four-legged brother
Hunting in the mountains – on argali in Kyrgyzstan
We can say that our journey began with the arrival at Bishkek airport. I flew to Kyrgyzstan with a group of Poles who ordered a capricorn and a ram Marco Polo. The plane arrived early in the morning, when it was still night in Moscow. We passed the border and customs control still half asleep, and the meeting with the Kyrgyz partners finally awakened. While the hunters in the VIP-room drank tea and coffee, Ermek and I discussed a new “introduction”. Continue reading
Experience falconry with a dog
By virtue of their more developed mental abilities in comparison with the feathered companion or by obeying the hunting instinct, they are eager to help the birds of prey with prey. At first glance, it seems advantageous if the dog as a faster creature than a human being will be the first to rush to the feathered hunter, who cast the game, which is able to resist. What is important, for example, when catching a hare. And the experience of falcon hunts of the past is an example. This, however, concerns to a greater extent hunts with falcons. Continue reading