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We arrived from Tiksi village and immediately moved to the hunting site. A hunt took place in the area of the Chubukulakh River (120 km from Tiksi). A group of 6 males was found. He shot at a distance of 353 meters with a stable side wind of 4-5 m/s.

I got out to Tyva for the Siberian ibex hunting. It was in early November 2021. The hunt was organized on the border between Altai, Mongolia and Tuva. The hunt took place one day and was very successful. The weather was pleasing. The temperature during the day was from -10C to -15C, at night -25C. November is the time of the Siberian ibex rut, we were lucky to find a group of trophy animals. One of them was hunted from a distance of 250 m. I shot at the departing one. The caliber is 300WM.

I hunted in the Karachayevo-Cherkessia in Arkhyz district. It was in early October 2020. The weather was comfortable, the temperatures during the day was warm and a slight minus at night. We used horses while hunting. But at the final stage, I still had to walk a lot, which was not easy. As a result, the trophy was shot at a distance of 460 meters. Caliber 300WM Blaser R8 Zeiss sight 2.5 x 20.

After arriving in the hunting area for Gobi Argali and Gobi ibex, we accommodated in the yurt of a cozy field camp of the company “Shamanistic” LLC.  We woke up early, ate breakfast and it was dark when we went in search of Argali. One group of scouts went to the area where a sheep was previously discovered. Another guide and I drove a jeep to another part of the grounds. We stopped there and climbed to a small height to view the terrain. I had just sat down, than a trophy ibex came out in front of us on the nearest ridge at a distance of 150 meters. I twisted the shutter quickly and a shot sounded. The ibex fell at our feet. It became 10 years old male. After the photoshoot, we cut up the ibex and went to a meeting with the first group. Half an hour later we met one of the guides who took us to the area of the discovered Gobi Argali. We climbed the ridge, walked along the dried-up streams and descended into the valley. Two observers from the highest points watched the sheep and the females. Camels were passing nearby. By noon, the ram laid down to have rest. The weary hours of waiting began. The sun was at its zenith and there was nowhere to hide in the shade. The temperature was +32 degrees and the constantly blowing Mongolian wind. The distance from us to the intended location of the sheep was about 700-800 meters. It'd be at least 650 meters away if it came out of hiding. After five hours of waiting, we decided to come closer along the streambed without giving ourselves away. We came up to about 200 meters and again there came a tedious waiting in a supine position. Suddenly, a message arrived on the radio that the females and the ram got up and began to move. They were moving along the gorge and only scouts could see them from the mountains. For a moment I saw the animal's back and horns. I determined the distance of 198 meters, I decided to shoot without waiting for the whole body of the animal to appear. The Gobi Argali collapsed like a log. The trophy turned out to be a male aged 10-11 years with a surprisingly large base of horns. The tips of the horns were badly broken off. All the fatigue was gone. The six and a half hour wait ended with success. I had never had such a thing to get the Ibex and the Argali in one day. "Happiness has accumulated"! Many thanks to the organizers of the hunt! At the same time, I want to note that, the density of animals in the hunting area is quite low and the cost of hunting is unreasonably overstated.

I've got the trophy from 400 m distance.

We got into the mountains during the already unstable weather. We had only 5 days allocated for hunting, but the result had to be done in the first two days, since the forecast promised heavy snowfalls, and after frosts. We saw a lot of animals, about 70 heads in total. Unfortunately, it was not possible to approach the big black goat found on the second day - there were females around it who were not allowed to approach the distance of the shot. Nevertheless, I am happy with the trophy. Shooting conditions: 296m angle minus 30 degrees. The weapon is the Blaser R93 300WinMag. The mountains are very beautiful, some impressions are moving on horseback through the gorges.

Russian Super Slam

It was my first mountain hunt! Our friend of Yuri Gurov, a mountain hunter advised to start our hunting career from the Altai Mountains. We went up on horseback, which facilitated the way greatly. The beauty of nature was incredible, we got such a lot of emotions that hunting in the mountains hooked us very seriously. We had been looking for ibexes for a long time and had almost lost hope, when  we found ibexes  that grazed very close to our tents when were returning to the camp. My brother and I were hunting together. It so happened that we had to shoot at the same time for one two three. Everything went well, two trophies were obtained.

It was my first mountain hunt.  I arrived at Vladikavkaz airport on 06.11.2018 the representative of the local outfitter met me there and we drove to the base in V.Saniba. It took us 40 minutes to get there. The locals met me there and gave me a little rest. I can talk endlessly about the hospitality of Director Tsar Ugarkovich. Many thanks to him and the staff .  In the morning we went hunting. It was dark when we arrived to the place from where we should have to climb. There was a long walk across the mountain to the other side where a herd of turs had already been detected. The tur was hunted at the same day, but we could not get it on the same day because it was already getting dark. The male ran back about 300 meters over the ridge of the mountain after hitting. It was decided not to pursue it, but to return and go down, where the UAZ had already moved. We took it at the next day.  There was a desire to get a trophy of chamois, but I decided to rest a little and return there in a week, which was done.  On 9.11.2018, I flew back to the hospitable North Ossetia. Chamois hunting was also successful and not as difficult as hunting for the tur, A lot of thank to the guides for their professional analysis. Photos of licenses had not been preserved because the trophies were left there for primary processing.

The director of the Sonor hunting club Spiridon Starostin and I tested the new hunting territories and looked for snow sheep. The trophy was detected in the cedar woods where it was eating mushrooms. The height was about 1500 masl. I shot at the right angle from 580 meters. The used gun was Blaser R8 300WM.

I hunted for the Dagestan Tur at the end of the season. My goal was to get the trophy of the adult male and better the oldest one. It took us three days to detect the desired trophy on the Malkamud mountain. It was really hard to shoot. The gulp wind about 4-7 m/sec. I almost stood when shooting. The shooting distance was 518 m. It was the hardest shot in my life and in my hunting career.

It was my first experience of mountain hunting. and the first time in Altai. I also rode horse for the first time.  and shot at 1-2-3 for the first time too. In general, mountain hunting has forever entered the sphere of my hobbies. The weather was excellent, without precipitation, the temperature was about zero.