Posted By: Creekrunner
European phrase question... - 01/15/21 01:53 AM
I'm too lazy to spend time looking it up - What's the phrase, preferably in German, for the tradition of putting a "last little bit" (I think is the English meaning") in a big-game animal's mouth after the kill, for the trip back to the lodge? (A spruce limb, wheat stalk, etc.) I don't own a "lodge", by the way.
I've never hunted on "the continent". The Scots and English seem to be pretty "meh" about the kill. 'Cept for the "wee dram" afterwards. I know there are tons of traditions for respecting the animals that are taken, including hunting horn calls that are specific for each animal, sounded at the end of the day, for each animal taken.
In trying to fill all my MLD tags, I noticed that I'm beginning to get slightly callous on taking a creature's life that was created by God. I try to always thank Him when I approach it, but some things the eastern Europeans do on a hunt are worth remembering. Hell, the Russians might even do it, (They're not all athiests.) (I've just never been in the laughing maniacally, fist-bump, high-five crowd.)
I've never hunted on "the continent". The Scots and English seem to be pretty "meh" about the kill. 'Cept for the "wee dram" afterwards. I know there are tons of traditions for respecting the animals that are taken, including hunting horn calls that are specific for each animal, sounded at the end of the day, for each animal taken.
In trying to fill all my MLD tags, I noticed that I'm beginning to get slightly callous on taking a creature's life that was created by God. I try to always thank Him when I approach it, but some things the eastern Europeans do on a hunt are worth remembering. Hell, the Russians might even do it, (They're not all athiests.) (I've just never been in the laughing maniacally, fist-bump, high-five crowd.)