Edward Bendersky
The important things which have to be known while organizing the hunting tripQuestions which concern the necessary documentsThe outfitter has to receive all permits for getting the wildlife products. All paperwork have to be filled in the names of hunters or the PH who will accompanied him.If the hunt takes place in the border zone, the outfitters is obliged to get the appropriate permits which allow to stay there from the local border service. The hunter has to provide the outfitter with the original hunting ticket and gun’s permit. It’s has to be done for handling the docs. Basic CampUsually tent camps are used as the base camp during the hunting expedition in the mountains. But there are some stationary ones too.
The next recommendations have to be followed if you set the tent camp:
- The preferable accommodation is one or maximum two hunters in the tent.- The most suitable variant of the tent is the one made be the Canadian company Cabelas. The produces noticed that the tent is good for the accommodation of 4 persons but according to our experience it’s ideal for one.
- Better to use cots. There are several kinds of them which are compact and easy to transport- These kinds of tents has the extra space where the hunters can keep their boots
- There has to be a spacious tent or double tent which can be used as a kitchen and a Wardroom. They have to be spacious with the high ridge. It’d be better if they have square or rectangle forms.
- There has to be the collapsible dinner table for the team
- It’s obligatory to have stove for cooking and heating during the winters, cold season.
Kitchen
- The cook has to have health inspection before the trip. He also has to comply with hygiene measures and to keep everything clean.
- There has to be extra table for cooking in the kitchen.
- The kitchen area is equipped with the two-burner gas stove. The usual usage of gas cylinders is about 4-5 per days.
- The kitchen equipment includes all necessary tableware, plates of different sizes, salad bowls, plus several pans and a dripping pan for cooking and frying and a kettle. - The cook has to be responsible for making the list of products which has to include: potato, onions, rice, pasta, fish and meat teens, salt, pepper, sugar, vegetable oil, eggs, sausage and meat semis, pickles, seasonal fruit and vegetables, greenery
.- The cook has to buy bread, cookies, candies, jam, tea, coffee- Better to have variants of lighting: from generator or by the energy efficient fixtures
- It’s good to have hand washing liquid with bactericidal properties in the camp- Paper towels
- Disposable paper or cellophane tablecloths
- Large strong bags for garbage - Water heating tanks
- Cutting boards and a knife set- Matches or lighters- Grills for cooking meat or fish
- Dishwashing liquid- Disposable cloth or sponge Equipment for the Base Camp- Gas generator for lighting and charging the batteries.
- Separate toilet with toilet paper- Shower with special field equipment - Washbasin near the kitchen and in the camp with liquid
- Hatchet and sapper shovel, an regular or gasoline saw- Medicine kit. Better to buy- Set of ropes- Salt for preliminary skin preparation
- A tank for skull boiling
Number of Staff in the Camp
The number of staff members depends on the number of hunters. We recommend to have one or better two PH / guides per hunter. There have to be a professional cook, taxidermist or the very experienced guide who will make the preliminary processing of trophy’s skins. The camp team has to be polite and attentive to the hunters and their attendants. Alcohol has to be forbidden in the camp. They mustn’t drink alone or with guests. The guides have to know how to work with clients as the PH.
The Main Guide’s skills
- To know the rules and hunting terms
- To know how to fill all necessary papers
- Good knowledge of the hunting area
- To be experienced and to have knowledge about the hunting game: age and sex differences, behavior, ability to visually assess the size of the trophy. The distinctive feature of the Snow Sheep adults is the horn’s curl. It has to be near its eye.- The lifestyle and habits of animals depend on the time and the season. The knowledge of all of these nuances can help to choose the optimal way of hunting. How to approach and where to look of the trophy. It’s important to know that animals have great nose and the guide has to find such way of approachin when the wind blows from the animals. It’s known that wind blows from down to up during the day hours and revers the direction in the evenings. It happens because of the air heating. So it means that in a day hours it’s better to come to the animals from above. They have rest or pasture at that time and then move up in the evening. If you detect the trophy in the morning or a day you need to think over the ways of approaching from the leeward. If the animals don’t notice the hunter, you have plenty of time.
- The guide has to know safety measures and be able to make first aid
- The guide mustn’t leave the hunter alone in the mountains or far from the camp.- The guide has to adjust his pace of walking and climbing like the hunter, and not Vice versa. Too fast climbing will quickly tire the hunter, which can lead to negative consequences-
The guide has to be able to remove the skin from the whole trophy or one the breast, so-called cape or just skull with horns. It’s very important to ask the hunter about it before. - The guide has to make the professional pictures of the hunter with the trophy. He stows the animals in the natural pose, cleans blood and cuts grass before the trophy. It’s better to make pictures when there is a piece of sky on the background it makes the photo more interesting and vivid. The hunter has to be posed with the back to the sun and none of shadows must be in shot. Try to make the picture with the whole animal body not just several parts. Nothing should obscure the animal and the hunter. There shouldn’t be chiaroscuro on the face of the hunter. It’s better to make lots for pictures with different sides and angles to choose the best one later. Don’t allow to make shot from above. The best pictures are from below or keep the camera on the same level with the trophy.
The primary processing has to be done by the taxidermist or the very experienced guide- They have to accurately remove the skin from the skull.
There are lots of small parts near its eyes and lips which can be easily damaged. They need to use sharp, small knifes.- To remove all meat from the skull and the lower jaw if the hunter asks
- They need to boil the skull and take off the horn for further processing
- To cut down unnecessary parts of the skull. But the guide has to know all variants how to make it and better to consult with the experienced taxidermists
- To clean the skin by cutting all fat and meat
- To salt and preserve the skin
- The skull has to be wrapped in dense cardboard or cellophane to preserve small parts and bones of the skull before the transportation.
The next recommendations have to be followed if you set the tent camp:
- The preferable accommodation is one or maximum two hunters in the tent.- The most suitable variant of the tent is the one made be the Canadian company Cabelas. The produces noticed that the tent is good for the accommodation of 4 persons but according to our experience it’s ideal for one.
- Better to use cots. There are several kinds of them which are compact and easy to transport- These kinds of tents has the extra space where the hunters can keep their boots
- There has to be a spacious tent or double tent which can be used as a kitchen and a Wardroom. They have to be spacious with the high ridge. It’d be better if they have square or rectangle forms.
- There has to be the collapsible dinner table for the team
- It’s obligatory to have stove for cooking and heating during the winters, cold season.
Kitchen
- The cook has to have health inspection before the trip. He also has to comply with hygiene measures and to keep everything clean.
- There has to be extra table for cooking in the kitchen.
- The kitchen area is equipped with the two-burner gas stove. The usual usage of gas cylinders is about 4-5 per days.
- The kitchen equipment includes all necessary tableware, plates of different sizes, salad bowls, plus several pans and a dripping pan for cooking and frying and a kettle. - The cook has to be responsible for making the list of products which has to include: potato, onions, rice, pasta, fish and meat teens, salt, pepper, sugar, vegetable oil, eggs, sausage and meat semis, pickles, seasonal fruit and vegetables, greenery
.- The cook has to buy bread, cookies, candies, jam, tea, coffee- Better to have variants of lighting: from generator or by the energy efficient fixtures
- It’s good to have hand washing liquid with bactericidal properties in the camp- Paper towels
- Disposable paper or cellophane tablecloths
- Large strong bags for garbage - Water heating tanks
- Cutting boards and a knife set- Matches or lighters- Grills for cooking meat or fish
- Dishwashing liquid- Disposable cloth or sponge Equipment for the Base Camp- Gas generator for lighting and charging the batteries.
- Separate toilet with toilet paper- Shower with special field equipment - Washbasin near the kitchen and in the camp with liquid
- Hatchet and sapper shovel, an regular or gasoline saw- Medicine kit. Better to buy- Set of ropes- Salt for preliminary skin preparation
- A tank for skull boiling
Number of Staff in the Camp
The number of staff members depends on the number of hunters. We recommend to have one or better two PH / guides per hunter. There have to be a professional cook, taxidermist or the very experienced guide who will make the preliminary processing of trophy’s skins. The camp team has to be polite and attentive to the hunters and their attendants. Alcohol has to be forbidden in the camp. They mustn’t drink alone or with guests. The guides have to know how to work with clients as the PH.
The Main Guide’s skills
- To know the rules and hunting terms
- To know how to fill all necessary papers
- Good knowledge of the hunting area
- To be experienced and to have knowledge about the hunting game: age and sex differences, behavior, ability to visually assess the size of the trophy. The distinctive feature of the Snow Sheep adults is the horn’s curl. It has to be near its eye.- The lifestyle and habits of animals depend on the time and the season. The knowledge of all of these nuances can help to choose the optimal way of hunting. How to approach and where to look of the trophy. It’s important to know that animals have great nose and the guide has to find such way of approachin when the wind blows from the animals. It’s known that wind blows from down to up during the day hours and revers the direction in the evenings. It happens because of the air heating. So it means that in a day hours it’s better to come to the animals from above. They have rest or pasture at that time and then move up in the evening. If you detect the trophy in the morning or a day you need to think over the ways of approaching from the leeward. If the animals don’t notice the hunter, you have plenty of time.
- The guide has to know safety measures and be able to make first aid
- The guide mustn’t leave the hunter alone in the mountains or far from the camp.- The guide has to adjust his pace of walking and climbing like the hunter, and not Vice versa. Too fast climbing will quickly tire the hunter, which can lead to negative consequences-
The guide has to be able to remove the skin from the whole trophy or one the breast, so-called cape or just skull with horns. It’s very important to ask the hunter about it before. - The guide has to make the professional pictures of the hunter with the trophy. He stows the animals in the natural pose, cleans blood and cuts grass before the trophy. It’s better to make pictures when there is a piece of sky on the background it makes the photo more interesting and vivid. The hunter has to be posed with the back to the sun and none of shadows must be in shot. Try to make the picture with the whole animal body not just several parts. Nothing should obscure the animal and the hunter. There shouldn’t be chiaroscuro on the face of the hunter. It’s better to make lots for pictures with different sides and angles to choose the best one later. Don’t allow to make shot from above. The best pictures are from below or keep the camera on the same level with the trophy.
The primary processing has to be done by the taxidermist or the very experienced guide- They have to accurately remove the skin from the skull.
There are lots of small parts near its eyes and lips which can be easily damaged. They need to use sharp, small knifes.- To remove all meat from the skull and the lower jaw if the hunter asks
- They need to boil the skull and take off the horn for further processing
- To cut down unnecessary parts of the skull. But the guide has to know all variants how to make it and better to consult with the experienced taxidermists
- To clean the skin by cutting all fat and meat
- To salt and preserve the skin
- The skull has to be wrapped in dense cardboard or cellophane to preserve small parts and bones of the skull before the transportation.
