In hunting, beaters are assistants of hunters who drive game from hiding into the open or towards the shooters by making noise and other disturbance: shouting, beating the trees and bushes with sticks, using rattles/ratchtets/clappers, shooting in the air, etc. In various countries hunting with beaters may be of special types and have special names: driven hunt/driven hunting =no:Drivjakt =es:batida = battue = de:Drückjagd, de:Streifjagd, de:Kesseltreiben de:Lappjagd sv:Klappjakt, pl:Naganka etc.