International Field Staff
Peter Hochstein (Hungary)
I was born in October 1981 in Budapest, the capital of Hungary. My father was a professional hunter at the time. I grew up in a family, where hunting was not just a leisure activity; it was work and a lifestyle choice. I traveled with my father on different hunting trips and learned the basics [...]
Jean Galoppin (France)
I am a 38 year old bowhunter. I have been bowhunting for more than 20 years. I shot my first deer at the age of 17. Over time I grew in experience and knowledge and started the FWCA, Wallon Bowhunting Federation. I have my IBEP instructors badge and give IBEP courses in Belgian, French, Dutch [...]
Frank Siedentopf (Belgium)
Frank Siedentopt lives in Flanders, in the province of Limburg, which is next to the Dutch border (about 5km distance). Frank speaks English, French and Dutch; and if he has to he can swing German as well. He strictly bowhunts all though he has his full hunting license, and knows how to shoot a shotgun and rifle [...]
Pedro Ampuero (Spain)
Pedro Ampuero started hunting with his father at a very young age. From then on, his passion for the outdoors and everything hunting related has grown to almost sickness level. He started hunting with a rifle, then with a shotgun, and rarely misses the opportunity to go out hunting with his bow. Figure 1 “Photo” Pedro Ampuero with an Ibex [...]
Laura Heinrichs (Canada)
Laura has been hunting for about 4 years. She got hooked on hunting in the fall of 2008 and has never looked back! She started out deer hunting with a rifle and doing some waterfowl hunting as well. She took up archery in 2009 and made her first bow kills in 2010, a black bear and 2 whitetails. This year Laura was [...]
Roger Pettersson (Finland)
Roger was born in Sweden but learned to hunt in the archipelago of Åland as a child. His teachers were his father and his cousins with whom he spent a great deal of time hunting waterfowl and small game. Figure 1 “Photo” Roger Petterrsson is the WILD Jaeger International Field Representative for Finland. During the years [...]
Janez Lavrih (Slovenia)
Janez Lavrih was born in Kranj and grew up in the little town of Radovljica, Slovenia. Janez was introduced to hunting and fishing by late father. Hunting and fishing is embedded in the tradition of his family. Janez’s father was not a fisherman, but his grandfather was and fishing took and is Janez real passion. Janez’s father took with him to [...]
Adrian Banks (United Kingdom)
Adrian, as a youngster, always spent his time in the fields. Once he left school he started life as a trainee game keeper, rearing pheasant partridge and duck. Adrian has hunted a variety of game in the UK including all six wild species of deer, Red, Roe, Sika, Fallow, Muntjac and Chinese Water Deer, plus [...]