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Because is already April, scheduling a bear hunt for this spring is no longer possible (not enough time to prepare all the paper work, after 15th of April in some areas the fur is not nice anymore). I have 4 licenses available for autumn

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Never say never, and I guess that is perfectly acceptable with problem bears. Sometime, a bear could do damages more frequently than others. Bellow is an example of such a bear from my area. He had severe tooth problems and did huge damages in pigs, goats, sheep and cows For most people, bear hunting is something they do only once and I believe that it should be done properly. In this way, one will also have a warm memory, not only an impressive rug on his floor or on his wall. If anyone is interested for a once in a lifetime hunt (3-5 days of hunting on foot, stalking for the right

For the first time after many years, we also have a spring season for brown bear in Romania. The government had to do something to reduce the number of human-bear conflicts due to a huge increase of deaths, injuries and agricultural damages after the hunting ban. Hunting in Romania for a brown bear is not o problem of "IF" one could hunt his bear or not. It may be a problem of "How big" or "What kind of hunt". The density is simply unbelievable in many areas of the country... If you want to hunt a big bear in Romania but you are from a country where bear sighting is rare or impossible, it

After the young buck hunted during the rut, my wife asked me to hunt more young animals because it is easier to cook. I was out looking for a decent wild boar but I decided to shot this male in the last day of the roe deer season. It was difficult due to the females in the background but I managed to take a clean shot trough the ribs without damaging the meat. And this was the roe deer season end for me...

I think that the worst time to go after a buck is right after the rut season. For at least 3-4 weeks after the rut I see mostly females on our hills. The same thing is also valid for red stag. However, since I was unable to go after them at the beginning of the summer, I need to suffer and work extra for each hunt. It was exactly as I expected during this hunt, plenty of females and young males but no decent buck in my sights. We decided to change the strategy and, instead of waiting for them to show off from some nice spotting locations (like the one from the picture bellow)

@sparky the hunter, thank you for your kind words! I'm usually not a very big fan of hunting roe deer during the rut season because I want to also enjoy their meat. I think that it requires more attention at cooking if is hunted in this period. However, I could not refuse an invitation from a hunting club and here is the result - a lovely buck with some very interesting antlers. My first evening was entertaining, I managed to see 9 females and a young red stag but no roe buck. The next day I also took the Buttolo blatter to try to call a late rut season male. To both mine and gamekee

I'm rarely hunting for "big" game in the plain areas, I feel like something is missing when I'm stalking in open field. Maybe is the lack of trees, maybe I don't like stalking between different crops, not sure exactly ... Anyway, I planned a fishing trip in a different county and my godfather suggested me to also take my rifle because the roe deer rut season is at his peak in that area and I have good chances to see old bucks in open field. Usually they remain mostly hidden in small forests or near the rivers. I had no luck at fishing and I decided to make it short and try a buck the

It's been a while since I last posted here. Life went crazy with family and children, the economy suffered due to pandemic and war and hunting was somehow less important for a while. I finally managed to find some time for roe buck hunt and, after 2 days with many other beasts in sights (stags and bears but also with young buck), my luck changed and I finally found a buck good enough. I was in the forest, going down towards a clearance when I spotted this male at about 72m. After a quick evaluation, I decided to take the shot despite the sharp angle, the small window between the tree bran

Is this a popular thing to do in UK? In the video is my father in law calling a young stag. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aemiEeIuWQ

in open field they will do little damages, they love to stalk in the forests

In areas where we have a lynx family, roe completely disappears in 2-3 years. They are moving away from danger or they are eaten. I'm saying this from experience, I'm not quoting here from National Geographic or from some TV documentary.

No need to go to Africa for seeing hypocritical "green" behavior. In Romania we are forced to fully protect bears, wolves and lynxes only because we had bad representatives when we negotiated EU membership. The management of big predators was well organized, hunting ~400-500 bears each year and still maintaining a strong population. Now everything is out of controls, human attacks are often, crop and cattle damages are high (and rarely paid!) and revenge killing is a common thing. Bunch of "conservationists" from Germany, France or Holland are lecturing us on how to coexists! It is

I don't know the situation from Scotland

they could put down even adult male stags (even big stags, like ours from Romania). They will stalk from high points (trees or cliffs) and jump at the throat of the the prey. The most affected game will be roe deer. Of course, it will need hiding points to stalk and large forest areas in order to avoid humans. It is very shy. Human attacks are very rare but they exists. Damage in domestic animals are not so bad as the ones from wolves or bears but they exist (especially lambs and goats) The wild cats from the area will be killed and pushed back.