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В конце октября 2018 года по приглашению товарища Али Алиева выбрался на охоту в Джунгарский алатау, что в Казахстане. Конец октября был выбран не случайно, в это время склоны гор были в снегу, что существенно облегчало поиск трофея. Ночью был устойчивый минус, днем прогревало до плюс 3-5 градусов по цельсию. Добыл в первый день охоты. В следующие пил, ел, помогал выносить мясо, ассистировал на охоте )

6 ноября 2018 года состоялась моя охота на западно-кавказскую серну. Это было время гона. Звери очень активно перемещались. Благодаря опыту и знаниям проводника Хусейна стадо серн было обнаружено на склоне горы в первый же день. Подъем по вертикали составил 500 метров, протяженность маршрута 6 километров. Стрелял с дистанции 240 метров, на высоте 2.400 м нум. Был добыт хороший трофей взрослого самца серны, длина одно рога составила 23 см, второй, к сожалению, в сражениях за самок он обломал.  Благодарю местных организаторов Владимира, Андрея и Хусейна за прекрасно организованную охоту.

В первый день охоты был взят трофей якутского снежного барана. Из-за облачности и порыва ветра первым выстрелом ранил трофей с дистанции 278 метров. Последующими выстрелами с дистанции 368 метра добрал. Повезло с погодой. Хотя прогноз обещал морозы до минус 38*С.

This hunt was the last one in our combination Austria-Romania- Bulgary and took less an hour. We were lucky with the weather and visibility. The concentration of Chamois there is really high. 

It was hard to get this Carpathian Chamois. We walked about 6 hours in the snowy forest before saw animals not their tracks. I’ve got the record trophy in that hunting area in that season-119 CIC. Personal thanks to Ilya Dmitriev and “Safari and Expeditions”.

I got Alpine Chamois and Ibex easily. Also I’ve managed to improve my result with European mouflon. Personal thanks to Ilya Dmitriev and “Safari and Expeditions”.

I shot the trophy of Kri-Kri Ibex on the Sapiendza Island. Only smoothbore guns are permitted for this hunt. It was restricted three years ago to make hunt video. I shot from 75m distance and wounded it. Then I and my guide Petros chased the animal and took it. It was good 10 years old male. Rifle, caliber 12 with high-speed cartridges (550м/с !! )Remington Slugger. I tested it on 50,70 and 100m. Than we drove to Musaki town on the north of Greece. My guide suggested corral hunting. We climbed not high and I stayed at the narrowest  place of the gorge. There was the cave above me  where animals slept  and the guide started to went down shooting and making noise. The first Ibex showed in 15 minutes. It came to me at the distance 40m and I shot. It stopped and  I shot once again, the goat fell. So I harvested Kri-Kri (Hybrid) Ibex. Thanks a lot for this hunt to the guides Paul and Petrosos.

In mid-November, flew to Gorno-Altaisk for a Capricorn. I was met by Konstantin Nikolaevich Saylankin (Uch-sumer). On the same day we got to Tungur. The next morning, having reached the Akkem gorge on Gas 66, we mounted our horses and moved to the foot of Belukha Mountain. In the evening we reached the Akkem meteorological station. In the morning, rising to the mountains, we saw a group of ibex, among which was a trophy specimen. Approached 320 meters. When I took off the fuse, an involuntary shot occurred ((. I fired several times, but did not hit. On the fourth day we went out in the direction of Belukha. We noticed two groups of ibex on opposite sides. Decided to go left. We climbed, approached 310 meters. They lay. After waiting for the ibex chosen by us to rise, I fired a shot, hit slightly behind the shoulder blade, it ran. The third and fourth shot hit the wrong place. The fifth reached the goal and the ibex rolled down. I got Altai ibex! Carabiner Blazer P 93, caliber 300 VinMag, Akkubond 11.7gr. Bullet, Knightforce 4-16x42 F1 sight. Thanks to Saylankin Konstantin Nikolaevich, rangers Igor and Aidar.

The classical hunt for the classical trophy.

At the end of October Viktor Nikolaevich, Maxim Vorobev (Profi Hunt) and me flied to Kathmandu through Doha.  We arrived at noon and drove to the hotel. The next two days we spend drawing up all papers. On the fourth day we flied to Dhorpatan.  The trek to the last Nepal village Dule took us about three hours.  Next day we were trekking once again and broke down with my companions  on the day six. Viktor went for the Blue Sheep and then for a Tahr and I was going to hunt for Himalayan Tahr because our outfitter couldn’t take the license for a sheep.  Four of us walked about 10 km to the hunting camp. Me and Amrit sat down to have some rest when our guide Bahri ran and said that he had noticed the trophy size Tahr very close. We climbed and I shot it. I was so happy! It was the nice trophy of Himalayan Tahr. The distance was 220m , height 3500m, Blazer P93, WM300.All next day we devoted  to cutting meat. Then we spend 3 days trekking to Dule.  I’ve got small deer like our musk deer. It also has fangs. On the day 13 we met Viktor and Maxim. They had successful but hard hunt. On the day 14th we trek to the chopper base.  It arrived and when we decided to fly back it started on the third attempt. At last we took off and arrived to Kathmandu. Next day we fly home to Moscow. Thanks a lot to Maxim Vorobev and Amrit.

I hunted in the Sonora region not far from the town Caborca which is located in three hours to the north from Esmorilio. The local landlord Segio Garibai, on the ranch of whom we stayed, can get just one license for the Desert Bighorn per year. He organizes hunts for the wild pigeons and turkey also there are coyotes, wilds cats, pumas, mule deers and peccaries. Our guide Jorge had found few groups of sheep beforehand. There weren’t the direct road from the ranch to the hunting place and it took us three hours to drive there. When we arrived Jorge led us to the southern slope though the sheep were noticed on the northern one. He thought that the animals would come but it didn’t happen. It’s evidently that animals prefer to stay in shadow when it’s hot and there are much more food for them. We waited for three hours when I convinced Jorge to come to the northern side where two guides were observing sheep. They saw two different groups, the first one consists of four females and two males in 600m from us and the second bigger one was in 1.5 km from us. Sheep had day rest and we had to wait. At 2 pm I insisted on moving to the first group. They wouldn’t come to us in any case. The females were alarmed, although they did not leave, but began to behave cautiously. I didn’t notice any males there. Sergio by walkie talkie suggested to come to the second group. Jorge weighed about 110 kg and I guessed that he disliked the idea to walk so far but the decision was taken. The wind was blowing into our backs, which could not help but worry, because the sheep could smell us and ran away. Trekking took about an hour. Jorge was far behind me and I decided not to wait him and went on. After climbing up I saw the groups of sheep. Most of them were females, I found just one male in the bush. The distance was 300m. Sergio has the rifle 300 wm which is accurate bus has one feature very easy trigger release. It’s good for mountain hunts but you have to know how to work with it or can make a random shot. I was laying and watching for the only ram which was closed by females. At last it got up on the open rocks and I made the only but accurate shot. The ram fell. Other animals had ran but not far, it meant that the bighorn was died and they didn’t understand the reason. At that moment me and the operator noticed three more males and even bigger but the permit was closed. I got the trophy. It was my 37th sheep from the MHC list. Next day we decided to hunt for the mule deer because had enough time before the departure. We started early morning and drove till 3 pm, met two young males and lots of females but didn’t find trophy size deer. I received pleasure from that hunt in any case. Hunting is the process and it’s not always finished by the shot.

После добычи якутского снежного барана, на другой день переехали на места обитания охотского снежного барана. Ехали по речке по большим  камням на двух автомашинах УАЗ, специально подготовленных на портальных мостах VOLVO Laplander  и Камазе течение 5-7 часов. По приезду проводники Петр и Николай ушли наверх в разведку, через 3 часа по рации доложили об обнаружении трофейных баранов. Решили подниматься на завтра. Встали в 6 утра, в 8 часов утра выдвинулись в горы. В 12 часов дня отрелялся с дистанции 412 метров из винтовки в калибре 7 mm rem mag. Спустились к автомашинам в 16 часов и сразу выехали. К 22 часам подьехали к базовому лагерю, где нас ждали джипы. На другой день в 6 часов утра выехали в город Якутск.

This hunt impressed me so much that one day I’d write the article not only report. Hope to do it. I’ll try to be short. It took us three days to reach the hunting area and the last two days we treked. After 4 hours sleep we started climbing up. I fired a short at 7.30 am to the nice argali from the 508 m distance and missed. The bullet didn’t reach one meter to the animal. I checked the gun. Zero jumped up/down on 5/4 sm, left/right on 2/1sm. I supposed it happened because of cold and low pressure. The different bullets speed confirmed this idea but I had to check it once again. I took the magazine to the sleeping bag and kept it warm till the next hunt which happened in a day.Next time I shot realizing where Zero could be and used the cartridge which kept warm for it. The shot was done from the distance 545 m, and hit to its the shoulder. The sheep separated from the herd, rose up to 300m and lay down. It became darker, weather changed and we knew that the leopard walked around that’s why we couldn’t wait and got the trophy . It took us an hour. It was my 40th trophy from the MHC list. My deep appreciation to Stalker Group and personally to Evgeny Haritonov who accompanied my in this unforgettable trip. Thanks a lot to Radza Mehmud and his team. Also thank you very much to Seifull Hum for his support.

I continue to tell about mountain hunting in Texas.  I got there one more trophy of the Barbary sheep which didn’t plan before because I took it in Spain already.  But Roudy assured me in the excellent hunting parameters of the local Barbary sheep and I'd decided to hunt for the species which already had.  We immediately drove for the hunt. It took us and hour and a half to reach the elevation 1600-1700 masl.  We examined the surroundings about 3 hours and didn’t detect any male just females with babies.  That’s why we had to make the decision to stay at this region and go on looking for the trophy or drive to the next place where we had seen some sheep while hunted for the Armenian Mouflon.   We didn’t have much time because our flight to Russia would be next day. In thirty minutes Roudy spotted the sheep in 1,5 km from us. It wasn’t huge but had trophy size. I decided not to lose the opportunity.  We drove by buggy 700m to it and hid behind the bush.  Suddenly we noticed one more sheep with more  outstanding parameters.  It was bigger and its horns were  more massive and its’ beard had while color. Roudy and I started to approach them. The sheep didn’t smell us and were moving towards us. I made the first shot when there was 250 meters between us. You can see by video that I hit the aim but it wasn’t the fatal one and the sheep went on moving. I fired once again and hit to its’ neck. The male fall but Roudy suggested to shoot once again just to be sure, because these animals were very strong and it could ran away from us even being badly hurted.  I followed his advice.  It had the impressive size.  Its’ weight was more than 100 kg. The trophy had very interesting color. According its horns it was more than 10 years old.  We made pictures and went back to the camp.  Next morning we had to fly home because the hunt was over already.  We spent 2 days and got three trophies. Thank you very much to Roudy and John for their professional skills, hospitality  and interest in the job. We  were very successful because all team worked well.  I’d got positive experience and ready to go back to Texas.

We got the trophy of the Red Sheep and went back to the camp where we had lunch and decided that the hunting day was over. But our guide Rowdy had other plans. I and my cameraman were tired because of the time difference and didn’t understood each other well. We were going to take rest when Rowdy came and said to prepare for the next hunt. We had to plan to take two trophies but has taken just one. That’s not in my rule book to refuse from such suggestions. I arrived to Texas not to have rest but to take trophies. We drove by buggy about forty minutes when detected the group of barbary sheep and Rowdy offered to take notes of them. But my priority was to get an Armenian mouflon and we decided to concentrate on it, though I promised to think about a Barbary Sheep later. Fortunately Rowdy spotted the males of the Armenian mouflons but couldn’t measure the distance. Something was wrong with the rangefinder. He did it by his own binocular but said the distance in feet. While he converted feet to meters, the males gathered in one group, males and females, and we couldn’t fire because there was the chance to wound the second animal. We had enough time and I decided not to hurry and enjoyed our stay there. We continued to move and tried to solve the problem with the rangefinder. We changed the battery but it didn’t help. It was dusk when Rowdy noticed four males which could have the trophy size. The distance was 900 meters. We approached them from the left. Our guide expressed concern that sheep could reveal us on the open place and so it happened. When it was 300 m to the group they smelled us and ran to the opposite side. We turned out to be on the opposite slope and decided to fire. The topography of the slope wasn’t comfortable for shooting and it took time to find the place and aim. I spent about 2-3 minutes to find the aim. It was too much in such situation. I shot ahead. We all followed the bullet by eyes and saw how it came a little bit higher, though according my calculation it would have to hit the goal. When I arrived back to Ekaterinburg and analyzed the video, we saw that the bullet went before the male’s breast. We think that the wind’s changed its trajectory. It’s an experience which I’ll use in future. So, let’s come back to Texas. I missed the shot and we drove back to the ranch. We had dinner and went to bed because Rowdy promised to wake up us before the sunrise. The weather changed and it became cold. Our PH explained that the wind which prevented us to hit the male yesterday , brought this cold. But the sun rose and it became warmer. In a half an hour after we left the ranch, Rowdy detected the herd of males in 350m from us. I was picking the place to shoot when mouflons disappeared from the sight. We couldn’t understand what had happened but decided to drive around the slope and did it. I spotted two males which were running and made the signal to Rowdy. He nodded and pointed to shoot the left one because it had the trophy size. I couldn’t time to think it over and fired from the shoulder. Nobody noticed whether I hit it or not. We reached the place where the males were before and found the blood. It was a good sign but the bloody track leaded parallel to the slope. When the animal is badly injured it runs down, not parallel . Fortunately in thirty meters the tracks led down and in ten metes down we found the male. It was my second American trophy- Armenian Mouflon. It was the interesting animal, bigger a little bit than the Red Sheep though they looked similar. The main difference between these two species is in the end of the horns. Now we were ready to take the third trophy.