Nobody needs a beaver
On the streams and small rivers of the forest and forest-steppe zones of the European part of our country, one can often see traces of the beavers' activity: bites, fallen…

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Tsar's Hunt
Since ancient times, hunting with a bird of prey was not so much a way of getting hunting trophies as art and entertainment at the same time. It has not…

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Hunting with gun dogs
The main purpose of dogs is hunting game birds, which are hidden in the thickets of marsh vegetation and along the banks of reservoirs. In this case, the dog indicates…

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Weasel and Ferret
Ermine is a night predatory animal. It is valuable not only for its skin, but also because it destroys a huge number of mouse-like rodents and water rats. An ermine…

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Altai with deer and ibex
Altai for me has become a place where I am constantly drawn. The reason to come here has always been a hunt. Mountains, horse crossings, field camp, and, of course,…

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quite far away

Hunting for grouse broods

Spaniel works as a shuttle, evenly searching the clearing, then to the right, then to your left. But then the dog stopped, the tail started to work with a propeller, and then the dog began the liner with the head up.

So it is – for sure the brood of black grouses is ahead!
You are not lagging behind the dog, but she starts to “spark”, as spanielist (do “candles”) say, that is, to jump high with your head up, grabbing the exciting black smell. Continue reading

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.…

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How do we get foxes
Hunters have such a rule: “Do not start fishing without finding out where the beast is found”. The fox usually lives where there are many mouse-like rodents. The number of…

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Altitude in the mountains of Kazakhstan
The evolutionary path of the hunter will certainly lead to a mountain hunt. Improving skills, gaining new knowledge of animal biology, the right hunter, in my opinion, raises his own…

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