Hunting in Croatia
Croatia is one of Europe’s most underrated hunting destinations, offering genuinely wild country, excellent driven wild boar, mountain chamois and a range of deer, all in a compact and accessible corner of the continent. The heart of Croatian hunting lies in the forested Dinaric mountains of Gorski Kotar, Lika and the Velebit, some of the […]
Spain Ibex Hunting Trips
Spain is the only country in the world where you can hunt four distinct subspecies of ibex, which makes it the natural home of mountain hunting in Europe and the setting for one of the sport’s most respected achievements, the Spanish Ibex Grand Slam. The four subspecies are the Gredos, the Beceite, the Southeastern, also […]
Marco Polo Sheep Hunting
Marco Polo sheep hunting is widely regarded as the ultimate mountain hunt, a pursuit of the world’s largest wild sheep across the highest inhabited mountains on earth. The Marco Polo, a subspecies of the argali, carries the longest horns of any sheep in the world, commonly reaching the mid-fifties in inches and occasionally exceeding sixty. […]
Moose Hunting Canada
Canada is the world’s premier destination for moose hunting, offering the chance to pursue the largest member of the deer family across vast, genuinely wild country. The best hunting is found in British Columbia, the Yukon, Alberta and Newfoundland, and the prime time is the autumn rut, which runs from around mid-September to mid-October, when […]
Buffalo Hunting Africa
Buffalo hunting in Africa means pursuing the Cape buffalo, one of the continent’s Big Five and widely considered the definitive dangerous game animal, on foot across wild country. It is done by tracking, closing to within thirty to eighty yards, and placing a precise shot from a heavy calibre rifle on an animal that can […]
What Is the Difference Between Trophy and Meat Hunting
The difference between trophy and meat hunting comes down to the hunter’s primary goal. Meat hunting is undertaken chiefly to put food on the table, so the focus is on the eating quality of the animal, often a younger or female animal from an abundant population. Trophy hunting is undertaken chiefly to take a particular […]
Hunting Species and Seasons in England
England offers a genuinely wide range of hunting, from six species of deer to driven game birds, wildfowl and wild boar, and each has its own season set in law. In broad terms, deer stalking for males runs from around August to April, the game bird and wildfowl seasons fall across autumn and winter, and […]
What to Expect on a Chamois Hunt
A chamois hunt is a demanding but genuinely achievable mountain stalk, and what you should expect is long days of climbing and glassing across steep ground, punctuated by a careful stalk and a challenging angled shot. It is physically testing rather than extreme, well within reach of any hunter in sound walking condition who has […]
Where to Hunt Deer and Boar in England
England offers genuinely excellent deer hunting and far more limited wild boar hunting, and it is important to understand the difference before you plan a trip. All six species of British deer, red, roe, fallow, sika, muntjac and Chinese water deer, can be found and stalked across England, with strong populations spread through the West […]
Why Romania Is Underrated for Hunting
Romania is one of the most rewarding hunting destinations in Europe, yet it is consistently overlooked in favour of more famous names like Hungary, Austria and Spain. That is exactly what makes it underrated. Romania offers the largest-bodied red stags found anywhere on the continent, a chamois pedigree that includes the world record, abundant wild […]
