sort of surrounded a huge brush pile and the handler then turned his ferrets into the pile. In just a few minutes we had bunnies running all over the place. The tricky part was letting the rabbits get away and then shooting them.

One of the posters asked about Apfelwein. It is Apfelkorn and can be purschaed in the US. As a retiree from the Army I can buy liquor at the Class 6 store and they stock at least different brands. I tryto get some once or twice a year. Keep it in the freezer and serve ice cold. Wow, is that ever good.
 
One of the posters asked about Apfelwein. It is Apfelkorn and can be purschaed in the US. As a retiree from the Army I can buy liquor at the Class 6 store and they stock at least different brands. I tryto get some once or twice a year. Keep it in the freezer and serve ice cold. Wow, is that ever good
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I make Apfelwein and its pretty good after about 6 months of aging, very cheap to make (.35 per 12 ozs) and you can make it stronger if you like by adding more sugar during fermentation.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apfelwein

Did you have any apfelwein while you were in Germany?
 
Hi Bavarian Brit. Glad to hear you regret nothing. My German is nowhere near good enough to take the German Jagdschein, so I just get the visitor permit. Bavaria is a beautiful area of Germany. I used to travel to Ulm, Augsburg, Horgau and Munchen on business. Loved the food, beer and Bavarians. The Scots of Germany. I have three volumes of a Bavarian-English Dictionary. Quite amusing in parts.

LAR15. Not sure minimum calibre in Germany for roe. I use a .243 or .308. 7mm minimum required for boar. Not sure whether pistols can be used for hunting or just to dispatch wounded game. No moderators allowed as far as I am aware. Perhaps Bavarian Brit can help here?

I recognise the scenario Battlespace. If we pulled out our knives in a U.K. pub we would be arrested, not allowed to carry knives except little non locking penknives. Whilst I am not conversant with Apffelwein, I do know Apfelkorn. That has been responsible for many a bad head!!

US S.F.C. Ret. Yes, things in Germany are even more expensive than in U.K. (Except food, wine, booze, tobacco, gas, automobiles and housing in some areas.) Hunting kit prices are way up there.

Roebuck.
 
Certainly not in U.K. LAR-15. Illegal to take or kill any wild animal or bird with a hand launched missile. I believe that this is the case in most of Europe.

Roebuck.
 
I don't think you can bow hunt anywhere in Europe. I think hand guns are pretty much taboo as well. You can use a hand gun for finishing of wounded game in Germany and we can use .22 single shot pistols for killing badgers in there sets when hunting them with a dog.

Whats the cost of takeing the German jagdshein? There has been criticism here in Sweden that the cost of the jägare examen puts many young people off from takeing up hunting. Read in a hunting mag that in can cost up to
40000 Skr (5000 dollar US) to get started.
 
Huh maybe folks there think bow hunting is inhumane.

There are a lot of bow hunting only zones in Canada and the US.

We even have bow only seasons in North America.
 
Looking in some of my Wild und Hund magazines, Jagdschule (three week residential), including the exam, is 1500 to 2500 Euros, depending on where you go. I'm sure there will be some less than 1500 and some more than 2500for the course. Still expensive though. However, totting up what it cost me to obtain Deer Management Qualification Level 2 Skoghund, I am looking at around 1000 to 1200 pounds. ($2000 to $2400 at current forex).
 
LAR-15
Anybody know if bow hunting is legal in Europe?
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According to a map I found on a Norwegian travel site, it looks like bow hunting is legal in Denmark, Finland, France, Italy, Spain and Portugal, as well as most of or all the former Soviet republics. Germany and Sweden are considering making it legal.

Skoghund
Read in a hunting mag that in can cost up to 40000 Skr (5000 dollar US) to get started.
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In Sweden? I seriously doubt that. Or rather, I'm pretty sure that info is similar to the "hunting specials" the newspapers here in Norway have every fall. The expense includes everything a new hunter "needs" to get started, from the exam (which you need to do only once) to licence fees to buying clothes and guns and whatnot. Of course it can cost $5000 to get started if you buy $2000 worth of fashionable clothes and a $3000 gun. If you choose to hunt in your old comfortable hiking gear with a $500 remchester (yea, they sell those here to), it's a lot cheaper.

Not sure about Sweden, but here in Norway hunting education is a weekend thing or a few afternoons, with a written exam at the end. I'm just guessing at the cost, but I don't think a couple of hundred dollars US would be far off. I'm old enough not to need it myself... :)
 
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