European Experiences

A team of 20 hunters from 12 different countries are competing for a place on a top class driven hunt. The competitors have been drawn out among more than 50.000 enthusiastic hunters from all over Europe. The competition is not only about shooting skills but also about safety, knowledge of game, individual fitting of your firearm, stress test and much more. The result of the two days of intensive

We accompany the two winners of the competition at Aimpoint Shooting Academy which now are going hunting due to their admirable achievements. We shall now see how they manage during a driven hunt in north east Germany. The hunters can take roe deer, wild boar and fallow deer which are all species where it can be difficult to determine the gender and age instantly. Will the hunters here manage as w

When hunting in the mountains you often have to shoot at longer ranges than in most other types of terrain. Accordingly, greater demands of the properties of the firearms, optics and other equipment are made here than for most other kinds of hunting. New equipment and firearms for mountain hunting is constantly developed and a team of enthusiasts have decided to test some of the latest on a hunt.

The hunters are now going to test his rifle, his scope and most of all their new ammunition during actual hunting. But in spite of many preparations and a great effort on the shooting range, it is not always easy to take a head of game when you must. American Jim Smith, has a difficult task, too. For years he has longed to take an Ibex with horns in gold medal class, and it takes both skills and l

In this episode we take a closer look at the very special rutting behavior of the Fallow Deer and why so many animals are gathering in one place. We will learn about the area's game management and the habits of the Fallow Deer. But most of all we are going hunting with the local game mangers which have very special challenges when trying to harvest some of the few bucks that are to be shot annuall

In the second episode we accompany Duncan Fraser and Franz-Albrecht Oettingen-Spielberg who have travelled to Socodor in Romania. They want to be challenged by the special task of choosing and harvesting the proper bucks among the 2000 heads of Fallow Deer which are gathered here in the rut. We also learn more about the historical background of the Socodor terrain and how the designer of the fores