The initial excitement as we made our way to the high seat in the dark had started to subside as we sat, damp, the cold morning now permeating our clothing. That sense of impending action began to return as the dark was gradually replaced; first a dim haze, then a faint glow on the eastern horizon and finally the outline of boughs and gently swaying branches moving to the stiffening breeze. The wood woke from its reverie.
Beside me sat a young German hunter who, having won this stalking weekend as a donated prize, was concentrating intently upon the woodland ride stretching before us, awaiting his first sighting of a muntjac.
University fraternity
Sebastian is a young, from Münster, where he is studying. With no hunting background or family members involved, Sebastian’s path to accessing hunting experience and the attainment of the challenging qualification was a tough one. Sebastian was lucky enough to join a university hunting fraternity, something quite different to any organisation here in the UK.
