Edward Bendersky – the President of the CMH, has become the first hunter who got 50 mountain ungulates from the Capra list of CMH, and won the award “CAPRA of the WORLD. SUPER 50”.
Once Edward Bendersky has said that his life position is to set high goals and reach it. The mountain hunting becomes more popular among the hunter all over the world. They form specialized clubs and try to reach the definite levels. He also set such aims. From 2010 about 80% of all his hunts were for the mountains ungulates. The collection grew fast and at last at the beginning of October, 2019 he became the first hunter who got
50 SPECIES, SUB-SPECIES AND MORPHS ACCORDING THE CAPRA LIST OF THE MHC!
The lists of Ovis and Capra are in different hunting clubs too but there are two main differences. According to the rules in the foreign hunting clubs the hunter can get the limited number of the mountain ungulates but no limits for shooting other species such as stags or others.
The trophy commission of the CMH stroke down such restrictions and expanded the lists.
One more moment which we had to mention is that about ten sheep from forty seven listed in in the GSCO are recorded in the international Red Book. Some hunters are lucky to take those species while it has been possible but none of the beginners can reach the level of 40 sheep now.
The list of Capra GSCO contains several goats which can’t be legally hunted now. Who needs such guidelines nowadays?
The CMH chosen another way. The Club’s ratings include animals which belong to the same species or sub-species but taken in different regions or countries. The Club make the differentiations by subspecies, populations and morphs. It gives the additional advantages to the hunters because they can get the new experience hunting in different regions and countries and communicating with new people. Such actions provide people who live in that areas with the job and help to save and protect the population of the animals because the locals who work in the local hunting companies begin to protect them from the poachers and wolves. The protection of animals is one of the Club’s goal.
The members of our Club can take 50 and 60 mountains ungulates because our lists are wider.
The Club doesn’t compete with others and we open to cooperation and ready to contact. We don’t mind if the members of our Club will be the members of others. We respect the experience and status of our north American colleagues but out rules and rating tables are in priority for us/
Traditionally the American hunters try to outdo each other in hunting for sheep. The expansion of mountain hunting has started from the USA but there are several species of sheep and only one kind of the goat (The goat of Rocky Mountains) inhabit there. One of the most important American Grand Slam is for 4 sheep which inhabit in the North America. But there are lots of mountains ungulates which belong to the Capra Group which inhabit in other parts of the world. Hunting for some of them is even more hard and interesting than hunting for the sheep. They haunt in the remote rocky mountains and hunting in such condition is really taught.
Edward Bendersky estimated the level of complexity when hunting for ibexes and elected hunting for the Capra species to Ovis. He got the level Super 40 and took the new frontiers Super 50!
The editorial of our magazine and the Administration of the CMH congratulates The Presidents of the Club with the outstanding result and wish him new records and success in the projects of conservation and enhancement of wildlife.
