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Has anyone gone to this hunters training/shooting grounds
in Germany?
Looking at attending their 11 Day Hunters Intensive hunting license course.


https://www.target-world.de/

I'd suggest you PM Mike, user name Der Ami, and ask him.

It appears he spent a good deal of time in Germany in his military career, and did a lot of hunting there.

The majority of his Posts are in the Classic Rifle forum, the German and Austrian Gun forum, and the D.I.Y. Gunsmithing forum. He doesn't Post much in this forum, and might miss seeing your query.

As a German hunter, I would not consider them as even remotely serious.
Many of the German hunting schools offer short compact courses; that is not rare, rather well established. But this combined enterprise? Nahhh...

I remember that course as an American soldier in Germany in the mid seventies. Pretty intense but certainly comprehensive!! When arranged through the Rod and Gun Club it took several weeks to complete.

How much would it cost to do this, travel included?

Stan,
I went to the website all the way to the Hunting School registration page and found some pricing info. It appears that the 16 day school is just over 2700 Euros and the final exam is an additional 258 Euros. If you want the package to use the accommodations of the lodge that price is provided only on request. It would of course be tacked on to the previously listed prices or sold as on complete priced package. My guess, including air fare, would put this entire package at your disposal for around 10000 Euros. I may be wrong. Take a look and good luck.

That's about $12,000?

Thanks, Perry.

I wasn't interested in participating, just curious as to how much someone would pay to do it.

During my time in Germany the US Forces were under the "Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA)", which gave us certain rights including the right to hunt under the same conditions as German citizens. We had to pay the same price as German residents and received the same license. We were required to carry the same liability insurance as German hunters, which was very reasonably priced due to very low incidence of accidents. By the SOFA we were allowed to hunt a portion of the animals on the "shooting plan" of Federal lands and State-owned lands within the American section (each Allied Government was assigned responsibility to govern a part of the country from the end of the war until the Government was given back to the German people, the SOFA was the agreement that accomplished this return of governance). Trophy animals were allocated to American hunters by "drawings" administered by American Forces Headquarters. Non-trophy big game animals and Roe deer (classified as "low game" by ancient tradition) were hunted by scheduling hunts through local command's offices. Under the SOFA, the American Forces were allowed to conduct the hunting schools in English and issue the proof of graduation which allowed purchase of the license. The subjects taught in the school were basically the same as taught to Germans in their schools, except over a shorter period but concentrated i.e. every night for two weeks. In the beginning, the agreement did not require a shooting test since it was thought that soldiers could shoot. I got my license under these conditions. During my second tour I attended the school that trained the teachers at the local hunters' schools. By this time, it was decided that not all soldiers could shoot, after all, and a shooting test (both rifle and shotgun) was added to the final test. Much later, under more liberal American Government, the agreement was drastically changed and I do not have much knowledge of the rights taken from the "Forces".
Mike

I know a couple of British soldiers who did that simpler Jagdschein course in English it was around 70 hours in total compared to the the usual German course which takes around 180 hours.
I did the course in German over 8 weekends as a normal civilian in 1998 while I worked for Ford in Saarlouis and stayed in the nearby hunting school complex as they also had a hotel there, my room was actually above the seminar room.
I failed the German written exam but passed all the other parts then I re did the course a few weeks later paying the full price a second time to do the course but with a cassette recorder on my desk while I carried on working at Ford for a total of six months then I returned to the UK whereon I studied those cassettes against the course books for another six months then 6 months later in 1999 I returned to Ford Saarlouis but stayed in an apartment in the city. I re did the complete exam and passed it even came first on the German law section and got my Jagdschein.
I got to see and compare the different ways the courses were offered, mine was the cheapest at 3,000dms (twice) then various levels of intensity with the price going up accordingly, these were held down to a maximum of 3-4 students each paying 10,000dms over a full time 2 week period. These were mainly the sons of aristocrats or millionaires.
To me it was a worthwhile endeavour as it got me well into the German way of hunting (my partner since 1980 is German).
Now for the last 2 years I am doing the Jagdhorn playing in 2 local groups so that at 3 evenings per week keeps me busy.

The reality to me is you must have the time to do it and a decent command of German as they take no prisoners during the exam except with the verbal test where they help you to fully understand the questions (my experience). And the funds to pay for the relevant course. There are many courses on offer over here by hunters trying to make a regular Euro income and they are becoming a very popular way to do the course compared to the normal way as seen here below.

https://www.bjv-regensburg.de/jagdkurs
(Our classic BJV hunting course takes place on two evenings per week (7-10 pm) over a period of five months. We offer two hunting courses per year). (The cost of the hunting course is €1,950 (as of 2025). The course fee includes all services, such as participation in the theoretical and practical courses, teaching materials (Heintges for all subject areas), use of loaner weapons, shooting training and ammunition, etc., with the exception of the state examination fee, which must be paid separately by the applicant to the hunting examination authority upon registration for the exam).