Where to hunt?

Going hunting, it's not enough to take a gun and shodhunting boots, you still need to know where and when you can hunt this or that beast. Our section Hunting will be useful for both experienced hunters and beginners. Here you will find many tips and recommendations regarding hunting. And in this article we will look at where you can hunt.

Hunting for game

Hunters can find good places in almostthroughout Russia. In the Leningrad, Pskov, Novgorod regions excellent hunting for a woodcock, capercaillie, black grouse, hazel grouse or partridges. On numerous lakes in the region, you can successfully hunt waterfowl. Favorite place of hunting for many was Lake Ladoga, where wild ducks and geese are abundant.

In the forests of the Moscow region you can successfully hunt for black grouse, and in the Tula or Tver region for wood grouses.

Hunting seasons in each region open indifferent time. For example, in the North-West of the country in the spring hunting season from April 23 to May 15. In Karelia from May 1 to May 15, in the Leningrad region from April 21 to May 8.

In autumn, in almost all regions hunting for game is allowed from August 15 to November 30. In Karelia, you can shoot a bird in the winter.

Hunting for the Beast

For a true hunter, great pleasurebrings exactly the tracking down of the beast, the search for its tracks and the pursuit. That is why hunters are proud of the successful hunt for a hare, which is not so easy to track, because despite the widespread opinion of the cowardice of hares, it is a cunning animal that deftly muddles traces, and therefore not every hunter can track it. Hares are found all over Russia, so you do not have to go far to hunt it. An exception will be hunting for a hare-rabbit, which is found in the north of the country. A large population of whites in Yakutia.

Also like gamblers hunt foxes and wolves. And if the wolf is walking to feel all the excitement of hunting, then the fox is interested in hunters and as an expensive trophy, the fur of which is valued.

Before going to the hunt, you should find out,are there any restrictions on the shooting. The population of wolves and lynxes is constantly changing, so you need to know whether it is possible to shoot in this region, and how many. It is worth noting that in the Novosibirsk region there are daily restrictions on the shooting of rabbits and foxes.

In the north-western regions of Russia is goodhunt badger, mink, marten, raccoon dog, otter, roe deer. In the marshy areas of the Leningrad Region and Karelia, you can hunt well for moose. But to elk horns have become an ornament of your house, you need to go more than one kilometer.

In the Stavropol Territory, the Kemerovo Region, Tyumen and other regions of the region, you can hunt for different fur-bearing animals.

In Karelia and on the White Sea coast one can successfully hunt on wolverines and seals. Hunters very often come back from there with a rich booty.

It is considered dangerous to hunt for wild boar. Indeed, this is a strong and fast animal that can kill a person if it is angry. Especially dangerous is the wounded beast, who rushes furiously at the hunter. Even experienced hunters do not go to the wild boar one by one. Wild boars in Russia are found practically throughout the country, except in the regions of the extreme north and southern regions, where the climate is hot and there are not enough forests.

Altai and Transcaucasia are regions where you can hunt for snow rams and mountain goats, which are very numerous here.

Hunting for a bear

Today, hunting has become a favorite entertainmentmany and therefore there are special hunting grounds, where in the season there is an opportunity to hunt for different animals. But, of course, hunting itself is considered the most hazardous.

A good bear hunt awaits in Kamchatka, where there is a lot of fish. A large population of animals in the North-West region of the country and in Karelia. Here you can shoot an individual weighing three hundred or more pounds.

But since long the bear is considered the mastertaiga, so most often go hunting for a bear in Eastern and Western Siberia. It should be noted that hunting for a bear is one of the most spectacular and extreme. This is one of the most dangerous animals whose kills are not so easy.

Hunting bears in different regions at different times, but the best season is the autumn season from August 15 to December 1.