• 29th International Exhibition for Hunting and Angler Fishing - JAGD & HUND 2010
• JAGD & HUND 2010 topping record figures

For the third time in succession the JAGD & HUND (02-07.02.2010) is set once again to break new records and thus achieve its best ever result in its almost 30-year long history. 692 (2009: 653) commercial and non-commercial exhibitors from 36 countries will be presenting their range of products at Europe’s greatest exhibition for hunting and angler fishing. Altogether around 12,900 square metres (2009: 12,491) of exhibition space have been booked and a 33 percent share of foreign participation means a further record figure. “The JAGD & HUND is certainly one of our most successful exhibitions. Of course bearing in mind the difficult economic situation, the fact that this year again new records will be broken is something of which we can be particularly proud,” says a delighted Stefan Baumann, Managing Director of the Messe Westfalenhallen Dortmund GmbH.

In altogether six exhibition halls over an area of around 45,000 square metres companies from throughout the world will be presenting their extensive ranges covering care and conservation of game, hunting equipment, hunting constructions, hunting tourism, off-road vehicles and hunting lodges, equipment for fishing, angling holidays and angling accessories as well as countryside protection and nature conservation. Over and beyond this numerous event areas and special shows will be providing great entertainment and offering useful information.

Since its premiere in 2007 the off-road vehicle track in hall 3B has become one of the main attractions at the JAGD & HUND. Indeed since then the area has been constantly extended. Together with experienced instructors visitors can drive in the latest off-road vehicles over modules such as a hunting lodge, an axle-articulation or a four-metre high seesaw and test their driving skills at the different stations of a track. The “test track“ stretches over an area of altogether 1,300 square metres. Experienced experts will be available to visitors, offering independent and professional advice.

For the first time visitors to the event area in hall 3B will be able to have a go at clay-pigeon shooting. Of course the shots fired will not be with real ammunition but laser shots. And there’s more, with the demonstration of various types of hunting, dog expert Anton Fichtlmeier who will be showing how to work with hunting dogs, along with many more attractions. Younger exhibition visitors to hall 3B will find information that can save lives in the Nature Education Centre (Lernort Natur) on the subject of “wildlife collisions“, and all angling enthusiasts can learn new tricks and suggestions on the right way to cast a fishing rod as well as watch the professionals going about their casting sport. Anyone wanting to find out about falconry will find useful information from the Order of the German Falconers and of course be able to marvel at live birds of prey, and ferrets.

The other halls too will again have a wide mix of interesting topics on offer. Old favourites such as the German stag calling championship and the ladder building competition form part of the programme just like the nature films being shown in the exhibition cinema, specialist talks on fishing, fashion shows, presentations of hunting dog breeds, wild game cooking, quill stitching, gamsbart binding and horn carving.

Within the framework of the Partner Country programme the Republic of Croatia will this year be presenting attractive hunting grounds and fishing waters in coastal and mountain areas.

Hall 5 will once again be in the firm grip of the anglers. Associations and clubs will be providing information about native species of fish and about the fishing examination 2010. Experts will be presenting various catching and casting techniques and preparing tasty dishes from the angling kitchen. Once again there will be numerous specialists taking part from the fields of ocean fishing, artificial bait as well as rod building and fly tying.

In 2010 exhibitors will be bringing along new ideas and products, including for example attractants for wild boar hunting such as real truffles or pheromone-analogies, a tracking system for dogs which communicates with the owner via text message, as well as environmentally-friendly cutlery made from natural fibre composite material presented by a Finnish producer.

Opening times: daily from 10:00 to 18:00 hours; admission for adults: 12.50 Euros.