Webcam in Estonia

I found this great web-cam on a feeding area somewhere in Estonia. I've seen quite a lot of game turning up here. Check it out.

mms://tv.eenet.ee/siga


Happy spotting!

Woodcock season

It's that time of the year again!
Probably my favourite bird to hunt, the Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola). There fast, small and there damn hard to hit.
Unfortunately Italy messed things up as far as hunting for woodcock goes. They have some kind of really old tradition there involving catching them with nets that makes hunting them almost impossible in the rest of Europe (WTF...). However we are allowed to shoot a limited amount every year. 16 for this year.
I was out this evening but no luck. We hope to be more lucky during the next week as the weather changes and we get some more moonlight.

I'll keep you posted.


UPDATE: I've got 3 so far. Totally missed about 5 though. Damn there fast! Because we hunt them in small openings in the forest there's only about 2 or maybe 3 seconds in witch to shoot them.

Almost stuck

Hunting means going off-road and going off-road means getting into trouble every now and then.
We had about 20 cm of snow and I set off to do feeding area's with my Mazda B-2500 4x4. I have never been stuck with the Mazda. I've had a Daihatsu Feroza and it was a disaster, the damn thing wont get trough anything! (TIP: get a 4x4 with a long wheelbase, it makes a huge difference!) Anyhow, there's a point where I have to turn the car around and go back. This is where the trouble came. Look what I did:

 

Please note that the ground is frozen.

The car actually went sideways like a crab. But I got out after about 10 minutes of messing about, lucky me.

The hunters ball 2010

Every year we have a ball at the start of the new season. Lots of food and even more drink!
I hadn't been before and boy have I been missing out! We had a great time and way too much to drink!
Here's some pictures:

My record carp

In the September of 2009 Zoltan and I went carp fishing in Gerézdpusta (). Gerézdpusta is a 2 ha fishing lake Northwest of Dombovár. We spent 24 very successful hours there. Here's the results:

1. 6 kg - Zoltan
2. 6,5 kg - Me
3. 8 kg - Me
4. 6 kg - Zoltan
5. 14,5 kg - Me (as seen in the pictures)
6. 4 kg - Me
7. 8,5 kg Me
8. 3 kg - Zoltan
9. 5 kg - Zoltan
10. 10 kg - Me
11. 6,75 kg - Me

Update:  I made a video of this session.
Watch it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97o5tktoSDo

Hunting in Hungary for a fixed price! #2

Some time ago I posted an entry about hunting in Hungary for a fixed price. The replies where amazing! Unfortunately there are just 4 places and all 4 are reserved.
However one candidate is no longer able to travel due to a hart condition. This means the fourth place is free again.
So here we go again:

- Unlimited hunting in time, amount of game and it's size (trophy game included)
- Hungarian hunting guide included on all hunts
- Transport in/to and from the field is included
- 1 in 5 pieces of game is yours to take home
- No work such as feeding and maintenance.

Price € 4.000,- per year.

Possible game:
- Red deer
- Roe deer
- Wild boar
- Foxes
- Badgers
- Jackel
- Woodchuck

If you have any questions don't hesitate to contact me on 0036-209 117 646 or an e-mail.

No hunting in Hungary for at least week!

There will be no hunting going on in Hungary for at least a week. The reason for this is that there are no new seals available for the new season.
All game shot in Hungary must get a seal (looks like a tie-wrap). It has a unique code on it that is needed for registration. All hunters in Hungary must carry at least one when they go hunting.
So it basically comes down to this: No seals, no hunting!

I'm really curious who's mistake that was!



UPDATE!: The first, new season, seals have come! The club got 20 pieces and I got 2 of those. It doesn't solve the problem but it's a start none the less!

UPDATE #2: It appears all the hunting clubs in the country have now received there new tags. I'm still very curious how something like this could ever happen. WTF...