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I hunted with friends in Sayan Mountains for ibex, I managed to get a good specimen of Siberian ibex with one shot from the distance of 405 meters!

Took another trophy of Sierra Nevada ibex in Spain, this time near the city of Granada. It was a very difficult hunt, 178 floors, 23 thousand steps over the mountains from 7 am to 3 pm. There were different groups of ibex, but we could only approach one group of males and females. We chose a worthy one, and I shot from a distance of 220 meters. From the first shot, the ibex fell to the ground without movement because of the shot from the 300 caliber. Not everyone understood from behind the branches whether we got him or not. We waited, when the animals left, but they left not at once, without understanding what had happened and where the shot came from and why their "friend" was lying. We went there 15-20 minutes later, and saw a ibex lying there, and we were very happy about it!

This was our second hunt in Spain. We moved to the Pyrenees near the French border. We went out for the hunt when it was still dark. First we drove, then we walked. During the whole hunt we had walked about 8 km. The ascent was not very steep, but it was about 800 meters high. The chamois were kept almost at the very top at 2000 meters above the sea level. On the way we found several groups, but these were young males, not trophy ones (we hunted, by the way, in the common use lands). The gamekeeper led us to the canyon, he assumed that there would be trophy specimens. And so it has appeared (the rise was 3 hours) in the canyon was found the lonely male with large horns. The distance was 200 m, angle +10 degrees. The animal was captured with one shot. As it appeared later it was the old male of 14-15 years old with the outstanding trophy qualities.

I had never hunted in Spain. But I knew I had to start. For the May holidays I decided to go and hunt two chamois and a mouflon. The mountains are not high, but all the same it is necessary to ascend a lot. In total we had walked 12 kilometers in one day. We started from a height of 600 m, and shot at an altitude of 1460 m. We saw a lot of animals and all of them were in groups. In the canyon we noticed a lonely male. Approached at a distance of 240 meters, angle +5 degrees. The shot hit the target. Cantrabian chamois jumped down, stopped and rolled. The male was 9-10 years old. The sun this day did not mercy us. This is Spain, after all. The organization of the hunt was at a high level!

I just got back from Buryatia. I managed to get a very good trophy of Siberian brown bear. I hunted with a bait from the hunting platform. I shot a Clb 9.3/62 with a Blazer p 8 with the day sight at dusk. A rare occasion in my life when I needed, or to be more precise, it was just necessary to have an backlight on the rifle scope.

I hunted in the spring of 2012 on the coast of the Sea of Okhotsk. Cape Tevi and the mouth of the river of the same name were very nice. Difficult logistics, even dangerous I would say. Strangely enough this too has its own charm. The fact that from Palana we went by boat along the coast about 120 km. It is not easy).  I shot 300 wm at 60 meters. We were going in fog along the coast, and suddenly bumped into an animal nose to nose, and luckily the bear got away from us on the mountain. That's how I got him. The hunt was organized by Fart/Eventus.

Thanks to my friends I managed to get a wonderful trophy of a huge (400 + kg)  Amur brown bear with black fur. The hunt was preceded by weeks of serious preparation, so the process of hunting was easy. The only thing that was required was patience. And I do not lack it.😊

Due to the inaccessibility of the Kolyma Mountains, it was decided to reach the grounds in snow and frost at the end of the season. First we waited for snow, then for good weather to make the trip. The stars aligned and a "king of the mountain" was discovered on the ridge. For the second time I successfully hunted in this hunting farm, the area of which is more than 200 thousand hectares. The availability of good transport vehicles, well-thought-out camping equipment and provisions and, most importantly, the organizational skills of Fedor Chernyshov, allow me to hunt with confidence in the difficult conditions of the Kolyma.

During the hunt in Nepal we walked about 90 km. Changed 7 camps. The height difference was from 3200 to 4650 meters. Thar lives in very steep cliffs, sometimes overgrown with trees and shrubs. It is very difficult to walk on such mountains. A group of tahrs were found grazing in the thicket of bushes at an altitude of 3,600 meters. Among them one stood out with special trophy qualities. We managed to get close to a distance of 210 meters. The tahr lay down with one shot. Angle -20 degrees. I shot from the opposite peak of the mountain. Himalayan tahr, 12 years old. It was a very difficult hunt.

I had been waiting for this trip for 2 years. The number of licenses was limited. It took us 3 days to get to the base camp from Kathmandu. There were 30 people accompanying our group. Every day we walked from 10 to 18 km. During the hunt we covered about 90 kilometers. The altitude difference was from 3200 to 4650 meters. 305 meters to the group of sheep we managed to get close to. Angle of fire - 15 degrees.The animal was taken with one shot, having run 10 meters. It was an old male 12 years old. It was one of the most difficult hunts.

For the first time I visited the city of Khabarovsk, where our den hunting for the Amur brown bear began. Hunting on the den is always difficult to prepare and in a sense it is an adrenaline rush. A close contact with the animal, coordinated work of all the team of huntsmen and a hunter, everything is important. For me the important moment is the understanding of the fact that it is not a female in the den. There are the features and the analysis of the footprint and the visual estimation of the animal and some other secrets which each huntsman has. As a result we managed to get a 3-5 year old male. Everything was safe and organized, for which many thanks to the guys.

I have long dreamed of hunting the polar wolf, and I am glad that I succeeded in March 2023. I hunted in the Magadan Region in the area of the Kedon River, where many years ago I had already taken a moose. The search took a relatively short time, because the local organizers understood exactly where the main group of moose were. There we found wolves in the river valley. I captured four wolves, thus we saved about 200 heads of hoofed animals during the year.

I hunted in Morocco. And with great pleasure. Nowadays, here, in addition to feather hunt, you can get an aoudad (Barbary Sheep) and a berberian wild boar. So I did.Sheep hunting is open in the country for the second year and is in high demand. Many of the leading hunters of the world, including Russians, have already managed to make a successful shot here. Out of 19 hunts the only one was unsuccessful.I had a good shooting on the first day. But I had to do my best. For 7 hours of hunting we went almost 18 kilometers. There were unfortunate misses, but in the end I caught an 8 year old sheep on the run at a distance of about 230-240 meters.I was very pleased with the density of sheep. During this day we saw about 60 sheep, a couple of them with excellent trophy qualities. There is practically no poaching in this region. The only problem is stray dogs, which cause damage to the mountain dwellers so they are neutralized by the hunters at the first opportunity.The second trophy was taken much easier. The hunt began two hours before sunset and took place in the royal orange plantations. And the old boar (11 years old) was taken 10 minutes before total darkness. I was pleased with the shot with a 12-caliber smoothbore gun at about 65-70 meters.In general, I highly recommend Morocco for both hunting and tourism.