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| Horses is still the most used for transportation in Romania country side. |
Gordon Verhoef from South Africa on a stand on a driven Wild Boar hunt in Iasi region in Romania. This eneded up to be a fantastic drive! |
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| The season for Wild Boar in Romania is from 1st August to 31st January. |
Arni going for a very steep and long distance shoot for a Carpahtian Chamois at 320 meters. |
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| Derrick Calder from Scotland playing for the Wild Boar at the end of the hunting day, |
Derrick with a Wild Boar in Iasi Region. |
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| Some of the drives can be very suggesful , this drive was one of the drives from Iasi region. |
First light when we went stalking for Chamois in Calarasi region. |
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| Early morning in the Carpathian Mountains , country of Chamois and big brown Bears. |
This is from our comfortable Guesthouse in Iasi , excallant accommodation. |
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| Lots and lots of food , if something to much to good. |
The hunting party out side of the Guesthouse in Iasi , Derrick , Ali , Arni Charles , Stephen , David , Gordon and James. |
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| Big lunches in the field every day , lots of meet on the fire , hot red wine and soups. |
In the deep forest in Iasi region. |
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| Last light , Ali from Scotland took this two fime mails at the last light. |
Some ares are high up in the hills in totally open area , very exciting hunt where you see the Boars coming a long distance. |
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| David Richwhite with the beaters , beaters can be sometimes as many as 100 at a time! |
Going home after the last drive , normally we take 5 - 6 drives a day. |
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| Sometime we are at risk with the weather ... still hunting in the blizard snow storm. |
Sometimes the snow is to heavy for the vehicles to get us to the blinds , then the only way is to walk or go by horse wagon. |
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| Great hunting day , Wild Boars can be as big as 350 - 400KG in Romania , Romania is well known for the biggest Wild Boar in teh world. |
After the hunting day , every evening we have a celebration party somewhere in the forest where the local people have prepared some fantastic food for us and drinks , this is the highlights of the hunting day. |
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| Will Burrel photographing Derreick Anan when playing for the Boars. |
Will Burrel and Arni with two of our Romanian friends. |
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| Arni and David after a great lunch. |
They look great! |
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| Fog can make the hunting difficult. |
Almost dark during the middle of the day! You can in fact expect all kind of weather , from 15 Celcius + to 10 Celcius minus , sun , rain , fog or snow , we experienced all this kind of weather during 10 days of hunt. |
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| In Delta Danju we hired a big boat , we stayd over night on the boat , was not bad at all rooms a bit small , but had private bathroom and shower, this was a adventure. |
Delta Danju, of the Islands where we hunted Wild Boar. |
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| The house boat where we spent a few nights on the river. |
Sunset on the Delta Danju. |
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| Charles and Will having a little refreshment at a little fisherman house we found on the river bank in the evening. |
Our man from Romania .. Bogdan making a Wild Boar soop for us. |
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| Arni and Charles with a Delta Danju Wild Boars. |
Prince Constantine .. here we had our dinners on the river. |
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| Very fancy .. I did not expect to find about like this in Romania!! This is the dining room in Prince Constantine. |
The sitting room! |
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| Food was fine and a lot of it, this on board in Prince Constantine. |
Prince Constatine at the harbour. |
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| In the Delt Danju Islands you need serious vehicles to get around. |
Getting ready for the Wild Boar drive. |
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| In the biggest island we could make 2 days of hunting 6 drives each day. |
Happy Will with some good boars. |
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| In the Carpathian mountains we had a very nice lodge , this is my room , must be 25m2 with all comfort. |
From the dining room in the hunting lodge. |
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| The sitting room. |
The bar. |
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| Cozy place and the food was excellant. |
The newly built lodge , you can walk from the lodge in to the forest and you are with in couple of minutes already in the hunting area. |
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| This mountain is right at the hunting lodge and there is number of Chamois roaming the hills. |
Spotting a Chamois on the cliff. The hunting season for Chamois is from 15th September to 15th December. |
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| Bogdan crossing a small river on our way up to the Chamois hunting grounds. |
Chamois Country! |
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| Walking the canyons on a road that was made by the Germans during the world war ll now destroyed but stilla great help for walking. |
Finally reaching the hut up in the mountains , here we takea little nab until the afternoon. Chamois lay down during the middle of the day so there is no use of hunting mid day. |
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| Bear track, best time for Bear hunt is spring and autumn September / October. |
Dinner at Gabys place , picture of Bogdan , Outfitter Edward Burghelea and his brother Outfitter Gaby Burghelea , he is the owner of the lodge and the opperation. |
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| Two Chamois trophies that i took on the first day with the Burgheleas brothers. |
Edward and Gaby Burghelea , the run a excellant opperation in Romania. They can let your dreams come trough , they have experience for more than 25 years in most of the regions of Romania. |
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| The Bear hunting season is from 15th September to 31st December and from 15th March to 14th May. |
A beautiful morning in the Carpathian mountains. |
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| Up at 1000 meters in the mountains , waiting for the Chamois to arrive. |
Sometimes we spotted up to 15 Chamois at the same time , most of the shots are 200 - 300 meters, great sport , Chamois is a small target. |
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| It is hard to get to the top of the Mountains .. but it is often harder to collect the animal! |
Arni ... very tired with his first Carpathian Chamois. |
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| Relaxing ... great view! |
At the end of the hunting day having the most wanted beer.. and chatting to the cheff what is for dinner to night. |
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| On a bear track that we lost due to heavy snow fall. |
Chamois hunting area, you have to be very careful in the mountain , lots of steep cliffs. |
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| The Roebuck season of Romania is from 01st June to 15th September. |
happy faces ... that is what it is all about! |
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| Thomas with his 350kg Wild Boar. |
The Red Stag Season in Romania is from 20September to 15th december. |
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| Paul Main with a Iasi Wild Boar. |
I was very surprized about the Romanian Wines , they are so much better than I expected, they make good wines. |
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| Happy hunters. |
Paul main with another Wild Boar. |
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| Arni and Charles after a great hunting day in Iasi. |
Going by horse wagons to the hunting blinds. |
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| Action taken , going to the blinds for the best drive , everyone is excited. |
Ed with his Wild Boars. |
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For all further information on Romania hunts , please contact:
Arni Baldursson at
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Lax-a office +354 5576100
Mobile +354 8983601 |
| We cook often our self over the fire , meet on sticks. |
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