Anatomy of a tragic wheellock wild boar hunt
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This is someting that probably nobody did in he past 300 years in Central Europe. Capandball is embarking on an adventure to hunt wild boar the 17th century way with a wheellock carbine. Parallel to this story he will be investigating the circumstances that led to the tragic death of one of the most important military leaders of the region in 1664 duting a wild boar hunt.
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