African pattern
Hunting grouse
The success of the autumn hunt for a hazel grouse with dunks depends on several reasons: the hunter’s behavior during the luring, the ability to use dunks and the weather. Best of all hazel grouse goes to quiet clear dawns. In cold and windy weather, hazel grouse goes badly. The autumn grouse hunt itself translates into a dialogue with this forest recluse. Enjoying the solitude and silence of the forest relaxing from the hustle and bustle of the city. Moving through the woods, the place to stop should be chosen as less open as possible, because the hazel hen doesn’t like to fly up to clean places, and if it flies to a clean place, it mostly moves on foot on the ground. colors complements her vivid impressions. Continue reading
Caspian Sea
Passion for hunting was imparted to me by elder brother Vasily. Even as a kid, he often took me with him to the sea, to the mountains for kekliks, or to the sands for hares. Hares there live in the desert sands and at the foot of the rocky mountains. I remember both my first keklik, and the first hare, and the first kashkaldak (coot), I will devote to this bird a separate article. Unlike the middle belt hunters, Caspian hunters respect kashkaldak.
The village in which I was born and raised is in Azerbaijan, south of Baku, on the Caspian Sea, formerly it was called Duvanna, then renamed Gobustan, meaning “land of ravines and gorges” in translation. Nearby in the mountains is the Gobustan Reserve, which is known for its rock art, which has been preserved here since the Mesolithic period. Continue reading
Tajikistan
Hunting for a Tajik in those days was not of any interest. This could be judged by the fact that the Dushanbe State University had a team of hunters consisting of one person – Akramov Yahya Mamurovich, who is also the head of the department of mathematics, he is the chairman of this society. What brought us together, I do not even remember. But it was with him, and hunting took place in the mountains.
Why do I want to start a story about hunting in Tajikistan with a turtle? Continue reading
