It seems the crops on the farmland have already been harvested, the grain scattered during the harvest is also slowly running out, and the game is being forced back into the woods.
These two stags, though after sunset, still arrived well within "shooting light" – which borders on a miracle in this hunting ground – and stayed at this feeder for more than an hour and a half.
It looks like no more rain will fall after 4 PM, and this will be the first occasion at this promising new spot. This morning, still in pouring rain, I went out to the feeder once more to find a suitable tree and placement for the remotely controlled glow-light illumination of the feeder that can…
Even some serious boars are visiting this forest wellness spot. I definitely need to find a spot suitable for a stand here . . .
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Finally! Life has returned to the feeders! Tonight a really serious sounder visited the "bowhunter" feeder. A few photos show them digging up the hidden corn even out of holes 40-50cm deep and about 25cm in diameter. This is one of their favorite pastimes, they get completely absorbed in the work, and usually spend several…
I still had a bit of unfinished business with the winch that raises and lowers the feeder. This morning I finally took care of it. Since the 8mm Dyneema prusik didn’t slip even the slightest bit on the 6mm wire rope, I decided to keep it as a redundant safety measure. Besides that, of course,…
09.12.2025 At night, shortly before midnight, I managed to make a shot on a piglet standing about 24 meters away, and the sounder of 11 piglets — no sow among them — barely flinched at the dull sound of the bow shot. As it turned out later, the sight was set to 22.5 meters, not…