The author compiles documentary and oral material, chiefly Schönberg's record, to present a factual biography of Karl Stülpner, a famed and notorious marksman of the Upper Erzgebirge. The account follows his modest origins and childhood, early obsession with hunting, youthful encounters and mishaps, enlistment in military service, and subsequent return to his native region, relating episodes that forged his marksmanship and local reputation. Emphasizing corroborated testimony over fiction, the narrative combines written sources and local oral tradition to reconstruct his life and the social landscape that shaped his activities.