,y family wants me to take them somewhere in Europe and while I have no interest unless I can hunt does anyone have a good country that I could hunt while they do the tourist thing
Thanks

I lived and hunted in Spain and Italy, and lived in Greece and Turkey.

I also hunted in Germany.

Judging from what I have seen advertised over the years and the many books I have read on the subject the answer is "it depends".

On what species you want to hunt and what you want to see tourism wise.

Depending on the country there is quite a bit of Summer hunting for marmots, chamois, wildboar and roe deer, and limited hunting for "fat stags" (pre-rut red stags).

Christmas time will offer wildboar, chamois, fallow bucks, roe deer, wisent, ibex, and maybe some bird shooting.

Here's a sample itinerary, but I haven't done anything like this as I lived there year round. I have also not hunted in Austria.

1. July Program
Fly to Vienna arrange for tours of the Alps, Munich, Salzburg, Lichtenstein and then take the train to Paris. In Austria hunt chamois, roe bucks and marmot. Borrow rifles from the outfitter so you can travel.

Gerry,

Come to the UK. You can hunt and your family can have easy access into town. You might even fancy a couple of days in the City going round the gun shops etc.

Rgds,
K

Without doubt UK.
So much to go for both in the hunting/stalking ways, not to mention places to see and things to do.
The gentle rolling English countryside...just magic

I guess I will ask where they want to go then find me a place to hunt. sounds like i can find one somewhere

Gerry,

Spain is also a good choice for a mixture of shooting and sightseeing, (not to mention tapas and fino!!)

You didn't mention if you were looking to hunt with a rifle or shotgun though?

Rgds,
K

What tourist stuff would be interesting for you? What species would you like to hunt?

France would be nice.
Have a look at the offers from Arjun Reddy for hunting in france!

no tourist stuff interest me I just have to go whever they want to go. I would want to rifle hunt when they are tourist. very selfish of me but what can I say i love to hunt.

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Originally posted by gerryb:
no tourist stuff interest me I just have to go whever they want to go. I would want to rifle hunt when they are tourist. very selfish of me but what can I say i love to hunt.

I understand you. I also don't like "normal" holidays.

Ok here are countries that I would recommend for hunting & tourist:
-UK
-Croatia
-Spain
-France

thanks

Forgot to add the species that's more important for you:

uk: Roe deer, Red deer, fallow deer, sika deer, muntjac, waterdeer etc.

Croatia: excellent mufflon, chamois, Roe deer, Red deer, fallow deer, wild boar etc.

france: mufflon, Roe deer, Red deer, chamois, wild boar etc.

spain: mufflon, Roe deer, Red deer, fallow deer, wild boar, chamois, Ibex etc.

Looks like some truly affordable French chamois ( near Nice) and roebuck ( northwest of Paris) are offered by Arjun Reddy. Check out his post a several weeks back on "hunts offered". I'll be headed to Nice later this year for those chamois!

There,s also Ireland offering stalking for Sika,Fallow and Red deer.Also available are goats.

English is also widely spoken and understood

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Originally posted by SIKA98K:
There,s also Ireland offering stalking for Sika,Fallow and Red deer.Also available are goats.

English is also widely spoken and understood

Yes, especially the further west you go!!!

May I suggest Belarus ?

last wild place In Europe

I might step on a lot of toes here but you really go back a few centuries when one hunt over there

Do some research yourself

Go before the outfitters get there en masse

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Originally posted by londonhunter:
May I suggest Belarus ?

last wild place In Europe

I might step on a lot of toes here but you really go back a few centuries when one hunt over there

Do some research yourself

Go before the outfitters get there en masse

Belarus offers excellent hunting but I doubt gerrys family would enjoy a stay there