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As we're heading to Denmark anyway we thought it would be rude not to try and squeeze in
some Danish deerstalking.
With just a few hours to play with, Max and his friends have been on the look out for
animals...
His builder friend Jasper calls and says he's spotted a roebuck on his lunch break.
Could be Jasper's lunchbreak - could be the roebuck's lunchbreak - let's find out.
Actually it was all planned to go hunting tonight.
We just wanted to spot something now, but actually we found a roebuck we already know.
He is lying about 100 yards away from here.
Bedding with her eyes closed.
Jasper says he has shot plenty of bucks in his white work shorts (that's Jasper wearing
the work shorts, not the roebuck) but we won't be today - this youngster is going to have
to wait - Max might have his rifle but it's fresh out of the box and we were called en-route
to the local gun shop where it was about to be zeroed so he isn't going to risk it on
a live animal.
So why in the middle of Denmark have do we have such a very Scottish name?
Many people don't know why we choose the word Macnab because you know it is fishing and
hunting and outdoor.
It is everything in one.
I tried to make a Macnab myself several times at the Glen ... estate in Scotland, but I
never succeeded.
It is always the salmon that is missing.
With the rifle zero'd in Dajarna's underground range we're good to go but the weather is
appalling and the roe buck has now wandered off for some shelter.
The following morning the weather is still grim but a local bowhunter needs help to try
and find a roebuck which didn't fall.
As well as being the owner of a splendid gunshop, Dajarna is also one of only a handful of trained
trackers in Denmark - all hunters here need to have the number of one of these guys in
their phone.
In the law of ... you have to bring a rifle so that you can kill the animal, if it is
not dead.
There just came a car and this is one of the problems with tracking wounded animals in
the traffic at hunting.
It is a little dangerous with all these cars.
This thing is good because people can see it but it is also when we are tracking like
pigs, wild boar in Germany.
So it is a little safe.
Now before everyone starts saying - "that's bowhunting for you"...Bowhunters accounted
for just 163 follow ups in Denmark in 2011 compared to nearly 12,000 rifle or shotgun
instances.
Right, Tanner seems to have started well.
Blood spots leading across the field tally with Bowhunter Michael's general description
of events.
I shot this buck at about 10 metres a little bit high and it is very hard to find this
buck but I hope he gets it.
I hope he gets it.
Putting these yellow ribbons on, we are putting these yellow ribbons on because sometimes
the dog gets tired, or the man gets tired and then it is easy a new hunter or new man
from the ... to hit the road.
Sometimes you have to go back on the track and then start a little bit again.
So like you can see here on this straw there is ... as we call it and the dog is not looking
for ... it is mostly looking for foot prints because many times you shoot an animal in
the stomach there is no ...
After about 20 minutes of regular blood trail, Tanner seems to be going around in circles.
Dajarna decides to let her off the lead.
It's not something he likes to do very often.
It is important when you train with a dog for animals it is important holding a leash
and then it is very certain when you lose it because especially the German ... like
going hunting for themselves.
In the distance we hear Tanner barking.
It sounds like she is chasing something down.
We leave it a minute and Darjana decides to go looking for her.
That is a good job.
I am very happy now.
It's a great result - we have one happy bowhunter - a deer that won't suffer needlessly and
a working dog and handler who's skills have located an animal a kilometre from the original
shot.
It is a nice feeling.
It was the right solution to take the leash of the dog and let it run, because we can
see we were just pushing it further and further.
So yes it was good.
We can go home now and have some warm coffee and go back to work.
For Denmark, just like the UK and other countries across Europe, the rules about hunting and
shooting are still a work in progress.
Having a team of voluntary dog handlers like this on call, with the paperwork to let them
search over anyone's property, is a feather in their cap.