Reports

I hunted in the Okhotsk region of the Khabarovsk krai. The local outfitter Sergey Khromykh provided me the license. I decided to hunt independently but it was a mistake, I regretted later. I didn’t know the territory and it made the process more difficult. We could hardly find the group of sheep and I got one of them. The shooting distance was 530 m. Thank you very much to Sergey. It took me about 5 years to get all 6 kinds of snow sheep species!

The weather was merciful to us in that trip. We arrived by chopper in time and the visibility was great. There were two groups of hunters in different camps. In the first day we saw lots of sheep tracks but didn’t spot any animal. Next day we went to another gorge and found four males. Two of them had trophy size. I shot from Blazer 300 WinMag. The shooting distance was 215m. The sheep ran about 100 m, after I hit it, and fell down. It got dark while we fetched the body and skin it that’s why decided to sleep there. It got colder at night and started raining. Fortunately, we took primus with us and could drank hot tea. Next morning, we came back to the camp and I flew away to Milkovo. Thank you very much to my guide Vladimir and the outfitters.

The tourists from other countries couldn’t visit Spain till July 1st. But in few day after the ban was removed. I landed in Madrid with all necessary equipment and the weapon. The officer at the airport told me that I was the first foreign hunter who arrived to the country after the pandemic. Thank you very much to Timo Tippy and all his staff, who could arrange everything starting from the meeting in Madrid to the successful hunt in the Cantabrian mountains. After arrival we drove to the hunting gallery where I tested my gun and then drove to small town in 4 hours’ drive from the capital. There we accommodated in the nice and comfortable hotel. The hunt started next morning. I and two guides drove to the mountains. The density of animal population is quite high there and I could see lots of chamois but all of them were far. We couldn’t approach closer than 800m. Once I wanted to shoot from 500m but the guide advised to come closer. We were creeping to the herd when suddenly the male of chamois appeared just in front of us. The guide said me to fire and I did it. It was the old enough male which got the Bronze level. I was really pleased by that hunt and people there. The used rifle - Blaser R93, cal. – 300 Win Mag, cartridge – Norma TSX.

It was my first trophy. I took it from the first shot. The shooting distance was 548m and the altitude 2981masl. We spent two days hiking the mountains. The first day we checked the surroundings and the second one we spent looking for the males. At last we found the group of males and I got the biggest one.

It was a very comfortable European hunt. All transfer were by car and I even could choose the trophy using the scope. Though snow fell the day before and it was strong wind it didn’t prevent us from getting the trophy. I shot on 80 m from the top and used the rented gun, don’t know the name, with the exotic caliber 257 weatherby mag.

The Yakutsk Snow Sheep. I got it at the beginning of August, 2020 by the first shot. The shooting distance was 200m. The rifle- Tikka T3, cal. 300 WinMag. The place of hunt-Tomponsky district Republic of Sakha (Yakutia).

At the beginning of August, I hunted in my friend’s hunting land in Karachay-Cherkessia. In early morning we climbed to the altitude 3000masl. After we reached the top I detected the group of males, grazed lower than we were. So, we had to go down 300m. The animals moved to the forest part of the mountain for a day rest. We had to wait for them and it took about 2 hours. Then I noticed a big male in 300m. I got that nice, 12 years old trophy by the first shot.

I hunted in the upper Kananga river, Omsukchan district in Magadan and got the sheep from the first shot. The shooting distance was 250m. The trophy was 13 years old male.

I’ve booked hunting for a Kuban Tur through the “Safari-Valmir” company. In August 2020 I flew to Mineralnye vody. The driver waited us at the airport and  we drove to Arkhyz. The local guide waited for us there, then we reloaded the luggage and drove to the hunting base. Next morning, we climbed the mountains, went about 100 meters when detected the group of animals. My friend shot first and took the trophy from 209 meters distance. After the shot one of the males didn’t follow the others but ran to the gorge. We set the camp and decided to check that gorge from the opposite slope. It was the right decision because we spotted the male in 650 meters from us.  I crawled as long as I could and approached it 212 meters. I did the only one but accurate shot and got the trophy. It took us just one day to finish the hunt. Thank you very much to our outfitter for that excellent and shot hunting on the Caucasus.

We’d got the Koryak Snow Sheep on Kamchatka and flied to Chukotka. The weather was fine.  In the first day we moved to the hunt and detected the big group of snow sheep. It consisted of different age animals from the youth to the adult males.  It took us about 3 hours to approach. The group were grazing and dispersed by the slope. I saw the biggest male only when the shot was done.  The shooting distance was 250 meters. In any case I like my trophy and satisfied by the hunt’s organization.  Thank you very much to Sergey Tyutchev and the Eventus company for this trip. 

I’ve just finished my hunt in Magadan. The 9 years old male of the Okhotsk Snow sheep was taken in the first day. The shooting distance was 326m. The second trophy is 10 years old Siberian bear. A special acknowledgment to the Profi Hunt company and the IGAKA company for the well organized hunt.

I hunted for the Siberian Ibex on Atlay. The weather was fine but we couldn’t find a good size trophy. I had to shoot the 6 years old male because hadn’t time to stay longer. One of the days we hiked about 25km. The shooting distance was 502 m.