Even some serious boars are visiting this forest wellness spot.

Now that the trees and bushes have nicely leafed out, the lush undergrowth is starting to sprout up, you can see how nicely my feeder blends into the landscape. After the disturbance caused by the antler collectors, life has nicely returned to the wallow and to my feeder as well. It’s interesting to see that…

Increased Game Movement Following Summer Thunderstorms Summary The increase in game movement observed after summer showers and thunderstorms, particularly in wild boar, is the result of a combined effect of complex ecological, physiological, and behavioral factors. The phenomenon is not rooted in a fundamental increase in the animals’ energy needs, but rather in the more…

To refill and maintain my roughly 200-220kg automatic feeder, check the spreader heads, set the timers, . . . it would be useful to lower the tank and then lift it back up to the 5m height. Some kind of winch solution is the most practical way to raise and lower the load. The inconvenience…

1. Ecological Camouflage and Anthropogenic Structural Adaptation The design of the hunting stand is based on the principle of the “dynamic concealed interface,” which achieves optical, acoustic and olfactory integration with the local vegetation (e.g. as can be seen in the images included as illustrations: a hawthorn bush, Crataegus monogyna, growing beside an alder tree…