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On October 25, I got two Siberian ibex in Sayan. The firing range was 535 meters, the angle of inclination is 25 degrees.

The duration of the hunt is one day. The distance is 567 meters.

Artem Veselov, a well-known organizer of trophy hunting in Russia, offered me for two years to hunt a Himalayan bear in the Khabarovsk Territory. Finally, I chose the time and flew to Khabarovsk on December 19. Upon arrival, Vadim Atroshenko was waiting for me. He was responsible for conducting the hunt. At last we received the weapon, loaded our bags into the Mi-8 flew by chopper from the Lazovsky district of the Khabarovsk Territory  within ten minutes.  After an hour-long flight, we landed on a prepared platform, where the huntsman Sergey and snowmobiles were waiting for us. We changed the transport, and went to the den that took us one more hour. The den was located in a giant trunk of a lime tree. I took up a position 10 meters from a large hollow and waited while the huntsmen woke up the bear. The frost was -25 degrees, and it was good that I had to stand for only 25-30 minutes. The awakened bear jumped out of the hollow very quickly and began to descend rapidly to me. I fired two shots and that was the end of it. I recommend that kind of hunting to everyone after I was there for the first time. A great organization and a very good trophy. There are a lot of tracks visible on the road, from tiger tracks to musk deer. I thank Artem Veselov and the company Profi Hunt for a wonderful hunt!!!!!!

It wasn't easy. There was almost no snow. The camp was located at an altitude of 2400m. There were young turs and females below. We had to climb to the tops of the mountains. Snow and wind alternated throughout the expedition. The group of Turs was found at an altitude of 3700 m . One of them stood out for its trophy qualities. The distance was 600 m. It was impossible to get any closer. The first shot came right under it. The turs ran. The bullet hit the animal with a high second shot and after the third round it rolled down. It was a 13-year mid-Caucasian tur.

It was one of my first mountain hunts. It was very cold and windy. I hunted on the border with Tyva. Weapon Moose -4, caliber 7.62/51, a distance of about 250 meters. There was no rangefinder yet ) I got it on the 3rd day of hunting. There was no limit to joy.

Alexey Aziev invited me to visit North Ossetia. The target was the Middle Caucasian chamois. I arrived in the evening and spent  the night at the hotel.  I got up early and moved to the mountains.  It was possible to detect several groups of chamois at an altitude of about 2800 meters. The weather was sunny and the wind was strong. The relief allowed us to get close enough. I shot at 100 meters.  Special thanks to the huntsmen - Valery Basiev, George Ilurov and Kazbek Gazdanov.

I hunted for a Hume argali in Kyrgyzstan. I wanted a good trophy that's why we were chasing a group of 5 sheep for 4 days. The herd  was led by a worthy leader. They broke down at the slightest danger from a distance of more than one and a half kilometers. At last, I took a position in a convenient place only on the 5th day of the hunt, where the herd usually went after morning feeding for a lunch nap ("day"), after a long and tedious wait, it was possible to get the right trophy. Shot - caliber 300 Norma at 410 meters. The weather was clear, the altitude is 4280 m, the frost is 15C.

We hoped for an easy closure of the mountain hunting season 2022. In fact, it turned out - 20 km through the mountains, at 4 a.m. we climbed 800 meters vertically to 2800, ran after chamois, descended another 2000 meters vertically. I shot at 163 meters, with my hands, on the outgoing chamois, - 38 degrees.

We paid a visit to the most beautiful region - North Ossetia. Sergey Gasparyan kindly accompanied me on this trip. The object of the hunt was a male mountain goat Chamois. By the way, it is the smallest goat of all mountain trophies, which makes hunting for it even more interesting. Easy hunting did not work out. On the first day, I shot synchronously with Sergey, I missed by 435 meters, the bullet passed higher. My friend did not fail and got a good male. The lucky man went after the goat with one of the huntsmen. I didn't lose hope and went to the ascent with the second guide. We had noticed another group high under the bridge. Either my very loud breathing, or a flock of partridges, noisily fluttering up from the slope, scared the chamois. They jumped suddenly out onto a nearby fold of the mountain. Murat measured the distance - 154 Meters while I was taking off and unfastening the carbine! I bent on the slope so that I did not even imagine that I was capable of such a thing. It seemed that I settled comfortably, and took the animal in sight. I shot and missed once again. We went on climbing and tried to follow the herd, crossing their path. They got under the very top of the head, but all in vain, the chamois hid tightly. We decided to go to the car, and then to the home to think about tomorrow. A new day showed us that a chamois preferred to stay at the very peak of our mountain. - That's where we'll go. Murat said with a wink. You can't get it by shooting, work with your feet! We had overcome the entire yesterday's route, and headed for the top, on the way we saw another group of chamois a kilometer away. - It will be a plan "B". The guide encouraged us, because Sergey, who finished on the first day, decided to go with me. Higher and higher, further and further. The slope became almost a straight wall, and even overgrown with high, dense grass. The legs were tangled, the sole sometimes didn't pierce the edging to a solid one.I crawled on a "four-wheel drive" and morally strong-willed to the ridge, and there as on asphalt. The slope was still steep, but the grass was burned by the bright, Caucasian sun. - Fall, fall! The Huntsman waved his hand. I handed it to Sergey; he was the last one. - On that rock over there, you found it yourself this morning. 350 meters. That information was enough to calculate everything and understand where Murat saw the animal. I crawled up on all fours, put a carbine, and put the corrections...- Let me look at the optics? Trophy qualities cannot be seen with binoculars from such a distance. - It seems nothing... not a world record, of course, but I would take it. - Well, let me see for myself. Murat rolled away from the rifle; I invested in the sight. - Listen, it's really nothing, it's not a tur. Horns are just above the ears, already 7-8 years old. I was thinking out loud. - Damn, it turned around on us, it's standing right there, looking at us. - Ready - shoot, step aside, that's it, it won't be visible. - Ready! - I'm watching. - Shot... Eeeee! Chamois falls as if knocked down. Sergey screamed with joy louder than after his goat. A second pause and we saw how the animal fell like a sack from the cliff for more than a hundred meters! - Fuck....you!!!! As if the artists of the famous choir with daily rehearsals, we exhaled in unison. - Oh, if only it didn't break. - Let's go look for it. That day was not as treacherous as yesterday and my trophy was not badly damaged from the last flight. On that joyful note, we wandered to the car. Everything turned out as it turned out, the taxidermist has already started working. I will look at this mountain trophy and remember what great difficulties I've experienced when has got that smallest goat! I used Blaser r93 carbine, 300 Win mag caliber Distance 350 meters angle 14 degrees.

I managed to hunt deer in Ossetia thanks to the invitation of Sazonov Ts . It was a hard hunting with vertical ascents and descents according to the classics of mountain hunting in the Caucasus.

I got it on the first day of hunting, 400 meters , angle +31.

It was interesting hunting in Dagestan. I got an 11-year tur in difficult weather conditions with almost zero visibility. It was in the afternoon. On the last day of the hunt, we decided to make an approach to the turs despite zero visibility. We climbed and found the beast, which was in front of us at a distance of 500-600 meters. But there was such a thick fog and snow, that it made it impossible to measure the distance. We made a decision to come closer under the cover of the fog. The beast was just under us, but it could only be heard but not seen. After that a long wait began, we waited minute by minute hour by hour and there's a minute chance to choose a trophy and I shot from the distance 250m. The beast was hit, broke down to the bottom and we saw nothing again.

It was a matter of chance. My friend and teammate Evgeny Shirokov, gave me a pre-booked hunt in Slovakia, for the long-awaited Tatra chamois, for which I thank him very much. The trip was organized by Artem Veselov, ProfiHunt. We flew from Madrid to Vienna after a successful hunt for the Cantabrian chamois. The host party met us at the airport and then we moved towards the hunting grounds. The journey took a little more than three hours. We arrived already at dusk and therefore the hunting trip was scheduled for early morning. Morning, breakfast, everything according to plan. We left for the mountains at 6 am. We drove half an hour by car and a fairly easy hike. Several chamois were scared off closer to the top, there were trophy ones, it could not but please. Two trophy animals were found through the gorge. The distance was 230 meters, but it was not convenient to shoot. I decided to shoot. I concentrated, grouped on the slope and...... everything was successful, the first bullet hit, the chamois rolled down. Everything went great, thanks to the organizers!!!!

On December 5, my constant companion and organizer of my Hunts Ilya Dmitriev and I were hunting Corsican Mouflon in France in the town of Font-Romeu. We arrived there from Moscow via Istanbul the day before the hunt.  The hunt was organized by Philip Simon as well as the first time. The reconnaissance had been conducted preliminary, the locations of the animals were determined, so the whole hunting process took one hour. I was provided with a carabine Blaser R8 cal 300WM from which I shot at a distance of 460 m with an angle of 30 degrees.  I fired three shots but the animal was moving thought here were two hits. The weather was great, the temperature was a little below zero, the organization was brilliant.   I recommend it to everyone. The density of animals is quite good, I saw three groups of males and took the nearest seven-year-old ram.  I would like to thank Ilya Dmitriev separately for the organization.  On December 7th, Ilya and I continued hunting in Europe again.  That day was dedicated to hunting the Lower Tatra chamois in Slovakia.   We hunted in the Gader Valley, Ivan Bezak organized the hunt. Everything went well, at 7 am the huntsman Martin and I left the camp and went along a previously explored route. The ascend took more then 3 hours.  We found a place from where we began to inspect the surroundings with binoculars, that was prevented by dense fog. After about 30-40 minutes, we saw three chamois at a short distance. I fired a shot from a distance of 228 m. The animal stayed in place. It was a good old male. I recommend that place and the organizer to everyone.  Accommodation was well.

I got the Mid Caucasian chamois in the Karmadon gorge, in North Ossetia. The weather was comfortable. it was warm during the day and a slight minus at night. I shot from a distance of 265m. Blaser R8300 WM weapon Swarovski optics.

I hunted in North Ossetia, in the Karmadon gorge. I was lucky to get the Caucasian chamois. Shot from a distance of 240 m. Weapon Blaser R8 300 WM. The weather is great. The views were amazing.

The first shot at a distance of 672 meters was successful and the trophy ram lay down on the spot. The angle was +15 degrees.Blaser R8 300 WM carbine, Berger 210 vld hunting bullet. We rode horses for 12-14 hours a day. The camp was at the level of 3300 mm. I drank diacarb and hypoxene and felt great.

In early December 2022, I made a second attempt to hunt for a large male Bukhara urial in Tajikistan. The hunt took place in the Khatlon region, Dangara district in the hunting farm "Hutalon", which was located on the shore of the Nurek reservoir. I spent two days in that hunting farm last year . We actively moved along the mountain ranges, saw a lot of females and young males, but it never came to a shot. This time everything turned out well and quickly. On the first day after arriving at the camp, about 12am we went to the mountains in search of sheep. At 2 pm, two groups were noticed, in which there were animals of different sexes and different ages. I chose the largest male and got it from a distance of 680 meters. I want to thank Muhammad Mirzoaliev for the kind invitation to this hunt.