Footage from a camera set to video mode the week before the hunt can be a serious source of inspiration for someone like me, a "soft city dweller" used to nights spent in a comfortable, soft, warm, down-quilted bed, to instead climb up a tree in a dark forest, 10m up, and spend 14-16 hours wide awake on barely half a square meter, through some frosty nights expected over the coming November weekend.
This "hunting weekend" has so far (with two days still to go) proven to be great, eventful, and full of experiences. I got out to my first night hunt a bit late, and the unfavorable wind direction also worked against me. So the group of 4 young wild boar that arrived after 9 pm —…
🌿 A Whitsun Forest – Game Management, Field Tuning, and a Bowhunter’s Patience I spent the Whitsun weekend not only hunting, but also tending the land, observing – and enjoying that rare quality of time you only get when you spend a whole day in the quiet of the forest, free of any expectations or…
The deployed Spypoint Flex-S camera watches the feeder from a new position. Compared to before, it’s now moved from the side of the feeder facing the stand to the far side of the small stream and a bit further away, so it covers a larger area and is also better concealed. On top of that,…
Already on my very first walk through the area, it hit me at once that this place is a real gem! Around the wallow, in the mud, fresh tracks everywhere, small and large, by the hundreds, beds, hair, and a very heavy, fresh game scent. And these photos don’t just confirm my initial hunch, they…