European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 12, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The postmortem Between a typical scene As soldiers and with German guides and gather to discuss their Luck on a Deer Heigh the Hunting season is on each year in the occupation anywhere from to sportsmen buy themselves a Hunting ammunition and other paraphernalia dear to the heart of the and determinedly set out to get the mos test of the Tor occupation personnel have found themselves in a n i m r o is albeit a strange embellished with a rigid set of rules and elaborate the Dos and fonts Are not too but they Are distinctly set Down in Black and a Complete list of regulations governing Hunting and fishing in the zone is published in the High commission official Gazette dated appropriate Neucom circulars also issued on Hunting states in the can boast the variety and Quantity of game found in the for the scatter gun there Are Par Woodcock and Mountain latter known As the the most prize trophy of All German in there Are us numbered droves of rabbits and together with foxes and in the Fields and in the big game or Clove hoofed cat there Are wild Hirsch and Chamois of these last perhaps the ubiquitous a Small edition of the West coast the most widely hunted and by far the most easily brought Home for both dinner and trophy he is found everywhere in the zone from the bavarian Alps to the upper limits of Hesse he is a nimble does he exceed 50 Hunters have found to their amazement that he can travel a Long Way when a misplaced slug misses a vital Rotthe average american Hunter who fear Ute Section the rules and rituals add a foreign touch to dec but the game is plentiful by staff writer stalks his Deer or Waits along a Trail Back the German method of Hunting May be quite a the Reh is Early in the morning or late in the from a sitting scattered throughout the Woods in every German Hunters Jaeger there Are Little wooden platforms that Are built High up in the Trees and lock like the tree houses you built when you were a kid Back this is the and from Here you do much of your Hunting for the Jaegers scatter them around the area where they have seen Reh appear Reg All you do is climb up and wait for your v perhaps next in popularity with the dec Hunter is the wild boar or wild except for a few herds in the european wild boar is unknown in and he is eagerly sought by the american armed with everything from Bow and Arrow to Shotgun or there is no closed season on this Arch enemy of the Many a German has sought out occupation personnel to come and kill the Gosse Wil Schwein that roots up his beet and potato he is perhaps the toughest to kill and certainly one of the he May be a Cousin to weak eyes yokum As far As visual perception is but once his Ultra sensitive nose or ear picks out an alien scent or he can move with the lightness of a Fawn or go crash ing through the underbrush with Aston Ishing whichever he deems most for the one of the most unusual aspects of a boar Hunt is the driving of the game through a cordon of Hunters who Are placed in strategic spots by the the usually local Farmers and their shuffle through the second growth Pine beating on Sticks and the Hunter listens for the cry of sort sow which heralds the presence of once the boar usually the nearest escape and Many a Row of beaters has been scattered As the boar Breaks through the line to reach the Haven of another dogs Are also used on drive both to help flush the boar it to track Down the the Jaegers seem to prefer the wirehaired dachshunds in driving the generally thought of As a House and Childs pet in the is a highly intelligent and courageous he originally was bred in Germany to flush badgers out of their German word for Badger being Dachs hence the name much has been written about the ferocity of the wild but although Many a Hunting tale has been embellished until the boar is made out to be a Man eating the truth of the matter is that the boar is afraid of humans and will do his Best to run he is badly wounded and like All wild he will and his razor Sharp tusks can be murderous if the foolish Hunter crawls into a Thicket after the wounded the Best thing to do is to wait until the drive is then Call the Jaeger and his dogs to help retrieve your pork although the average wild porker will dress but Between 100200 there have been boar killed thai weighed More than 450 the biggest of Jai game Hunting in the zone is the in Amer Ica As the Wapiti or the lordly Hirsch is nowhere nearly so abundant As the Reh or and he is found Only in certain usually forested Mountain his rack May have As Many As 22 and a Good head is a coveted trophy for the occupation the Best time to Hunt him is in the Brunt Zeit mating when he less and his bulging gives away his location to the Hirsch Are hunted both in the Hon Sitz and by the Hochwitz is generally used in the Early morning or late while the ambitious aim Rod stalks the forests during the hoping to get a glimpse of his Quarry for Hearth and last but not least among the zones big game is the Chamois or this is Germany edition of the Mountain Mountain sheep and Ante wound up in according to he belongs to the Antelope since he lives on the Mountain peaks Europe and the the gems is necessarily in to the any bavarian Jaeger Worth his Salt sports a sems Bart in his continued on Page in Iii