The Special Nominations in Trophy Hunting
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The Special Nominations in Trophy Hunting THE FIVE MOUNtaIN TROPHIES THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN THE SPECIAL NOMINATIONS IN TROPHY HUNTING The Russian Association of Hunters1 and Fishermen (Rosokhotrybolovsoyuz) The Russian Association «Rosokhotrybolovsoyuz» www.rors.ru Tel.: +7 (495) 452-13-36, 646-67-07 The Five Mountain Trophies To develop and popularize the national trophy hunt among Russian and foreign hunters Association Rosokhotrybolovsoyuz establishes the following award nominations: The Five Mountain Trophies The Nomination includes trophies (antlers and horns) of the following species (subspecies) of hunted animals: The Five Mountain Trophies West Caucasian goat or Kuban tur (Capra caucasica); and East Caucasian goat or Dagestan tur (Capra cylindricornis); The Magnificent Seven Chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra caucasica); Siberian ibex (Саpra sibirica sibirica); Snow Sheep (Siberian - Ovis nivicola lydekkeri, syn. lenaensis, albula, obscura, or Kamchatka - Ovis nivicola, syn. storcki). 3 The Russian Association «Rosokhotrybolovsoyuz» www.rors.ru Tel.: +7 (495) 452-13-36, 646-67-07 The Five Mountain Trophies The Five Mountain Trophies of breath may occur. Short of breath is a normal phenomenon, but you have to be prepared to master it. Shortness of breath makes aimed shooting impossible. Trained Specific Features of Mountain people take about a minute to recover their breath and the untrained ones between five Hunting and ten minutes, but the animal will not wait The hunting for mountain animals is an exclusive and meanwhile. When you are going hunting difficult enterprise and imposes very high requirements in the mountains you have to take along both upon endurance and stamina of the hunter. The your specific medicines and multivitamins. hunter who is going to hunt for mountain ungulates must Physical loads, fat food and cooling may be aware of the degree of the expected physical overloads lead to serious exhaustion. Equipment of the and make an objective assessment of his capabilities. It must mountain hunter is also a very important be kept in mind that the hunter will have to walk much issue. You have to thoroughly think over through the mountains with steep slopes, at high altitudes and select your clothing and shoes. A small (over 3000m), under conditions of a rare atmosphere, durable backpack may be used not only for where a drastic fall in ambient temperature may occur, carrying any necessary sundries, but also as where winds permanently blow and the oxygen content a shooting support. is low. The body must adapt itself to new conditions, and Mountain hunting imposes special therefore acclimatization is inevitable absolutely for every requirements not only upon the hunter, one. Trained people go through it much more easily. In the but upon his weapons, too. Weapons used process of acclimatization aggravation of chronic diseases, in the mountains must be light-weighted impairment of general well-being, ear pressure and short and precise. Shooting range may be quite 4 5 The Russian Association «Rosokhotrybolovsoyuz» www.rors.ru Tel.: +7 (495) 452-13-36, 646-67-07 The Five Mountain Trophies The Five Mountain Trophies different – from several dozens (near salt earth patches) to several hundred meters while stalking. While hunting at altitudes of 2,500m and higher it is necessary to introduce a correction for air rarity and wind and to keep in mind that the bullet flies upwards while shooting at high angles, West Caucasian goat both while shooting downwards and upwards, therefore inexperienced shooters should better or Kuban tur (Capra refrain from shooting at distances of more than 300 meters. The sling and straps attached to stock caucasica); swivels should not have glittering chrome-plated parts (sun glints are visible far away) and should be prevented from jingling while carrying. It is better to fire half-jacketed bullets, because the full- East Caucasian goat or jacketed ones go often through producing many wounded game to collect which under mountain Dagestan tur (Capra conditions is practically impossible. When firing for adjustment, it is necessary to try shooting at a cylindricornis). distance between 300 and 500 meters, while it must be taken into account that you will have to shoot Tur is a local name for Caucasian animals not only at a long distance, but also upwards or downwards at significant angles, in the goats. In the world they are known lying or kneeling position. The as endemics of Caucasus. For foreign most convenient for mountain specialists they are West and East hunting are 3 – 9 x variable Caucasian goats. Domestic specialists magnification sights with call them Kuban and Dagestan tur. objective lens diameter between The habitat of those animals comprises 40mm to 50mm and good coated practically the entire Greater Caucasus optics. It is very easy to make Mountain Range. The westernmost Habitat of Caucasian a mistake while determining point of tur occurrence is the upper goats in xx century the distance in the mountains, (Sokolov, Tembotov, reaches of the Belaya River, and the 1993). Points with accordingly, a rangefinder may easternmost one is the Psygansu River, figures are the fixed be very useful. a feeder of the Terek River. The length places of habitation. The spreading on different of the Kuban tur's habitat does not altitudes is presented as well 6 7 The Russian Association «Rosokhotrybolovsoyuz» www.rors.ru Tel.: +7 (495) 452-13-36, 646-67-07 The Five Mountain Trophies The Five Mountain Trophies exceed 300km. With an average width of 15km the habitat area makes 4,500 square kilometers only. The westernmost point of Dagestan tur occurrence is considered the upper reaches of Bezengiyskiy Cherek River (opposite to the City of Nalchik). The length of the habitat is about 500km, and the habitat area makes 13,500 square kilometers. The Kuban tur is habitant only in the territory of Russia and occurs along the Northern slope of the Greater Caucasus Mountain Range, in the Krasnodar and Stavropol territories and in Kabardino-Balkaria. The Kuban tur has acinaciform horns; both male and female turs are horned. The size of the turs is close to that of the Siberian mountain goat (the biggest among the goats). The turs' body length makes up to 165cm, the height at crest is up to 109cm. The weight is up to 100kg. The horns are solid; the girth at the horn base makes 30% to 40% of the horn's length. For instance, at a horn length between 66 and 74cm the horn girth of male turs older than 8 years equals to 29cm. The horn length depends on the animal's age as follows: 7 to 9 years – 66cm; 10 years – 67cm; 11 years – 69cm; 12 years – 73cm; 13 years – 74cm. The horns grow most strongly at an age of 6 to 8 years. The horns of the Dagestan tur are heavier and longer than those of the Kuban tur. The horn form is intermediate between acinaciform horns and twisted sheep horns; they look like a hollow forests, in Subalpine and Alpine meadows, in the spiral. Horns of a tur at an age of 7 to 10 years nival zone. The rut takes place in November to make an impression of being very thick. Horns January. Female Caucasian goats retain reproductive of older animals look thinner, because they are ability up to the age of 15 to 18 years getting one or longer. The average horn length according to occasionally (1 to 5%) two buck kids yearly. the age is as follows: 10 years – 80 to 84cm; 11 The best time for tur hunting is October and years – 86 to 88cm; 12 years – 84 – 102 см; 13 November. Four hunting methods are mainly years – 91 to 103cm. practiced: stalking, hiding, lying in wait near salt The animal inhabits an altitudinal belt earth patches, drinking places, or runways, and game between 1,000 and 3,800, in firry and spruce drive. The use of 8mm weapons is recommended for tur hunting. 8 9 The Russian Association «Rosokhotrybolovsoyuz» www.rors.ru Tel.: +7 (495) 452-13-36, 646-67-07 The Five Mountain Trophies The Five Mountain Trophies and female animals. A male's horns are on the average somewhat longer and more solid than those of a female. The horn length of the Caucasian chamois does not exceed 26cm. The horn structure is extremely original. On the scull the horns stand vertically and then gradually diverge from the base to the tips; sometimes they Caucasian chamois grow almost parallel to each other. The peaks are sharply turned backwards and downwards. (Rupicapra rupicapra Rings on horn sheaths are weakly pronounced, caucasica). the peaks are smooth, and no ribs are present. The horns are rounded in the cross-section and The Caucasian chamois is a black in color. In the first year the horns reach a narrow, with a sharply pointed forward edge. small well-shaped animal with length of 5 to 6cm, after one and half year 12 to The inside part of the hoof is soft, but the horn a thin long neck, on high foots. 14cm. At the end of the second year the horns edges are sharp and solid. Thanks to such hooves The animal has a small head and begin to turn backwards, and by the age of 2.5 structure the chamois can move along extremely a short tail projecting from its fur. years take the final form. narrow runways and very steep slopes. The body length reaches 135cm, In our country, the chamois occurs only in The chamois is a non-migratory animal and, height at crest is 70 to 80cm, and the Caucasus Mountains. The chamois' fitness Habitat of Chamois in Caucasus in xx century (Sokolov, Tembotov, 1993). Points with though it is capable to climb high into the figures are the fixed places of habitation.