Cursorial hunting

As a chase hunting technique of predators and humans is called. The potential prey is so long followed ( rushed ) until it can no longer escape, so that they can be caught and killed. A contrasting hunting technique is the Lauer hunting.

Hunt is often operated by and in groups or packs. It may happen that some individuals temporarily solve certain routes particularly rapidly and to a certain extent replace each other during the hunt. This is interpreted by behaviorists such that the hunt can be kept below the lowest possible energy consumption.

Animal

The hunt usually occurs at rudel hunting canids and when not to canine predators belonging spotted hyena. Hunt for example, operate

• The wolf (Canis lupus)
• The Asian Dhole ( Cuon alpinus )
• The African wild dog (Lycaon pictus)
• The African spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta ).

The cheetah is a single -hunting Hetzjäger.

For hunting behavior of barracuda and some other predatory fish is discussed whether it was not to be considered as a chase.

Man

The hunt ( hunting and endurance ) of people walking on animals is already very old.

Primal hunt

Even today it is practiced by various ethnic peoples living. For example, rushing the hunters of the San in Southern Africa even today their prey to death. The hunters choose a specific animal at sunrise and watch it from a distance for several hours. If it moves in the heat of the morning at a water hole, the hunt begins. The wild animals are much faster than the hunters, their chosen prey escapes them therefore with ease. But the hunters follow the trail and approach after a short time, even before the animal can drink. This hunt takes several hours, during which the hunters remain in constant motion, empathize with the prey and try to guess his escape route to cut the animal the way. The prey may increase their speed by the distance to the hunter again and again, but can not shake off their pursuers - and do not drink. People wear a water supply with you and drink on the go. Through the skin to sweat and cool their bodies while their prey by the constant movement in the heat of the day can not cool down. Often the animal remains completely exhausted in the afternoon are simply no longer able to further flight, and is then killed by hunters. Keeps the booty hunt until sunset through, she can escape. Therefore, the hunters try anything to them before rushing to death.

Feudal hunt

In the Middle Ages the hunt on horseback with hounds, the Parforcejagd was operated by the nobility in particular. The legend of St. Hubert tells how he was converted while hunting on horseback with dogs of a stag with a cross between its antlers.

A variant of the chase is operated with greyhounds rabbit baiting. In addition to the rabbit baiting the chase was used to view with greyhounds historically as a method for hunting larger animals - for example, deer ( Deerhound, Staghound ) and wolves ( Borzoi, Irish Wolfhound ).

Hunt today

Greyhounds are used today in the American West still used for hunting coyotes.

The hunt is in Germany according to the Federal Hunting Law ( § 19 Section 1 No. 13 ) is prohibited. The game of strong gehetztem Wild is unfit for human consumption.