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Hello MK,

it is extremely kind of you to post in German and I highly regard it.
Never mind using your native tongue if you should have any problems to find the right expression.
I dare to do the same hoping that another German may be there to help :D
Eastern Germany, the former GDR has really nice landscapes, personally I prefer Thueringen and the region of Weimar, Erfurt and Suh ( a very famous "gun town, like Springfield in the U.S. - the famous "Merkel rifles and shotguns and above all the old fashioned Drillngs (two shotgun barrels, one rifled barrel beyond the side by side sotg. barrels) are coming from there.
I have read something about the Kangaroos, is it right that there are many different kinds of them ?
Can you tell me something about the weight ofthe wild hogs ?

Good shooting and Waidmannsheil

Wisent
 
@Crazy Carl

Hello to North Carolina
Grüß Dich, Carl,

Danke für die netten Worte,vielleicht kriege ich meine Knie wieder hin bis übernächstes Jahr, dauert halt alles ein wenig.
(Perhaps I can make the doctors to repair my knees until 2012..)
Habe ich richtig gelesen, dass Ihr eine Menge Schwarzbären bei Euch habt, die man auch jagen kann ?
(Is it right what I'ver ead some days ago, you have quite a lot of back bears in NC to be hunted ?)
Alles Gute und Waidmannseil
All the best and good shooting

Wisent
Thom)
 
Gruss Gott, Wisent!

Sorry, but I don't know how to switch character sets, so excuse the spelling.

I lived in Augsburg for 5 years - a long time ago (early 1980's), and loved it there. We went to Munich, since it was a short motorcycle ride down the autobahn, to watch FC Bayern-Munich play at the Olympic stadium a lot.

I traveled quite a lot, since I spoke Deutsch and most of my Army buddies did not. They would cover my traveling expenses so that I would translate for them. Where abouts do you live?

Welcome to TFL!

Dave
 
Wilkommen!

Ich habe eine Reise bis Deutschland gemacht, bis Munchen, Stuttgart, und Hamburg. Ich habe Deutschland ja gern.

I live in the mountains of North Carolina and I hunt deer.
Also I have done a lot of muzzleloading hunting. I have killed deer and wild hogs with 4 different muzzleloaders.

Welcome to the forum!
 
to davelandrum

Hello und Gruess Gott, Dave,

thanks a lot for your kind welcome, it is still a great plesasure to watch Bayern Munich when theyplay soccer today, perhaps you know , they are German soccer champion 2010 , once again -like so many times before.

I do live in Frankfurt, only a few kilometers away from Rhein Main Air Base.
When I want to go hunting, I have the possibility to do this near Frankfurt Main Airport where we have large forest areas in which we have a lot of boars and
fallow deer. Or I go about a hundred kilomters by car on the utobahn (Highway) in a region we call Voglsberg, real countryside with quite a lot of animals to hunt.

Best respects from Germany
Waidmannsheil and good shooting

Wisent
 
to simonkenton

Hello SK,

thank you very much for your kind words. Please, could you let me know what calibres do you use when hunting with a muzzleloader ?
In Germany most hunters do not like hunting with blackpowder guns because they think the bullets don't have the performance required.
I do very well know that this is wrong but one should know that in Germany the hunting laws require a bullet used on deer hunting has to deliver 2000 Joules at a distance of 100 metres; I think that means to use muzzle loaders with a clibre of .50, rather .54.
Am I right ?

Best regards and thank you in advance

Wisent
 
To TX Hunter

Hello TX Hunter,

thanks a lot for your welcome, I do love Mausers too. My former "all around gun" in 9,3x62 was a true Mauser, one of the most precise hunting rifles I ever had.
Stupid as I was, I sold it when I lost the hunting ground I managed togehther with my dad.
Had i some more space oin my vault, I would try to buy it back.....
Three shots in the ten ring, like a clover leaf at 100mtrs.

Best respects from Germany, alsways good shooting and
Waidmannsheil

Wisent
 
Most of the deer and hogs I have killed have been with a .50 Hawken with a .490 round ball. This leaves the muzzle with about 1,400 foot pounds of energy, I don't know how many joules that is.

But it is very lethal on whitetail deer. I have killed over a dozen deer and wild hogs, of 120 to 180 pounds with this load.
In all cases I had one shot kills. I made lung shots and none of the game made over 50 yards.
I never tried a shot over 80 yards away with my muzzleloader.

I don't know if a .490 round ball is Verboten, or not, in Duetschland.

See, in America we muzzleloader guys always think back to our pioneer heritage, to guys like Daniel Boone and Simon Kenton.
These guys hunted with the patched round ball. Conical slugs had not been invented yet.
These pioneers wiped out the elk population from the state of Kentucky by 1810 with patched round balls, so I do not doubt that they would work on your German deer.
 
Wisent- is' mir eh' nix zu danken. Brauchst also net fuer mich uebersetzen- die Sprache hab i' scho' im Begriff ;)

As for bears, we do have a black bear season, though I don't know the specifics. I believe most of them are toward the coast, particularly in the northern part of the state.

I would love to hunt black bear, myself, especially with a pistol.
 
MR Wiset,

If you ever get the chance, we have some very fine hunting available here in the US. Alot of which is done from stands, or blinds.
I think you would enjoy it here.
The White Tail Deer, is probably our most popular game.
There are several other species to enjoy, and a very diverse landscape.
Lots of beautifull sights.
If you ever come to visit. Texas would be a good start.
You mentioned earlier, the Utobahn Highway, I have alwayse wanted to go for a drive on it, in one of those fast BMWs.
I bet thats exciting.
Respectfully.
Rick (TX Hunter)
 
to Crazy Carl

Hallo Carl,

war mir schon klar, dass Du die Sprache im Griff hast - aber die guys, die auch hier lesen, für die hab' ich eigentlich zweisprachig gepostet.

Grüße und Waidmannsheil

Wisent
 
to TX Hunter

Hello Mister TX Hunter,
happy to read your lines, Rick,

you are so right, it is extremely exciting to drive along an Autobahn sitting in one of those lightning fast BMW.
And that is the way, the world is - those who have the highways where one csan drive without speed limits, they do not want to....
Personally I prefer cruising in a heavy Lincoln Navigator or Chev. Trailblazer or the like.
Funny, isn't it?

Best regards

Wisent
 
to simonkenton

Hello sk,

thanks for your information - I just calculated roughly but I do not think the muzzle energy would be enough to match the German rule I mentioned .

Of course I'm totally with you but the law inGermany is as strict as I described - and if a hunter breaks it, he will loose the "trustworthiness" (legal term) to keep and bear arms.
Sounds ridiculous, but is the truth.....
(Believe me, there is not one day, I shake my head and do not understand our gun laws....)

Best regards

Wisent
 
to RimfireChris

Hello RC,

thanks for you welcome (my answer is belated as well, so never mind yours).
I really enjoy to be here.

Best regards

Wisent
 
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