A jagdtasch is a hunting bag. In German, jäger means “hunter” and tasche means “bag”. The need for hunting bags arose with the popularity of rifle hunting for feather game, including waterfowl, as well as marsh and forest birds, in different seasons. In spring, geese were hunted during their migration, and grouse were preyed upon when they began to bell; in the fall, ducks were sought after.

This item is present in paintings on hunting by Russian and European artists of the 18th–19th centuries, for example, in the work “Sitting Hunter in a Fur Hat with a Spear and a Bag of Game” by the Dutch artist Abraham van Strij.

The jagdtash became an integral part of equipment for hunting with a gun dog. Leonid Pavlovich Sabaneyev, a Russian zoologist, naturalist and hunter, wrote in his “Hunter’s Calendar” of 1885,

Modern hunting bags are made of leather, leatherette or canvas, which is durable and waterproof. They are compact, and almost all models of such bags have two compartments and additional external pockets. Loops are added on the upper part, by which the game is suspended. To keep the hunter’s hands free, a special net to carry the game is sometimes sewn on the bag.