For the first time, the traditional hunting show for hunters in the district took place at Gut Kaltenbrunn. Last Saturday, among the countless trophies of big and small game, there were stands for fawn rescue, beekeepers, the fishing club, the BBV, the animal protection association and the Wildes Bayern association. A particular concern of the district group this year was imparting hunting knowledge to children.
Gmund – “I would like to say a special thank you to the many stands for the children,” Wolfgang Mayr, chairman of the district group, concluded his welcome speech. On Friday, elementary school students from the district were able to gain first-hand knowledge about the local flora and fauna from hunters, fishermen, beekeepers and conservationists.
“The children were thrilled,” said Gmund’s second mayor Herbert Kozemko, echoing the praise of the previous speaker. However, the passionate hunter expressed one point of criticism: “Hopefully common sense will soon take over again; it is simply ideological madness to demand deer-free big game areas.”
Bundestag member Alexander Radwan agreed. For him, there is a clear “urban-rural divide” when it comes to understanding the problems of wood, wolves and gun law. “People who are at home here have to speak here, so that issues are not left to people who have no idea but are still allowed to make decisions.” In the eyes of the CSU representative, one cannot start early enough to educate young people to introduce topics such as forests and wildlife.
The statement “talking to each other instead of about each other” received no less attention. The head of the conservancy, Bernhard Greinsberger, emphasized the importance of “forest with game”, two focal points that would be equally polarizing. For this reason, the Miesbach district office has already put together a group of experts “Hunting Guidelines”, in which hunters, forest owners, farmers and animal rights activists are involved in order to create a “healthy forest with healthy game”.
The shooting rate in the hunting ring has increased by more than 80 percent in the past five years, but the browsing situation is still the same, according to Greinsberger. For him, this problem can only be solved by increasing the shooting of bald deer, i.e. female animals. “Nevertheless, we need to create more protective and grazing areas for our game.”
Ernst Weidenbusch, President of the Bavarian Hunting Association, saw it the same way. In his opinion, deer cannot be locked in enclosures for six months just to prevent damage from browsing. “Then we no longer have game, but a petting zoo.” He called for better cooperation between the Bavarian state forests and the hunters.
BBV district chairman Josef Huber also knows how important it is to talk to each other. “I want to know what motivates the hunters; together we have to find regulations on how the forest can be preserved. No hunter or forester wants to leave a shambles behind for the next generation.”
The lectures by professional hunter Hubert Billiani, big game representative for the district group from Vorderriss, and veterinarian Christian Messner from Schwaz in Tyrol were interesting for many hunters. In his presentation about “successful forest conversion with diurnal game,” Waidman denounced the fact that many hunters, foresters and forest farmers had partially forgotten how to properly deal with game.
Humans are demanding more and more living space, and there is also incorrect hunting. During his hunt, Billiani created several small grazing areas, instead of one large one, where there was no hunting pressure for the deer. He also lets 40 head of cattle graze on an alpine pasture in his area in the summer, which gradually frees up fresh areas for the game. He also focuses on hunting bald deer in October.
“The stand is always done with at least two people, which means we can shoot at equal distances of five to six animals, which also means less stress for the game,” explained Billiani. With the grazing areas, the professional hunter also managed to grow a healthy population of trees. “When I started, the hardwood was knee-high, but today it has to be cut out regularly. I not only have fir trees in my inventory, but also larch trees, as they are not bitten by animals and are simply destroyed by wild animals. And if I have a group of larches, it’s not that bad if one gets blown up.”
The Tyrolean Christian Messner then spoke about feeding red deer in the high mountains. “For thousands of years, red deer were well protected in the mountains in the high mountains, had an overview of possible enemies and survived the winter without being fed,” explained the veterinarian in the charming Tyrolean dialect, “man has now pushed the game into the forest. “Winter is the most natural population-regulating factor for red deer, but humans have been feeding them since the 16th century.
According to Messner, feeding reached its peak in the 1960s and 1970s. “Some of the game was tied to fences,” he reported and accompanied this with appropriate photos, which made some hunters smile. “Fortunately, we have recovered from this situation”. On the one hand, feeding provides natural habitat control, it compensates for loss of habitat for the animals and reduces winter mortality in winter, especially among young animals. “And what you shouldn’t forget: They improve the trophies, calves that are planted late and older animals have a better chance of survival.” However, these advantages have to be offset by hunting, the Tyrolean ended his presentation.
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