On the road from Frankfurt to Dresden recently I saw many elevated chairs and box blinds. They were usually positioned in fields at the edge of woods, although some were quite out in the open. Many were located within a short distance of a settlement.

What kind of game is hunted here? How is it done? I have hunted North America and Africa, but know little about hunting in Germany. Thanks for any information you can share.

Lots of hunting, mostly at night. Daytime (mostly early morning/evening) for Rehdeer, but mostly in the woods. For a good portion of Germany, it's Boar and Rehdeer for meat, fox for control -- though a few areas have some Red deer, Mouflon, Fallow.

Exception is drive hunts in the Fall, but those highseats are not used for that, at least the majority of guns are on the ground or bocksitz at posted points.

Have many hours under my belt in those highseats, with a high powered rifle like a 30-06, and have watched many joggers, hikers, bikers cruise right on past. Bullet catch mandatory, that's why the seats are up high, to shoot down in the ground.

Enjoy your trip through Germany!

I spent a year in West Germany in the early 80's having been invited to visit by several Germans who I had met here in my own country when they had visited for hunting or on working visas. I was able to obtain a Jagdschein, the German hunting licence, so could legally hunt with friends or even on my own if invited to in a shooting area.

The little Roe deer are plentiful and like Whitetails they are quite a sociable deer in that they live in the woods and forests around populated areas and come out into the fields around the edges of the woods in the early mornings and evenings.
Foxes are another reasonably common game animal as are wild pig. In certain parts Chamois were also found, there were the odd one around the Black Forest area where i spent most of my time.

The hunting is very controlled with the animals looked after, provided with feed at feed stations in winter, and carefully managed and culled to ensure good heads are grown and farm crops are not decimated.

The hochsitz is necessary to enable careful identification of animals, both for trophy size and sex. Also it is not looked on as good sportsmanship if more than one shot is needed for a kill and if an animal is wounded and gets onto another nearby shooting area you cannot legally cross that boundary. Blazing off a magazine full at multiple targets and wounding animals is just not acceptable and you would find that you will never be invited back to shoot it you were this gungho and careless.
Of course because Germany is heavily populated, the hochsitz also offers a safer shooting position although this is not a prime consideration as driven game shoots are conducted in forests where walkers and other hunters are present. To hold a jagdschein, liability insurance is compulsory and must be renewed before the jagdschein is renewed.

I did the gambit of shooting when in Germany, hochsitz, driven game, ground level shed for fox at nighttime in the moonlight, and just stalking on foot.

The hunting in Germany, probably like much of Europe and England, is very traditional with lots of little nuances involved in how the fallen animals are treated and handled as well as how the hunter is also greeted and treated. Hunters don't seemingly question a poor shot by others or make fun of anyone who may bumble a shot, it's all very prim and proper behaviour.

A complete opposite to my country where we have no game season, no limit on animal numbers of any species that can be taken, no differentiation between sex and age of animals that can be taken, and free access to vast areas of public land, reserves, national parks etc. As far as tradition we have none, we shoot, gut, carry, dump into a boat, motorbike or 4x4 and get on with the hunt and have a cold beer when we're back at base. Then we will most likely rag the hell out of our companions who have fluffed a stalk or shot, all in good sport of course