The unique tradition goes back hundreds of years and was initially aimed at feigning a stag's rival during the rutting season so the deer comes out.

Watching an adorable critter like the mouse deer or chevrotain prance across the first floor in the moonlight; if you’re ...

where hunters vied for the coveted title by mimicking the sound of a bellowing red deer. A tradition that dates back hundreds of years, stag calling was originally used to lure out stags during ...

DORTMUND, Germany — German hunters tried to convince the jury at a national stag calling championship that they can imitate a bellowing red deer most realistically. The unique tradition goes ...

German hunters know how to call a deer to its doom, and the best of them competed this weekend in the country's prestigious deer-calling championship. The AP's Daniel Niemann: The hunters used ...

The hunters used specially made ox horns, triton snail shells, glass cylinders, the hollow stems of the giant hogweed, and a number of artificially produced instruments to amplify the sound and ...

The hunters used specially made ox horns, triton snail shells, glass cylinders and other instruments that amplify the sound and resonance.

Jerome Boehm performs to imitate a stag in heat during the German Championship of Deer-Calling at the hunting fair in Dortmund, Germany, Friday, Jan. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner) Weird ...