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1937 kaadettu tiikeri

Mannerheim learned hunting as a social rite and pastime in Russia.


On his journey in Asia Mannerheim hunted frequently, and during his stay in Poland he participated in par-foce hunting. In the 1920s and 1930s he hunted deer and elk in Central Europe. He also visited Hermann Göring’s hunting grounds while being chairman of the Defence Council.

 Kiinan-matkalla Itä-Preussissa syyskuussa 1935 Keski-Euroopassa 30-luvulla

On his first trip to India (from 24 November, 1927, till 20 April, 1928), Mannerheim hunted in the neighbourhood of the Indian and Nepalese border, with Colonel Faunthorpe as his host. Elephants were used in the difficult terrain of the jungle. Mannerheim never managed to shoot a tiger. There was another hunting ground in Seon, about 700 kilometres south of Delhi. The chief of the district, Mr Bourne, acted as Mannerheim’s host this time. Eventually his hunting trips extended to Burma in Farther India, but the hunting of a rare species of deer was not successful.

On his second trip to India (from November 1936 till April 1937), Mannerheim’s hunting host was Colonel Bailey. A greater number of elephants were now available, and two tigers were surrounded. The next host was the Maharadja of Nepal, who had 200 elephants at his disposal. Mannerheim shot a tiger, 323 centimetres in length. After this event he once more managed to shoot a tiger, his fourth, in the company of Colonel Bailey.

Mannerheim’s Asian trips included mainly hunting of big game. In Finland Mannerheim occasionally participated in moose hunting, but mostly he hunted small game, such as hares, foxes or game birds

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