St. Hubert's Day

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Walter Pucher at the Mallnitz National Park Center Walter Pucher, the regional chairman of the Carinthian professional hunters, at the Bios National Park Center in Mallnitz.(Bild: Christina Natascha Kogler)

The oldest profession has its own guild language and numerous signs for communication and as an expression of gratitude. On St. Hubert's Day today, two professional hunters provide an insight.

"Ethics, tradition and customs are the most important things and must remain, because hunting is a craft, not meat production," emphasizes Christian Steiner. He is one of the 50 professional hunters in Carinthia. "Of the 50, only a good 20 are employed as professional hunters," says Walter Pucher, the regional chairman of professional hunters.