Hunting is a serious business. It requires the person endurance, ingenuity, courage, if we are talking about a large beast, and skill. However, the Russian people even make funny stories about her. A geologist went to the tundra with a Chukchi bear. The Chukchi found the lair, put a pole in it and raised it well. An enraged and embittered bear went straight at the hunters. Chukchi shouted to his companion: "Run faster." They rushed, and the bear behind them. The geologist comes to his senses and thinks: "I have a gun." Turned around and killed the bear. The Chukchi resembles and says: “You are a good hunter, but stupid. Before parking, how are we going to drag him now? ” This is a literary, comic picture - "The Hunt." And how many animalists wrote them!
The real picture: hunting
Bears are hunted in winter and autumn. These are two different ways. When winter passes in the second half, hunters with huskies look for his den and stand close to the exit from the den. Then the dogs bark at the den, causing the bear to stand. If the beast does not rise, then one of the hunters shoves a long pole into it. So that the bear does not show swiftness when leaving, branches are left at its ends.
This is how the winter picture looks. Hunting for potapycha in the fall, at the beginning of September, happens differently. At sunset, he likes to feed regularly in oat fields. Several well-husked huskies, having discovered the prey, stop it until the hunter approaches. The hunter comes out and shoots the bear under the shoulder blade, in the chest or in the ear. It is not recommended to shoot in the forehead, as the bullet can bounce off rebound.
This is a brief description of the autumn picture. Hunting is a fascinating activity, which then causes a lot of stories, since each case is unique.
How bear hunts are reflected in animalists
Once upon a time there were bears in Europe. Paul de Vos painted the picture Bear Hunts.
A pack of brutal dogs from all sides attacked the prey. But the bears do not give up. They are struggling for life. In the foreground are dead or crippled dogs. However, this does not hold the rest. They furiously attack the bears, trying to cling to the withers or throat.
Russian animalists
Here is a modern work. This is the picture "Bear Hunt". The author is Sergey Volkov.
Laika drove the angry bear out of the den. A powerful beast is four times the size of a dog, but she is not afraid of him. Full of excitement, proudly raising its tail, the dog confronts a powerful enemy. One wave of his wide paw - and the dog will come to an end. But like is a smart and brisk creature. It’s not easy to fool her. She will dodge the enemy and lead straight to the shelter, where a hunter is waiting for him.
Another painting, “Bear Hunt”, was made by a woman; it was written by T. Danchurova.
Two dogs work here. Laika furiously barks the bear and makes him walk in a certain direction. They drive him directly at a hunter who is not depicted here, and try not to fall under his powerful paws.
Traditional Russian hunting
The painting "Bear Hunting in Winter", by S. G. Perov (1879). Hunting takes place in the suburbs of Moscow in Kuzminki, in the southeast. Now it is a large Moscow region, in which about 18 thousand people live, and part of the Kuzminsky forest park is located in it .
In the days of V. Perov there was apparently a dense forest. In order for this painting to be written, the artist did not need to travel far. Its full name indicates the proximity of the town from Moscow. It is called Kuzminki near Moscow. Bear hunting in winter. " Now it’s even hard to imagine that near the ancient capital one could meet bears. Kuzminki in those days was a deaf bear angle. Then this forest was famous for the abundance of game and fish. For the night the hunters stayed at the Golitsyn estate. Rooms were rented there to summer residents, businessmen or cultural figures. Was there and V. Perov.
What is depicted in the picture
Dark early twilight, everything was shrouded in darkness. The terrain is gloomy, deserted. In the background are centuries-old snowy tree trunks.
The dog found a lair. She stopped next to her, tail curled, which means that she feels danger. Two hunters are nearby. One holds a gun ready. He stands a few steps from the den. There is an assumption that this is a self-portrait of V. Perov.
A spear is prepared nearby. The second stick is trying to stir up the sleeping beast and force him to go outside. One can only imagine the fury of an awakened bear. This feeling is well conveyed on the canvas.
Hunters are seasoned people. They are ready for his attack. The painting "Bear Hunting in Winter" was written for the journal "Nature and Hunting" L.P. Sabaneeva. She enters the hunting cycle of genre paintings by V. Perov. The canvas is rarely exhibited.