Wild Boar Fever - Best of Franz-Albrecht
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His shooting skills are amazing. I have only shot a few boars during driven hunts in Germany, it is very exciting and certainly keeps you on your toes! The numbers of animals pushed in front of his stand make me wonder how much of those hunts was stage managed for the camera but you can't take anything away from his ability!
He's a shooter for sure, but the pre-staged cameras, fancy angles, aerial footage, etc. makes jt all seem a little too manufactured.
That voiceover too, ugh.
Nice surprise at the end though, with the bear encounter. Good on them for holding their triggers, I'm sure many would have started blazing away at the first sign danger.
That voiceover too, ugh.
Nice surprise at the end though, with the bear encounter. Good on them for holding their triggers, I'm sure many would have started blazing away at the first sign danger.
Well, that's not surprising...it's a "driven" boar hunt. Just sayin'
off course thy are pushing boar to him ,this is a managed estate ,this is how thy control the boar numbers thy may have 50 or more guys pushing to 10 or more shooters ,I am sure thy put him in the very best spots with every effort made to push the boar to him ,But boy he is a shooter ,I wish I could hang out with him to get some shooting it would sure help with are deer hunts down here .lol that bear sure made him vibrate ,,Dutch
I practice on a running deer set up, not only is it a blast, you get pretty good at it.. With time you can consistently hit a 4'' heart at 50 yds.. These pigs run pretty horizontal and wouldn't be too hard to hit IMO..
Ardent
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Wouldn't be much of a driven boar hunt without the drive, now, would it?
Speaking from experience culling, yes, it would still be exceptionally difficult for even a very well practiced shooter to be that consistent.
If it was easy for other people to shoot like him, they could make a good living from the brands that will pay you to use their equipment like this guy.
I would like to handle a Helix with the straight pull bolt, I handled the Blaser and was not sold but have been told by others who thought the same yet they found the Helix very good
I would like to handle a Helix with the straight pull bolt, I handled the Blaser and was not sold but have been told by others who thought the same yet they found the Helix very good
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- Saskatchewan
In order to qualify to be invited on a driven wild boar hunt in Germany, a group of us rented a "shooting cinema" for an afternoon. 5 Local German hunters and one lone Canadian. We used regular hunting rifles and ammo to shoot at projected images of running wild boar on a screen. We were mostly shooting Blaser straight pull rifles in 30-06 and 8x57JS. Impact of shots were recorded by the projection computer system. In order to qualify for the city of Hagen's invitational hunt, shooters had to make a minimum of 5/8 clean killing shots on running wild boar. Each of us shot a box or so of ammo for practise first. What fun! But also humbling. I grew up shooting whitetails pushed out of prairie poplar bluffs and they were all running flat out. I thought I was a pretty good running game shot. I did qualify, with a score of 5 out of 8, but all my companions scored 6 out of 8. Nobody did better. My excuse was a borrowed rifle, but I felt OK with the result. Making the shot on a running boar at various angles and various ranges and various speeds with trees in the way is in no way like shooting a running deer target at constant speed and the same angles on a range with no obstructions between you and the target.
Of the two shots I was offered during two hunts, I managed to shoot one boar in the butt and made one other perfect shot just like Franz-Albrect. There is intense peer pressure on those hunts to shoot well and not to wound game. The good shot did feel very good. The other, not so much. But my buddy backed me up and finished the job very efficiently. I'd love to go back.
Of the two shots I was offered during two hunts, I managed to shoot one boar in the butt and made one other perfect shot just like Franz-Albrect. There is intense peer pressure on those hunts to shoot well and not to wound game. The good shot did feel very good. The other, not so much. But my buddy backed me up and finished the job very efficiently. I'd love to go back.
Ardent
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
I'm very envious all around. I lived in Germany as a student, and never once hunted there. A very much missed opportunity. I go back every few years but not sure how to crack in to the hunting scene there.
Takes a while to get the knack of this, I am far more comfortable with this than I am at long range shooting! Practice, and hints from the older fellas who can make these shots help alot.. It is very much a timing thing shooting in timber. Then there is calculating proper lead which can be tricky, this is why I like to use faster cartridges as the lead is much less and easier to figure out..
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- Saskatchewan
Wow he gives excellent advice! I am much more attracted to the skills required to make quick, decisive and deadly shots at moderate range on moving game as opposed to all the common fluff we normally read about long range precision shooting of game animals. To be an accomplished shot on driven game requires a very different set of shooting skills than the skills that the long range crowd constantly promotes. Maybe because I am also a very committed ( or Looney) wingshooting enthusiast, I think hitting moving game with a rifle is a far greater challenge, and involves the hunter to a greater degree in the whole experience. The long range crowd is all about taking advantage of technology. Or is that too harsh? I really don't have anything against long range shooting. But I do wonder how the thrill of the hunt and actual hunting skills figures in. I wonder if we can have an enlightening debate on such a controversial subject. Perhaps I'm hijacking this thread. But I'll throw it out there for your consideration.
