[The Beauty Of Nature, "add Yours"]

Imagine this: No other human on a 25 km radius, no artificial lights during the night 

[Roe Buck]

11 hours ago, The one said:

The head on the buck in the first picts a bit different , think it would make a medal ??.

Is the same animal, is just the difference from winter coat.

I'm sure that it was a medal (at least silver). His father (the one from the bottom) was a gold medal. I will upload a better picture when I will be back home

 

[Roe Buck]

Nobody was able to shot him, he is now old and with a smaller trophy.

Here is another picture of him but is made in spring (~250m distance and an old Nikon D3100 55-300)

[Your Trail cam pics]

[Driven hunting in Romania]

Driven hunting is, in my opinion, the traditional way of hunting in my country.  The main species hunted this way are wild boars (the most popular), foxes, golden jackals, hares and pheasants. When we manage to get rid of the stupid bureaucracy imposed by the "greens", we are also hunting bears and wolves in the same way.  We are not allowed to hunt red stags or roe deers in this way. In most cases, driven hunting is not possible without hunting dogs and we are using a variety of them but the most spreaded ones are  Transylvanian Scenthounds (Sadly, due to frequent injuries, many hunters are not using pure breeds for wild boar hunting)

Usually, each hunting association has the members grouped so that each group will hunt in a specific hunting area, managed by them. The hunting areas are big in Romania, no less than 3.000ha in the plains and no less than 10.000ha in the mountains. In the past, each member had to pay an annual fee to his association  (~300E) and in return he will be allowed to participate each weekend on a driven hunt for the species that they had in that area. Also, in the same fee, it was included a hunting permit for all the migratory birds and for pest control.  The members will also have a smaller price for hunting any species. Now, the offer is diversifying and one could find associations where he will pay a smaller annual fee but will had to pay something each time he wants to go hunting.  They need to use marketing tools and for some of them is hard to adapt.

I'm a member in 2 different associations, one with 32 managed hunting areas and another one with ~20  hunting areas. I could find anything in both of them, from quails and pheasants up to the  red stags and chamois. A normal hunting party is formed by 8-20 hunters + beaters but from time to time they are also organising hunts with many peoples in areas well known for having a plenty of game (usually, you need to pay for participating to this kind of hunting).

A few pictures from this season:

And one from a payed hunt:

 

 

In terms of hunting equipment, I should mention that is mandatory to wear some orange clothes during the hunt for easily identifying each other. Shotguns with slugs are still the main used weapons and they are especially efficient in areas with thick vegetation. In the last years, more and more hunters switched to rifles due to their superior power at longer distances (most popular choices are .30-06, 300WM, 8x68S and 9.3x62 but many are also using smaller calibers: 7x57, .308W).

I'm using a 9.3x62 equipped with a Leica Magnus 2.5-16x56 on a quick detachable mount. The chosen ammo is Norma Oryx 18.5g, one of the most popular used for big game here (you could see in the next picture why)

Since I'm not having too much luck on driven hunts , I often pay additional hunting permits for hunting wild boars alone with the gamekeeper (but this is another topic)

 

 

 

[Roe Buck]

[Hares]

[The Beauty Of Nature, "add Yours"]

[Let's See Your Phone Shots !!]

Searching for a nice roebuck

Wild Boars in the evening 

[Hello From Romania]

@Haiddheliwr Thank you

 

@Cockers89 small progress with the pups.

3 months old for the german wirehaired pointer, training started in my backyard Tomorrow I will walk her in an area where we should find some wild pheasants

[Hello From Romania]

Thank you for the warm welcome!

 

Just returned from a 6 days hunting trip. The red stag season just started in Romania and the show was fantastic in my first night (5 stags roaring near me).

But the wolves started to chase them an now is no roar in my area.

Waiting for cold weather...

 

[Big Game Driven Hunt]

Hello,

 

Is there any big game driven hunt in UK?

If yes, how is this usually organized?

 

I was in UK (Exeter area) for about 3 weeks and I have seen many wild animals on the fields (mostly roe deer and foxes). It seems that the agriculture occupies almost the entire land, leaving little room for wild vegetation (used as shelter from big animals)

[7.62 For Deer]

Very easy, just buy 308win bud.

A good advice.

@treefella don't waste time and money with military rifles for hunting.

You could have a variety of bullets in .30-06 or .308 specially designed for hunting. And is no animal in Europe that could stand in front of the old .30-06, from foxes to bears

[Hello From Romania]

Good right up ....... So what's the price for the hunting trips ..?? Or is this not another sales pitch lol

 

I'm not selling anything

I work in the IT world and hunting is for me just a passion and not a business

[Hello From Romania]

Hello,

 

I'm from Romania and I reticently discovered this forum.

Hunting is a family tradition in my case and I remember going out in the nature since when I was only a small child.

I like old hunting weapons and I have one shotgun (16/70 Merkel Suhl from 1963) for small game and also mixed-bag driven hunts. I also have an old ZB rifle in 7x57 (or .275 Rigby) from 1947 for deer hunting and a lever-action Winchester in .45-70 for big game driven hunts (mostly wild boars).

I go hunting in the entire country because we have a variety of ecosystems and we are able to hunt everything from quails, rabbits and waterfowl in the plains up to red stags, wild boars, wolves and bears in the mountains. Mi favorite area remains the one close to my home - the hills near to Carpathian mountains. A few pictures from my hunting club available here http://www.ajvpsbuzau.ro/en/hunting/

 

I'm interested mostly in old hunting weapons, wildlife management and on how others are able to promote hunting in their countries.

I hope that this is a good place for finding such information and for sharing experiences.

 

Regards,

Daniel

 

P.S. A few photos from my hunts:

 

P.S.2 I love to hunt with dogs and I recently acquired 2 lovely pups.

Nera a german wirehaired pointer (the one in black )

and Ela, a jagdterrier