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...been poor so far due to a severe lack of time.

June 22nd






June 27th


Sauer 101 Classic XT .30-06

Keep the photos coming!

really nice pics

Let's wake up the thread, Hamburg.

No time for big game this summer, due to a new pup to coach, but bagged a few foxes ... Took pictures of the cleanest kills ... and spend some days fly fishing in German Eiffel. Nice area, nice people and excellent place for wild "fario" trouts.



This one needed a 500 yds approach :p




And Petri Heil !










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Petri-Heil!

I'll spend the next 10 days camping in my girlfriends huntin area - pics will follow ;-)

What ' s a "girlfriends huntin area" ? An area where you hunt girlfriends ???

The area on a girlfriend where you "hunt" ?

10days eh? Stud!

Waidmanns Heil!

THAT was a good evening hunt, in an old barn with my daughter and my son, and a good shot on a red fox with the ruger no1.



In addition it gave me the opportunity to give the kids a good lesson about firearms safety showing them the 4 inches wide tunnel the 300 winnie digged into the fox, so they actually saw those stuff aren't just toys. They were pretty impressed yet not digusted so it was just fine.

I was talking about the awkward fact that my girlfriend has got her own hunting ground whereas I don't.

Her kids and us stayed there in her trailer for almost two weeks. Great times - didn't have much time to hunt though.

Great looking shots Grand V- except the Bitburger! I never could stand the taste of that stuff.

si fueris Romae, Romano vivito more; si fueris alibi, vivito sicut ibi

Started to say that the Romans would not touch that horse piss, but a google search of the region made the reference clear. I really like that part of Germany, especially near Trier. Beautiful trout pictures.

On thursday my girlfriend and I headed for her hunting grounds where 3 maize fields were announced to be chaffed.
In areas where wild boars occur this is an excellent opportunity to get them, but it is difficulut to acquire a bunch of capable shooters on a thursday.
For the first and smallest field we were four shooters, but only roe deer and a pleasing number of pheasants came out.
Second field was bigger and of complex shape, six shooters around, but again only roe deer and pheasants appeared.





Third field was the biggest and most promising one. Right in the beginning a boar was discovered, but kept hiding in the shrinking maize.
Hours passing by, more shooters arrived, and by the time the last rows of maize were to be chaffed a ring of nine shooters surrounded the boar that was still hiding.
With three lines to go the boar left the maize right in front of my neighbouring shooter only to hide in the bushes around a waterhole, staying there for a couple of minutes and then going back into the maize again.
Although the boar had only been visible for seconds it was clear that it was a big one.
Two lines left the boy finally left the maize again, this time heading for the neighbouring fields - and much closer to me.
I let him pass between the next shooter and myself, and then a shot of my Sauer 101 took him at about 60 meters (65 yards) at full speed. The 180 grs .30-06 federal fusion caused the boar to drop immediately.
Turned out to be by far the heaviest boar ever for me with a weight of 142.1 kg (313.28 lb) confirmed by two different scales. Big smile here :-)








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OK a little American variety here...fox squirrels and trout...








And a pike from Ingwewife..

great pics,

i still dont believe ingwewife really exists....do my best to harass you every time im in Helena and never seen her real nice snotrocket though whoever she is

Many hunting buddies use to say that once you're unlucky with love you're going to be lucky in your hunts ...

Don't know but ... opening day drive on saturday ended like that with the 7x64 ... and beating the high blackberry bush on sunday ended like this, simply with the .12g. .

Waidmannsheil for that Keiler, Hamburg !

Waidmannsdank!
And Waidmannsheil to yours of course :-)
First driven hunt of the season for me will be tomorrow...pics to follow.

Seems she always catches bigger fish than you do.

She does...


And shoots bigger Mule Deer, Kudu, Hartebeest.........etc.

That is a nice boar Hamburg81!

Since ingwe broke the ice here is a picture of an opening day pronghorn from Wyoming. The hunter had not hunted them for the last 26 years.

Thanks for that picture EH.

Can you tell us if it is true that those antelopes require long shots ?

As an expat that has been working in Sweden for the past three years. I have been lucky enough to take some very nice trophies in the past few seasons but a nice bull moose has eluded me. I took a week off to try to get it done but no luck so far. Been on five moose this week but only cows, calves and one small bull. Trying to hunt them solo like I grew up doing out west for elk and blacktails in the timber. I found a shed from a thee year old bull that is still on the property but haven't been able to spot him yet. He would be worth looking at this year. I sat on a stand until dark last night. I could hear something large working in the forest but couldn't tell if it was moose or boar. Having three roe deer does within 100 yards for over an hour I had good wind but whatever it was would not break the tree line. In the last couple minutes of shooting light a respectable 6 point roebuck came in to 30 yards. An easy shot and quick drag made it too hard not to pull the trigger so I settled on the buck for the evening. Back out for the bull in the morning. Skitjakt!

Congrats.

Is that an Heym sr30 ?

Yes it is.
It belongs to my Swedish hunting partner whom has been gracious enough to make it available to me for the duration of my stay. So foreign yet warmly familiar when compared to my rifles back in the states. It is accurate, handles well and is well suited to hunting then entire globe. The workmanship, fit and finish are impeccable. I have been very successful with it so it has a permanent place in my heart.

It depends on the terrain a particular herd inhabits. I have taken them with a handgun at 50 yds and as far as 930 yds with a rifle. I was out this weekend and had them anywhere for 300 yds to 750 yds. Too warm to shoot one as I did not have a cooler with me. Hopefully next weekend.

How's this for Swedish fish?


I took this salmon (lax) earlier this year from Lake Vanern in Sweden. The largest lake in the EU.

Gutted out it weighed 5.7kilos = 12.5lbs. I figure live weight was around 15lbs...

What do you think about a wild boar like this ????

That's a nice one. Here is my best from two years ago in Sweden. CIC Silver Medal

Dat makes our feral hogs look like babies!









How about I throw an Axis in here for fun?

WOW!


I LIKE that!

Ingwe, I will see your Axis and raise you a Fallow deer and a quick haul of little pike.

looks very nice !!!!!

How did you mount your trophy from that?


Ive seen some really excellent European mounts ......

I have few other like this
any interes to see?
that was taken in our hunting area

OK.....MORE PIKE!!!!








And another trout...just because....

aprox like yours ....I will post a picture that imprest me ....I must look for it

Yes, of course!

Excellent thread please keep the pictures coming!

Keith that pic you posted of the goat was excellent!. Not even the ugly dude on the right could ruin it!

I hope you like it
:))

my biggest last year

2 years ago

Damn that's a hog! Your mount collection it rather impressive too. I saw some real trophies on that wall.

the mounts is not my collection ...:(
a person here in Romania made tham and can be sold ..
if somebody is interested

...but regarding the boars....and redstag ( ...I will post pictures ) all was shoot in my hunting are.

if you are interested in any hunts ...just ask ...

Note how they cut the skull. It's a clean look. I have a lot of European mounts from the states that I wished looked this good.


Last years Roebuck



Born Wild - My next assignment location will probably be in Abu Dhabi so we will be speaking soon. I need/would love to put a European brown bear, chamois and a couple stags on the wall before I go back to the states for good.

It does look good! Usually here in the states a 'European" mount still has the upper jaw/teeth attached.


I like the idea used on your mounts.

Ingwe, I am from the states. Western WA to be specific. I am just in Sweden for work. But I am going to have my US taxi start to do them this way when I get back... In fact I might have him redo some of my mounts in hopes that the look that good.

I like that look as well.

You were referring to this picture I take it

born wild those are some huge boar!

Noooooooo....dat is one HANDSOME BEAST in that pic!

1993 and a Shiras moose I shot with a .454 Casull in Wyoming...me and Mike





Fast forward to 2011...me and Mike with another Shiras moose in Wyoming which I guided him too. He got older



We are still young ...right? OK I admit they are not 2014 pictures...

You are referring to the gentleman on the left I am sure..

I will be glad to hunt with you . I have few US hunters that was here and can give reviews about me ( ..also brown bear hunt)

my email address is : unforgettablehuntinggmail.com

If you have any question just ask

this is made last weekend on our area...:)

some red stags in our area...:

another monster in our area :))

Result of a driven hunt on October 8th:



Pics from the next driven hunt on October 31st:











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The big boar had 168 kg.

Dogs did a great job and all came home without serious injuries.

Next driven hunt took place on November 7th - gread weather, challenging terrain:







Next day we kind of took a day off, participating as shooters. Unsuccessful though.

Thank you for sharing those pictures.

beautiful presentation of the hunted animals....RESPECT !!!

BW, are those boars any good to eat and do you make roasts or just sausage if you eat them?

Depends on the age of the creature and whether the boar is in the rut (disposed in that case) or not. Old boars usually end up as sausage.

true !!!!

Banana belters!

Nov 1



Nov 2nd

Damned short hunting season!

This past weekend we canceled our only driven hunt invitation and used the moon to take our chances on fallow deer and wild boars in my girlfriends hunting area.


I got us some fine meat on legs


approx. 45 kg

2013 was truly an annus horribilis. 2014 seemed to be the year happiness was coming back, but eventually turned out to be a much more horribilis annus than 2013.

I now hope 2015 will bring many better and good things, and I wish every one of you, here, at the campfire, a very happy new year.

Meanwhile, Here are some pictures of the 2014 fall season and around. I was very glad to hunt this season and to spare so many good times with my hunting friends.

First drive and first shot of the season:





Point blank shot in the high dense blackberry bushes, as surrounded by the herd. Missed a very big one so close it was not possible to shoulder the gun.



Hare meat balls



Hare "terrine"



Some hares bagged in the plains

The old GSP superbly retrieving and bringing back a pheasant after an excellent pointing action



The young griffoon seemed to be a very good hunter. He started to point, retrieve and bring back at 7 monthes and performed many excellent pointing actions.









Cooking some wild pigeon



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The day I shot 2 roe deers. The first wild boar was a powerful 280 lbs tusker, pretty dangerous which caused heavy damages to the beating dogs.



Cooking some woodcocks



Testing a nice 30-06 Sako IV which I used to kill that young roe. THat shot apart, I mostly used my old 7x64 European Browning this season.





Cooking some roe deer "terrines"



Some venaison pasta sauce. I tried it with roe deer, hare and wild boar, wild boar is the best.



Roe deer is the best for steak and lasagnas ...

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And the last drive of the season's result ...

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gv, mind sharing the recipe for hare meatballs? my brother has gotten into hunting rabbits(mainly cottontails) and is always looking for new recipes...

(Edited 'cause I did forgot one MAJOR ingredient in the translation process)

I try to translate the receipe (typical recipe frome Liege) but I'm not sure you can easily find all the ingredients out there.

Warning: hares aren't rabbits. Hares don't live nor hide or bear their young below ground in a burrow. They're much bigger than rabbits too. I'm not sure about the result with rabbit meat which has a very different taste if I compare our hares (lepus europaeus) to our rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus).

The original recipe uses beef or mixed veal and pork. I use only venison. It works well with hare (lepus europaeus) and roe deer (capreolus capreolus).

1. Mix the grinded meat with those ingredients (for 800 g meat): 1 egg, 2 very finely sliced shallots and 80g breadcrumbs) and shape the mix into balls.


2. Melt some butter or cooking butter in a pan, then use it to colour the meat balls on every face. Keep the balls apart for further use.

3. "Deglaze" (not sure about the right cooking term in English) the pan with about 6 soup spoons of wine vinegar and 3 soup spoons of sugar. Add 2 sliced big onions and let them melt for about 3-4 minutes.Add the meat balls on the onions bed then add 2 twigs of thyme 1 leaf of laurel and 2 cloves. Add water up to mid height of your ingredients in the pan. Cover the pan and let shudder for about 20 minutes.

4. Take the meat balls off the pan and take the cloves off too. Add 3 soup spoons of white wheat flour, previously thinned into some water. Add a handful of dry grapes and 5 heavy loaded soup spoons of Liege Syrup (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirop_de_Li%C3%A8ge). Add salt and pepper to the right taste.

5. Put the balls back into the sauce for at least 10 minutes before you serve.

I like this served with mashed potatoes ans butter cooked sliced carrots.

we have rabbits(cottontails) and hares(jackrabbits and snowshoe hares)....though ive not noticed a huge difference in flavor between the two but the hares ive eaten have mainly been young ones cause the old ones tend to be kinda stringy...flavor aint bad but the texture leaves something to be desired...

the recipe is fine, 'deglaze' is the right term....though we call 'leaf of laurel' bay leaf....the Liege syrup ive never heard of but going by the description im sure i can come up with something close enough to get in the ball park using apple butter and some other stuff rendered down a bit

GV, I have been following your adventures. DAMN fine job of it you have done. Sheridan, GV is a HELLUVA guy. My family loves him from his visit here. Follow his dirctions on the chow!!!

My best wishes to you and the family for this new year, Jim !

I don't know GV except for his posts here. But I have gained some knowledge of the Walloon people. I married one. They eat as well as the French, as much as the Germans and drink more beer per capita then any region in the world. Thanks to GV's pictures I now know that they are hunters as well. All the best in the new year; Mike

And how long will you wait to visit her homeland again ?