Kyrgyzstan Hunting and Extortion

[avon_7]

No matter the country, there are outfitters that scam. There are an abundant outfitters with great reputations, carefully research first then select.

The point I was trying to make is that there does not seem to be an abundant number of good outfitters for Kyrgyistan and having a bad experience is the norm not the exception.

 

[dlmac]

I don’t think there’s an outfitter in Russia I’d trust enough to hunt with these days. Russia is in a shooting war and my country is supplying their enemy (victims actually) with bullets to fight back. The odds of being arrested as a spy or agitator are just too high.

Went there once on a Brown Bear hunt, will never go back for many of the same reasons.

 

[Northern Shooter]

So scratching Kyrgyzstan off the list due to repeated sketchiness, where are the remaining best bang for your buck hunting opportunities outside of Africa?

Other mid Asian countries? Eastern Europe? South America?

 

[avon_7]

So scratching Kyrgyzstan off the list due to repeated sketchiness, where are the remaining best bang for your buck hunting opportunities outside of Africa?

Other mid Asian countries? Eastern Europe? South America?

Greenland for Cairobu and Spain for Ibex would be my pick. Possibly Australia for Water Buffalo also.

 

[Northern Shooter]

Greenland for Cairobu and Spain for Ibex would be my pick. Possibly Australia for Water Buffalo also.

I’ve got this crazy idea in my head that I want to complete a “Buffalo Slam” so Australia is definitely in my future.

 

[avon_7]

They are an impressive Trophy and the Norhern Territory is a really interesting part of Australia with very good salt water fishing and wild boar opportunities also.

 

[capra-capra]

So scratching Kyrgyzstan off the list due to repeated sketchiness, where are the remaining best bang for your buck hunting opportunities outside of Africa?

Other mid Asian countries? Eastern Europe? South America?

Kazakhstan for ibex , maral , siberian roe deer , wild boar , wolf , bukharan deer , saiga antelope , moose small population ,

Uzbekistan is up there - have not been but have read some reports and spoken to hunters and looks to be well organized - you also have Severtzov Argali , Bukharan Markhor , Bukharan Urial , Wild boar , Bukharan deer .

Slovenia for chamois , roe deer , fallow , red deer , mouflon , ibex , bear , wild boar. Slovenia is better priced than most other european countries

 

[Northern Shooter]

Every time I hear Kazakhstan I think of this guy.

 

[capra-capra]

Every time I hear Kazakhstan I think of this guy.

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That film was recorded in Romania and has nothing to do with Kazakhstan, just a shame he potrayed the country that bad as it is amazing. He is banned from entering the country

 

[major hunter]

I feel it is a fairly bold statement, just to say, " Find a good Booking agent and go"

Even if the booking agent has good intentions, They are still using a hunting guiding operation in Kyrgyistan and I dont know of a single such entity that has a good reputation. Believe me i have spent many many hours researching and speaking with hunters that have been there.

Even as I type this. I know of a Hunter who at this moment is sitting in a hotel in Bishkek wondering what the hell is going on.
He got his Ibex on the first day of the hunt and the guides drove him out of camp to Bishkek and dumped him in a hotel ( not before they got him to pay for them all to have a lunch in a restaurant in town first). He has been there for 4 days and has 3 more days to go before he fly's out. He has not been able to reach his Guide, Outfitter or anyone. He wanted to stay in camp and photograph the remoteness of the area and generally experience the mountains but he was given no choice.

The Outfit that he went with, have a very big presence on YouTube.

As someone that has hunted in Kyrgyistan, I have people asking me often how to get the ball rolling to go there and in all honestly I advise them not to go.

PS: You dont need to be young and fit to hunt Ibex in Kyrgyistan. In many cases you will ride a horse right up the mountains to just below the crest of a saddle. From there the guides will dismount and peak over the top and spot the Ibex. From there they will becon the hunter over and you may only have to walk 200 yards and then take a fairly simple shot. This happens a lot!

can you PM me or post which hunting outfitter they hunted with or agent?