Right at 40"

This Ibex hunt is perfect for hunters who are looking for an easy Ibex hunt and not upto the physical challenges of a horseback hunt in Kyrgyzstan. To go fly direct from Istabul, Frankfurt or Amsterdam to Almaty where you will be met.

Typical Itinerary:

Day 1 arrive Almaty and transfer by road (aprx. 3 hour drive) to base camp - which is a house, warm and comfortable.

Days 2-6 hunt Ibex - you can drive and spot and stalk or ride by horse as well. Main difference is you return each day to basecamp.

Day 7 depart for Almaty and flight home.

Cost of hunt incl. first ibex 5.000 euros
2nd ibex 2.000 euros
siberian roe deer 1.200 euros
wolf 1.000 euros

Season - September to November is a good time to go.

Trophy expectation 40"+, clients have taken up to 47" in this area.

Unlike in Kyrgyzstan where we hunt ibex these do not have the saddle back.

Here are some trophies from this area:




43.3"


41.33"


Typical terrain of the hunting area.




Siberian roe deer

These hunts are organised by Renaud Desgrees du Lou.

For more information on this hunt, contact:

Arjun Reddy
www.huntersnetworks.com
30 Ivy Hill Road
Brewster, NY 10509
Tel: 845 259 3628
email: arjun@huntersnetworks.com

I am amazed at your abilities to find such unique hunts for us.

AR is indeed fortunate to have such a resourceful person as yourself.

This looks like the one I should be doing Arjun ...

C'mon Tim you can do Kyrgyzstan .

Best,

Arjun

Yep...I can do it, but the more I hear about it - the less fun it sounds! I guess they all can't be fun huh...some need to be a real challenge...

Arjun,

The possibility to add Roe Buck to this hunt makes it a really good situation. Sounds like a great hunt.

Hawkeye

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Originally posted by Tim Herald:
This looks like the one I should be doing Arjun ...

If my girlfriend goes.....maybe we can talk her into carrying your pack for you?

Brett

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Originally posted by reddy375:
Unlike in Kyrgyzstan where we hunt ibex these do not have the saddle back.

Sorry, I'm not real up to date on ibex, but what does "saddle back" mean?

That would be great Brett!!! Maybe my oxygen tank too?

jBrown,

That refers to the light patch on the back and the top of the shoulders on the older males.

Hawkeye

Not all ibex in Kyrgyzstan have the white saddle. Anything taken in the North will be a uniform brown on the back with a very slightly darker stripe down the spine. In Issyk Kul, they will also be dark, more or less until you cross the Karasai R. (West) or the Taragai R./Suyuk Pass (East). Almost exclusively, they will be saddled anywhere in Naryn.
Genetically speaking, the trophy quality of the dark ibex is better, but populations have been hit harder by poaching so most hunters are now taken into the more remote areas, which happen also to be the realm of the saddle backed ibex.

I am no biologist, but it seems to me we see the intermingling of Altai (brown) and Himalayan (saddled) ibex in Kyrgyzstan.

The ibex Arjun shows from Kazakhstan are more closely related to the northern Kyrgyz ibex and the Mongolian Altai ibex.

Overall trophy quality is probably better in Kazakhstan than in Kyrgyzstan right now, plus the opportunity for adding roe deer is much more practical. It is possible in Kyrgyzstan, just more logistics. And from another thread...there are no gazelle in Kyrgyzstan. Maybe, maybe a couple tiny herds of goitered gazelle remain or cross from Kazakhstan, but there are certainly no tags available. What was probably the last indigenous gazelle in Kyrgyzstan was shot in the early 90's.

The older trophy males that we hunted in the Altai Mountains in Western Mongolia all had the distinct light colored saddle. The guides used that marking to decide if a closer look was needed to check for trophy horns.

Hawkeye

Interesting. The Kyrgyz ibex either have it or do not. It does not develop and is most definitely geographic.

Arjun,

Are these Ibex the Mid-Asian or are they a diffrent Sub-Species?

Hawkeye

These are Mid Asian Ibex also albeit with some physical differences to the Kyrgyz ones.

I really should do this hunt. As I type from my apartment in Atyrau...

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Originally posted by Boxhead:
in Atyrau...

Gurjev.
Do you know the Kantsev Street?

I have been to Kazakhstan twice- Almaty is a modern city and very safe. Lots of oil money so great hotels and restaurants. 3 hour drive to camp? Great! Sounds like a fun trip.

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Originally posted by profyhunter:

quote:

Originally posted by Boxhead:
in Atyrau...

Gurjev.
Do you know the Kantsev Street?

Yes I do. My apartment is on Aiteke Bi Street on the river.

quote:

Originally posted by Boxhead:

quote:

Originally posted by profyhunter:

quote:

Originally posted by Boxhead:
in Atyrau...

Gurjev.
Do you know the Kantsev Street?

Yes I do. My apartment is on Aiteke Bi Street on the river.

F.Kantzev is my grandfather's brother.

reddy375,

Are the roe deer hunted in the same area but just at a lower altitude or do you travel to another area for the roe?

Hawkeye