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The EXTENDED MEETING OF THE TROPHY COMMISSION of the Mountain Hunters Club took place on July 27th.At the meeting, a decision was made to clarify and amend the CMH rating lists.I. On changing the procedure for registering the Corsican mouflon, included in the OVIS list of the CMHThe International Club GSCO has decided to change the registration of Corsican mouflon trophies. Due to the fact that the homeland of the Corsican mouflon is the island of Corsica, where hunting for this subspecies is currently closed, hunters were able to hunt it only in a limited area of ​​mainland France, where the Corsican mouflon was previously introduced. The Association of French Outfitters has initiated, together with GSCO, a hunting and conservation program for the mouflon in the south of the French mainland. From now on, the Corsican mouflon, which lives in the south of mainland France, will be called the FRENCH CORSICAN MOUFLON (Ovis gmelini Corsicana-continentis). Its range has also expanded.Details of the mouflon conservation program, as well as the rationale for the name change, can be found in the attached GSCO article.The Trophy Commission of the KGO decided: Change in the OVIS KGO rating list (position 54) the name "Corsican Mouflon" to FRENCH CORSICAN MOUFLON (Ovis gmelini Corsicana-continentis)    2. Make appropriate changes to the description of the range of the species in the section "Mountain Ungulates", based on the map presented in the GSCO article.    3. Previously registered Corsican Mouflon trophies will be automatically transferred to the new category. For the members of the Club who obtained them, nothing changes.The adopted decisions come into force on September 01, 2022.

Beretta Awards for 2022 were presented at the annual convention of the Italian chapter of Safari Club International (SCI), held in Florence on July 8. The Italian chapter of SCI is the largest in number, it unites more than 450 members. This award is presented annually. Any member of the Italian division of SCI can nominate one of his trophies, got on each of the continents for the Beretta award. The Commission reviews all the materials (field photo, the trophy measurement sheet according to the SCI system, a brief report how it's been got) and selects the first 10 trophies for each continent. The nominees receive prizes stylized as plates, with the indication of the serial number and the year of the award. The main nominee of the year is selected among all the winners by continent. Then the winner is awarded a prize in the form of a statuette – a hunter with a trophy. The peculiarity of the 2022 convention was that it has not been held due to the restrictions associated with the pandemic since 2019 , and three prizes were awarded at once – based on the results of the past three years. We congratulate the Club member Erich Muller on receiving the highest Beretta award of the Italian chapter of SCI for 2022. His trophy of an Aoudad sheep, got in Sudan, was recognized as the best among all the nominees. Group photo - a joint photo of three winners of the Beretta prize, presented in different years: From left to right: Elena Fileppo; Secretary of the Italian Chapter of SCI Uberto d'entreves; Erich Mueller - 2022; Marco Giovannini – 2021; Massimo Locatelli - 2020; President of the Italian Divisionof SCI Tiziano Terzi

Our congratulations to Sergey Yastrzhembsky, a member of the Club of Mountain Hunters, who received the awards: #6 – Asia for Bukhara urial hunted in Tajikistan, #2 – Africa for the African striped hyena from Tanzania #2 – America for the Bighorn sheep of the Rocky Mountains.

Our congratulations to Amon Amon 75 , the member of the Club of Mountain Hunters who received the awards of SCI the Italian Chapterfor 2022:#2 – Europe for Alpine Ibex from Austria#1 – Asia for a Bezoar goat, got in Turkey

A number of decisions, related to clarifying and making changes to the rating lists of CMH, were made at the meeting. I. On the inclusion of the Kharaulakh snow sheep in the OVIS list of the CMH 1. To include the Kharaulakh snow sheep in the OVIS rating list of the Club of Mountain Hunters with a rating score 3. To Make appropriate changes to the Club's website The detailed material on the genetic difference of the snow sheep of the Kharaulakh range from other subspecies of the snow sheep, as well as the scientific justification for its allocation as a separate subspecies can be found in Information about the Kharaulakh sheep  II. On the exclusion of a number of species from the CMH rating lists. 1. Only trophies hunted in free (unfenced) territories are accepted for registration in accordance with the rules of the Club. In this regard, it was decided to exclude from the CMH rating lists those species that currently do not live in open areas. The following species are no longer accepted for registration in the Club of Mountain Hunters. - Mountain kri-kri goat, got in Macedonia - Nubian mountain goat introduced in South Africa - Nubian mountain goat introduced to the USA - Mountain goat Bezoar, introduced in New Mexico, USA - Barbary of Aoudad sheep introduced to South Africa - Trans-Caspian urial introduced to Texas, USA 2. These species remain in the lists of the CMH, but are marked with a special footnote "not accepted for registration" 3. 3. Points for  trophies of the listed types that have been hunted before the ban are not canceled. III. The info about the algorithm for assigning an ordinal number in the rating of Club members with an equal number of points. If two or more hunters have an equal number of points in the rating table , the following algorithm for assigning an ordinal number in the rating is used: - to take into account the number of animals taken in case of an equal number of points. A higher number in the rating is assigned to the hunter who has got a larger number of animals - if the number of animals among hunters also turns out to be equal, then a higher position in the rating list is awarded to the one who registered the trophy giving the total score earlier. The decisions taken come into force from the moment of publication on the website.

Congratulations to Alexey Kim on receiving the OVIS and CAPRA World Slam Super 20 awards!

«The long-awaited trophy of the Rocky Mountain Bighorn in Montana has brought me two honorary awards of the Ovis Club."Grand Slam" for the hunting of 4 different sheep in North America.And the "Triple Slam", which is awarded to the owner of the "Grand Slam", "Ovis World Slam" and "Capra World Slam"I am one accurate shot away from getting the "Ovis World Slam Super 30» (Sergey Yastrzhembsky).

The President of the Club, E.V. Bendersky, addressed the participants of the meeting, told about the implementation of the Club's environmental initiatives. This year, with the financial support of the Club, the first stage of the program for the study, conservation and rational use of a new subspecies of the snow sheep of the Kharaulakh ridge was implemented, developed by the KGO together with the relevant departments of the Ministry of Ecology and Nature Management of Russia, the Ministry of Ecology and Nature Management of Yakutia, as well as a number of scientific institutions in Russia. The start of this program was given thanks to the scientific work of the All-Russian Institute of Animal Husbandry on genotyping biological samples of snow sheep, including those collected by members of the Club. Thanks to the research of Natalia A. Zinovieva (director of the Institute) and researcher Arsen Dotsev, the genetic difference between snow sheep living on the Kharaulakh ridge in Yakutia from other subspecies of sheep was revealed. In August 2021, an expedition was undertaken to carry out current accounting work and collect scientific information about this subspecies of sheep. Processing the results of the expedition and genetic research data makes it possible to make a decision on the inclusion of the Kharaulakh snow sheep in the KGO rating tables, as well as to give reasonable recommendations to international hunting clubs on the allocation of this subspecies in their trophy categories. The implementation of this program will continue next year. To ensure this, it is planned to create a special fund for the study and conservation of the Kharaulakh snow sheep. To date, the costs of implementing the first stage of the program amounted to 7,336,400 rubles. The project to restore the number of Caucasian chamois and bezoar goat in the North Caucasus, fundraising for which was started last year, entered a new phase in 2021: The Department of State Policy and Regulation in the field of Hunting and the Federal State Budgetary Institution "Federal Center for the Development of Hunting" of the Ministry of Natural Resources of the Russian Federation, with the support of the Club, began trapping animals to create breeding stock in the nursery. As of today, 3 chamois have already been placed in the nursery, one of them was born already in our nursery, and 5 bezoar goats. It is impossible not to note the contribution to the implementation of this project of the head of the hunting Department of the MPR Filatov A.A. and the director of the Federal State Budgetary Institution "Federal Center for the Development of Hunting Economy" Morgunov N.A. The financial expenses of the Club for the implementation of the creation of a Nursery and the capture of animals amounted to 64,037,000 rubles. The implementation of such large-scale environmental projects would have been impossible without the financial support of Club members, project sponsors, participants of the annual Auction of the Club. The President of the Club celebrated the new patrons Vyacheslav Gorb, Magomed Nabiev and Vyacheslav Saakov with the presentation of commemorative plaques and badges. Many members of the Club are at the same time members of other international clubs, receive high recognition at the international level. Alexander Egorov is the only Russian who has been awarded the highest hunting award – the Weatherby Prize. Today we also congratulate him on the award of the OVIS Prize– the highest award of the OVIS Grand Slam International club. This year Vyacheslav Gorb and Sergey Yastrzhembsky joined the Spanish club of mountain hunters Culminum Magister. Many members of the CLC participate in the ratings of the International Safari Club SCI, the OVIS Club. Yuri Vasiliev was awarded the Prize "Goats and Capricorns 20" by the Ovis International Club this year. Sergey Yastrzhembsky was awarded the highest international award for hunting ethics and environmental activities - the Conklin Prize for 2022. This year, a big event was the release of S. Yastrzhembsky's film "Hope Shot" on the cinema screens. The premiere of the film took place within the framework of the Moscow International Film Festival. Director of the Department of State Policy and Regulation in the field of hunting of the Ministry of Natural Resources of the Russian Federation Falatov A.A. presented the gratitude of the Ministry of Natural Resources for participation in the program of study and conservation of the snow sheep of the Kharaulakh ridge Alekseev Vladimir Vladimirovich, director of the Municipal Unitary Enterprise "Primorsky", and the president of the Fund "snow leopard" Medvedev Dmitry Germanovich. Filatov A.A. Thanked the Club for cooperation in the field of conservation and rational use of wildlife resources. Alexander Kuznetsov, Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Sverdlovsk Region, made an invitation to participate in the hunting exhibition "Caliber 2022" on March 24-27 in Yekaterinburg. In addition to the commercial part of the exhibition, an extensive business program, an exhibition of hunting trophies and courses for experts on trophy evaluation according to the CIC system are planned. An auction was held to raise funds for the implementation of environmental projects of the Club: restoration of the number of mountain ungulates of the North Caucasus, study and conservation of the snow sheep of the Kharaulakh ridge. The most emotional and solemn part of the evening's program was the awarding ceremony of the Club members with prizes and awards. A new line of prizes in the Russian Super Cup nomination was presented: for 15, 30 and 35 trophies from the list of hunting animal species of Russia. For more information about the Club's prize system and their levels, see the Awards section The prizes of Rosokhotrybolovsoyuz "Magnificent Seven" and "Mountain Five" were presented by the President of Rosokhotrybolovsoyuz Aramileva Tatiana Sergeevna. Representatives of the Precision Shooting Federation of Russia presented their gratitude to Vladislav Reznik for supporting the Federation's initiative to recognize and add a new sport – long-range shooting to the All-Russian register. On behalf of the Ullmann International Foundation for the Protection of Large Game in Europe, the Foundation's Diplomas were presented to the Club members by Eduard Bendersky. Prizes and awards of the Mountain Hunters Club were solemnly presented by the President of the Club Eduard Bendersky and a member of the Trophy Commission of the Club Alexander Egorov.The list of all nominees awarded at the evening includes more than 30 people.Rosokhotrybolovsoyuz prizes "Magnificent Seven" and "Mountain Five"Alexey Kim - The Magnificent SevenShevchenko Alexey - The Magnificent SevenGorb Vyacheslav - Magnificent Seven and Mountain FiveKobrakov Ivan - Mountain FiveKim Victor - The Magnificent SevenULLMANN Foundation international awards:Vladislav Reznik, he was awarded the prize in 2021;And also to the Club members who previously supported the Ullmann Foundation and received its awards:Alexander Egorov, Eduard Bendersky, Leonid Palko, Sergei Puzankevich, Yuri Vasiliev.Certificates for achieving new levels in the nominations of the Mountain Hunters Club are awarded: Dontsov Igor Goats of the worldSheep of the worldCapricorns of the world Bronze Gubin Pavel Russian Caucasian Gold PrizeBig Caucasian Prize Bronze Dmitry Ivanov Russian Caucasian Prize Diamond Tyutchev Sergey Bighorn sheep of Russia Silver Kobrakov Ivan Bighorn sheep of Russia Gold Tsekhanov Vyacheslav Capricorns of the world Bronze Egorov Alexander Capricorns of the world GoldChamois of the world Diamond Nazarkin Sergey Sheep of the world Reznik Vladislav Goats of the World Super 50                  Плакетками и Призами Клуба горных охотников награждаются: Puzankevich Sergei Goats of the world Super 20 PLAQUET Achapovsky Vasily Bighorn sheep of Russia Brilliant PLAQUETSheep of the world PLAQUETThe goats of the world PLAQUET Arifullin Eldar Russian Caucasian Prize DIAMOND PLAQUET AND PRIZE Saakov Vyacheslav Russian Caucasian Prize DIAMOND PLAQUET AND PRIZEGreat Caucasian Prize - Certificate Khromov Ivan Russian Caucasian Prize Brilliant PRIZEGreat Caucasian Prize - Certificate Kononovich Voytekh Bighorn sheep of Russia Brilliant PRIZE Razzhivin Sergey Bighorn sheep of Russia Brilliant PRIZE Starostin Spiridon Bighorn sheep of Russia Brilliant PRIZERussian Caucasian Prize Brilliant PRIZE Shirokov Evgeniy Big Caucasian Prize Gold PLAQUETBighorn sheep of Russia Brilliant PLAQUETChamois of the world Silver PLAQUETMarkhor of the world PRIZECapricorns of the World Gold - CertificateSheep of the world PRIZEGoats of the world PRIZE Gorb Vyacheslav Bighorn sheep of Russia Brilliant PLAQUETRussian Caucasian Prize Diamond PLAQUETSheep of the world PRIZEGoats of the world PRIZE Alexey Kim Sheep of the world PRIZEGoats of the world PRIZE   "Russian Mountain Hunter's Cube" was awarded to:Kononovich VoytekhRazzhivin SergeyGorb VyacheslavAchapovsky VasilyStarostin Spiridon PRIZE RUSSIAN CUP SUPER 15for the production of 15 subspecies of game animals in Russia from the list of the Russian Super Cup number 1 receivedBendersky Edward PRIZE RUSSIAN SUPER CUP for the production of 35 subspecies of hunting animals in Russia from the list of the Russian Super Cup receivedVasiliev Yuri The MOUNTAIN HUNTER OF THE YEAR 2021 award this year will be awarded to:Shirokov Evgeniy(during the reporting period, he obtained 13 trophies of mountain ungulates from the rating lists of the Club of Mountain Hunters)

Alexander Anatolyevich Egorov was awarded the OVIS prize, the highest award of the Grand Slam Club Ovis!Awarded on the basis of a combination of other awards and the number of trophies obtained. This is the first of our compatriots to receive the OVIS prize.Congratulations!

Dear friends!On December 16, 2021, a New Year's meeting of members will take place Club of Mountain Hunters!

Congratulations to Yuri Vasiliev on the OVIS International Club award - Goats and Capricorns 20!

The Club of Mountain Hunters is deeply saddened to announce that Bernard Lohse, who celebrated his 75th birthday in September, has died. The former President and Honorary President of the largest European public organization of hunters – the International Council for Hunting and Wildlife Conservation (CIC), head of the French delegation of CIC and a great friend of the Mountain Hunters Club Bernard Lohse was a man of valor and honor. Bernard was the President of CIC for 6 years, it was during his presidency that the 58th General Assembly of CIC was organized in St. Petersburg in 2011. During his time in such a high position, Bernard Lohse has done a lot for the global development of sustainable hunting practices in order to preserve wildlife and natural biotopes, as well as to support local communities and preserve hunting heritage. CIC has established new ties with environmental organizations during these 6 years. Cooperation with international veterinary organizations has been strengthened. The number of CIC member States was increased, which increased the status of this international organization. Russian was recognized as the fourth official language of the CIC, thanks to Loze's principled position. He loved life very much, adored music and singing since childhood, loved his France and his Russia. Being a child, Bernard spent every Sunday with his Russian grandparents, thanks to whom he learned Russian. Since the 1990s, he had been in our country almost monthly, first for business, and then just for the sake of hunting. He hunted in Kamchatka three times and not only there. He loved to travel to places of interest. Bernard Lohse had done a lot for relations between our countries, became one of the creators and ideologists, as well as co-chairman of the "Assembly of the Peoples of Eurasia", a participant in the Franco-Russian dialogue, permanent ambassador of Russia to the West and tried to do everything possible in the name of peace and friendship. In 2019, Bernard Lohse was awarded the highest state award of the Russian Federation, the Order of Friendship for his services in strengthening peace and friendship between peoples. "I love Russia and I feel at home here," Bernard Lohse once said. – Among my closest Russian friends, I should mention especially Eduard Bendersky and his team, Yuri Lozovsky, Vladimir Melnikov.” The leadership of the CMH expresses its sincere condolences to the family and friends of Bernard Lohse. We'll always remember this wonderful man, and a piece of his noble soul will forever remain in our hearts.

Dear Club members!The date of the New Year's meeting of the members of the CSC has been approved - December 16, 2021!Participant registration conditions and additional information will be announced later.

We congratulate Sergey Yastrzhembsky with the award of a high international award for the hunting ethics and environmental protection. (Conklin Award - https://www.theconklinfoundation.com). The Conklin Prize honors the memory of James E. Conklin, M.D., superior hunter and dedicated conservationist. Dr. Conklin demonstrated the highest degree of ethics in his extensive hunting career. He was for a strong commitment to wildlife conservation. The Conklin Prize's mission has been formulated according these ideas: "The Conklin Prize recognizes the world's greatest active hunter who chases game in the most challenging conditions with the highest standards of ethics and fair hunting, and is an active participant in wildlife conservation." This high award was awarded at one time: Bela Hidwegi, Alan Sakman, Jay Link, Jim Shocky, Rene Schneider, Alan Smith, Pepe Madrazo, etc. In 2018, Alexander Egorov became the first Russian hunter to receive the Conklin Prize.

On August 19, as part of the celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Veche publishing house, the authors of the publishing house were awarded the badges "Excellent Hunter" of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation.Honorary awards were awarded to: Nikolai Nikolaevich Drozdov, biogeographer and zoologist, Doctor of Biological Sciences, professor of the Department of Biogeography of the Geographical Faculty of Moscow State University, author of a number of books and textbooks on biogeography, nature conservation and ornithology, a great friend of the publishing house and a nationally beloved TV presenter; Mikhail Tarkovsky, a writer and poet who continues the traditions of Russian classical literature, living and creating in the Krasnoyarsk Territory, author of the books "Fishing were", "Yenisei, let go", etc., the main theme of which is the root a Russian man on the banks of the Yenisei, his relationship with the Siberian nature, with his fellow men, with the rest of Russia,the author of the project "Happy People"; Vladimir Topilin, a Krasnoyarsk writer, the author of "Taiga blood", "Daughter of the Gray White Mountains", "The Path of women's tears", "When the Edelweiss bloom", a witness trying to reveal for certain the history of the development of Siberia, to discover an amazing world filled with beauty and life – giving power. The award in Moscow for Vladimir Stepanovich was received by the deputy.Head of the Representative Office of the Krasnoyarsk Territory in Moscow-Yulia Vitalievna Karaseva;Russian Russian Hunting Cuisine Elizaveta Tselikhova, senior researcher at the All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Hunting Economy, author of the books "Dictionary of the Russian Hunting language", "Russian hunting cuisine" and others.Vladimir Kichin, senior editor of the Veche Publishing House, head of the Applied Literature department. The awards were presented by the director of the Hunting Department of the MPR of the Russian Federation Andrey Filatov. He warmly congratulated the awardees and thanked them for their contribution to the study, development and popularization of hunting.The general director of the Veche publishing house, Leonid Leonidovich Palko, in response, presented Andrey Alexandrovich with a Certificate for many years of cooperation.

The Ullmann Prize Award was established in 1995 to stimulate the development of big game hunting in Europe and increase interest in collecting hunting trophies of European species in order to attract hunters to travel to all corners of the European continent. Vladislav hunted in 11 countries for 19 years to get all the types of hunting animals necessary to receive this hunting award. The Organizing Committee of the Ullmann Foundation also noted the active work of V. Reznik as a deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, aimed at ensuring that hunting, the rights of hunters and nature protection through sustainable nature management take their place in Russian legislation.

On Amendments to the Federal Law "On Hunting and Conservation of Hunting Resources and on Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian FederationAdopted by the State Duma on May 19, 2021 Approved by the Federation Council on June 2, 2021 Today the President signed a law, the importance of which for the hunting industry is difficult to overestimate. The specifics of hunting activities is the need to invest significant funds in biotechnical and other activities aimed at preserving and reproducing populations of wild animals, creating a hunting infrastructure. In this case, we are talking about long-term investments (from 25 to 49 years) in the context of the objective difficulties of long-term planning. Until today, the hunting user did not have any legal guarantees for the investments made. With the adoption of the law, the investors in the hunting economy had mechanisms for the assignment of rights and obligations under the hunting agreement, as well as guarantees to continue their activities as a matter of priority, with the conscientious fulfillment of their obligations to manage the populations of game animals. By the way, an important novelty of the adopted law is the establishment of a direct obligation to maintain at least a minimum number of hunting animals within the boundaries of the assigned hunting grounds, violation of which will result in the termination of the hunting agreement in court.

Federal Law No. 209-FZ of June 11, 2021 "On Amendments to Article 78 of the Land Code of the Russian Federation and Article 114 of the Forest Code of the Russian Federation"Adopted by the State Duma on June 2, 2021 Approved by the Federation Council on June 2, 2021 Today, the President also signed a law returning the hunting practice to the traditional framework historically adopted in Russia. This is a law that removes formal restrictions on the conduct of hunting activities within a 30-kilometer zone around settlements on agricultural land and in green forest zones. It should be emphasized that hunting on agricultural lands around villages and villages has always been historically carried out in Russia. The signed law removes excessive restrictions unreasonably introduced in 2016. Also, green zones of forests around settlements (not to be confused with forest park zones!) Are traditionally habitats for wild animals, whose populations need to be managed, which was unreasonably forgotten in 2019 when this category of protective forests was legislatively regulated.