Affected person reports

Problem addressed: Threatening WhatsApp for hunting guides

Since the murders in Altenfelden and Arnreit, it has become increasingly clear that there are sometimes threats and arguments within the hunting community.

(Bild: Pressefoto Scharinger/Daniel Scharinger)

After the double murder in the Mühlviertel region, hunters and the authorities are vowing to improve and want contact points for problems and a quicker response. But the problem seems to be deeply rooted: a hunting guide contacted the "Krone" newspaper and described what had happened to him - a threatening WhatsApp proves how they deal with each other.

Because they, as hunting guides, repeatedly confronted and even reported a hunter for illegal feeding and luring game, two people had to die in the Upper Mühlviertel - shot by huntsman Roland Drexler. The entire hunting community is deeply shocked and is looking for ways to resolve conflicts before they escalate.