Shortly after dark a fine boar came to visit the feeder.

On September 16, 2025, at 11:47 am, a red deer arriving at the Great Green Wallow was captured by both cameras. The NDZ18 BigGreenScum01 camera caught a stag actually about 35m away, while the NDZ18 BigGreenScum02 camera, positioned at 0m, captured a truly special close-up shot of the very same stag.

I’ve "stumbled" onto an amazing spot. I can’t get enough of the pictures and events the cameras keep sending me. The fact that in broad daylight, at high noon no less, my feeder is hosting an entire sounder of pigs . . . that would have been unimaginable at the previous location. For a simple,…

I. (Introduction) Listen, good folk, to the birth of the trough: Carved from hard almond wood, which once bore rich and savory fruit, By hand, with saw and patience, I shaped and cut it, so that, pushing back its lid, the host of swine might find their joy in it, might find, for little labor,…

The night cooled down to -9°C. Even the leaf litter at the bottom of the forest froze solid. Even the mice thought carefully about whether to venture out, since the frozen leaves crackled loudly enough to carry far, even under their tiny feet. As for me, I can now say I’ve had the toughest night…

🌿 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…