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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Wednesday, October 29, 1958

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 29, 1958, Darmstadt, Hesse                                It t a Chamois Herd against the Snow of the Winter november is the Best part Ofil sgt Ajan tables by John staff writer right including a must for Chamois natures Challenge to sporting men can reach no loftier note than during the Chamois Hunting season in the Bavar Ian the Best part of the season is the month of when the Gem sen Are assembled in herds feeding on the Brown grasses of the Alpine Saddleback Early snows Force them Down to the tree line to but even then they prefer to browse among the Barren Boul de strewn Heights because they have a natural disregard for shelter and easy Liv As with other Cloven moved big game the Chamois Are in the aloof category nomadic and disdainful but with an innate shyness that taxes the skill of the naturalists classify the Chamois As a species of gout not adorn both sexes and they do shed them each year As do members of the Deer periodically the animals Are and classified by the state foresters or private Revier owners and a certain number is slated for extinction on the annual Abs Chusa which Guaran adequate numbers for natural propagation Aad provides sufficient grazing area for the remainder of the As a big game animal the Chamois is Way up there on the list of desirable Tro their wily Ness on precipitous trails and extremely keen eyesight add to the difficult Situa Tipoai under which they Are stalked and Chamois hides Are highly prize com but the real Reward besides the head and gracefully hooked horns is the Long bristle hairs that grow along the Backbone and which Are prime in novem the hairs Are gathered in Tufts by the Hunters who wraps them care fully in a newspaper Roll and preserves them so they May later be formed into a is placed in a Silver mount and worn in the Green Hunting the length and stiffness of the Bard is supposed to denote the prowess of the Mountain newcomers to the european Hunting scene invariably Wear the wrong clothing and carry too much of the wrong gear on their first Chamois such items As Page 12 the stars and stripes leathers led overshoes after two As that is Lowland stalk a list of for a Chamois Woolen Woolen socks boots or Woolen of prevent shirt a coi sort of Peak Winder pockets a knt Fiji pair of Light ammo after a by idea to strip Rubdown binoculars scope sighted once the Chamois in a leisurely careful stalk info the Chamois guide glasses til the final stalk til the animal sometimes a Blind Overl Hunter Waits along and sometimes to feta two up there the Tutki ment in the extra Jaeger hut Cook stoves land the Lee in for Betm the Garmisch i on Day affairs if All in and the thrill the majesty of i or May Well tit  
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