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A nice red taken
04 October 2007, 21:38
Pric65A nice red taken
A nice Red deer taken just over a week ago. One of the nicest trophies of recent years. The shooter is a very lucky man.
Don't know any more particulars than that it was evening and he used a 7 Rem Mag.
04 October 2007, 22:03
BoghossianWow, what a beast. Was his mother a moose!?
Let us know how much those antlers weighed if you find out.
Was this a local hunter and will he have to pay a trophy fee for this monster?
04 October 2007, 22:54
mouse93Heavy one
nice indeed
quote:
Originally posted by Boghossian:
Let us know how much those antlers weighed if you find out.
x2 + how old was the stag?
05 October 2007, 01:08
Mariogreat trophy. A palmated stag. Congratulations
mario
05 October 2007, 01:50
wildboarImpressive trophy indeed! Maybe the most "palmated" antlers that I ever saw.
05 October 2007, 02:57
mhoWoof! Nice trophy, indeed! Weidmannsheil to the skillful and fortunate hunter.
- mike
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The rifle is a noble weapon... It entices its bearer into primeval forests, into mountains and deserts untenanted by man. - Horace Kephart
05 October 2007, 04:01
BuglemintodayWhat a monster!
"Let me start off with two words: Made in America"
05 October 2007, 11:12
Pric65It was also covered in a local newspaper (with another photo):
http://sloleht.ee/index.aspx?id=248551&q=Hiiumaal%20lastiThe shooter said that it was just blind luck. The trophy is estimated to be the third largest of all times (nationally). First and second were hunted in 1986 and 1987 from the same island.
05 October 2007, 12:30
Pric65quote:
Was this a local hunter and will he have to pay a trophy fee for this monster?
He was a local guy. But I don't know how their club hands out permits (some clubs have auctions for permits for big reds, bear, lynx, wolf and other more desireable animals; in other clubs, like mine, we pay a yearly fee and permits are used in a manner, that all members have a chance for big trophies).
05 October 2007, 12:59
mhoLooking at the picture of the trophy again, I know now what it reminds me of.
"Rominten" in Eastern Prussia was a fabled German hunting area before WWII. Approximate location now is Eastern Poland where it borders on Bellarus and Lithuania - although parts may also be in Russia an Bellarus? I have seen pictures of exceptional red trophies from the German days in Rominten with that palmation and high number of points in the crown. That still puts it a fair way away from Estonia, but the similarity is striking.
- mike
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The rifle is a noble weapon... It entices its bearer into primeval forests, into mountains and deserts untenanted by man. - Horace Kephart
05 October 2007, 13:16
Andre MertensA note of history. Rominten, was also the "personal" hunting preserve of Reichjägermeister, Hermann Göring...
André
DRSS
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3 shots do not make a group, they show a point of aim or impact.
5 shots are a group.
05 October 2007, 15:15
mhoAnd before Herman Göring, Kaiser Wilhelm (WWI) hunted Rominten. It was considered the top-notch area for reds at the time.
- mike
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The rifle is a noble weapon... It entices its bearer into primeval forests, into mountains and deserts untenanted by man. - Horace Kephart
05 October 2007, 17:23
BoghossianHow big is the island?
08 October 2007, 00:49
Pric65quote:
Originally posted by Boghossian:
How big is the island?
The whole island of Hiiumaa, or Dagö in older and german texts, is a little less than 260 000 acres. It's divided into several separate hunting districts.