Waidmannsheil as a simple greeting between hunters is replied to normally only by repeating Waidmannsheil. The only time one replies Waidmannsdank, is when you are standing beside your recently bagged animal, in which case you are accepting the other hunter's congradulations.

It's custom to sit a while too, with the animal you have just shot, after you have given it that last bite, while it's soul passes to it's eternal pasture. It's a way of paying homage to the deer. My gamekeeper friend Guus and I were able to, in turn, pass this custom onto my son when he shot his first fallow buck.

I have also been looking for a SuS Drilling in 16/70-7x65R. The Driilings I have are in 7x57R and 8x57JR (.318") which I don't think are up to shooting the biggest sambar stags. Where I hunt them, (in NZ), there's lots of quail, a few pheasants and once a stoat. Having 1,1/8oz of shot on hand then would be mighty handy if the deer were scarce. Shooting a quail with an 8x68S bolt-action is probably not so Waidgerecht.