I've really got the bug for swap hunting since my dash around Ireland after Goats and Sika hinds earlier this year and the pay-back leg in May when we offered Roe and Muntjac on our ground in Oxfordshire. This came about after being put in touch with some guys in Ireland after a chance conversation stalking a Muntjac buck with Anders Wanstup from Korsholm-Jagtrejser in Denmark. Long-term friendships were formed and we're meeting up again in November in Wicklow for Red and Sika stags (plus I suspect my stalking partner wants to shoot a bigger Goat than the silver medal I took in February ). My liver is already in training for the post-hunting craic.

The other swap this year was a couple of Swedish contacts who came over to chase trophy Muntjac and also shoot 'driven rabbits' (the joys of ferrets!). Both got excellent Muntjac - 16 shot in all - but everyone agreed that a nights fox lamping followed by a morning shooting bolting rabbits was the most fun you could have with your trousers on. Again, firm hunting friendships made and the return trip in October is much anticipated, with Boar, Moose, Red deer and the odd Wolf on the cards. Still not sureabout the seemingly essential leather trousers though...

So...is anyone else interested in swap hunting? I realise I'm a new boy on here and apologise if this is a bit forward, but if you don't ask and all that . I read all of the fantastic hunts on offer from outfitters on here, but I'll never afford them, so swap hunting is my only practical route to new hunting experiences. My stalking partner and I can offer good Red and Roe deer in Scotland (hill and woodland), plenty of Muntjac deer, some Fallow and possibly some Chinese Water Deer stalking, brilliant Fox shooting using lamps and nightvision and some of the best rabbit shooting / ferreting / long-netting ever. Not to mention a friendly welcome, filthy jokes, good food and tons of laughs...

In return, I just want to shoot in different places with new quarry and different traditions. We're not trophy hunters and are just as happy shooting small critters or the local vermin species as we are the more exotic quarry. That said, I do fancy shooting a bear...and a seal...and something with curly horns to match the goat I've just had stuffed...in fact, we'll shoot pretty much anything. What makes it even better is that the guys we've already swapped with, also want to do more swaps. So if Irish Sika or Swedish Boar float your boat, we can swap contacts...

I'll try and post up some pictures later of some of these exploits and of the kinds of hunting I can offer for swaps.

Regards,

Adam.

You might get in prison for shooting wolf in October. Where in sweden are you going to hunt?

I can offer beaver and roe in may! Or grouse/capercaillie in vinter.

Wear no leather trousers if you want to have children!

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You might get in prison for shooting wolf in October. Where in sweden are you going to hunt?

I can offer beaver and roe in may! Or grouse/capercaillie in vinter.

I may have had quite a lot to drink by the time wolf was mentioned...

Beaver sounds good - not to mention the source of lots and lots of good Naked Gun jokes. What does a beaver hunt consist of and what rifles do you use? We don't have them here, other than a very few introduced ones on reserves.

I can take or leave Roe but my stalking partner is mad for them. I also forgot to say, my ground in Scotland has an out of season permit for Red stags in the woodland areas, so we can shoot them all year round.

Adam.

A Scottish Red Stag sounds good to me...how about Sambar Stag in Aussie as a swap?

A Swedish boar hunt sounds excellent also.

If you're coming all that distance, we'd have to offer more than a Scottish Red stag, so we'll bung in all the Roe deer you can find and maybe a foul smelling wild Scottish Billygoat too. Plus if you want to come down south as well, how about a Muntjac or a CWD?

I'd love to shoot in Australia - my brother lives in Sydney, so I could earn some brownie points by discharging a few filial responsibilities in the same trip. Sambar sound interesting - hard to stalk I understand. How long does a Sambar stalk take and where are they found? I also have a politically incorrect hankering to shoot a large number of wild donkeys in revenge for a traumatic incident with a psychotic white donkey as a child.

I have a chance to shoot in NZ for a couple of weeks next year, so there's a possibility of detouring to Oz for a week or so if you're serious.

Adam.

I`m serious of course.

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I can offer pronghorns and coyotes, and sage grouse in Wyoming.

In 2014 I'll be able to offer caribou and black bears in Alaska.

I may ve something for you in NZ, in exchange for CWD and Muntjac. PM if you wish.

Adam I have tried to send you my email in a PM its not working,send me an address to me to use please mate.

Beaver is shot with rifle cal. between 222rem and 9,3*62. I use my .308win with 110gr varmint bullet. We use to hunt beaver by watching at the den or feeding place. You can also use a canoe to stalk by water.

We also beat hunt them with shrimps and wine.

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Beaver is shot with rifle cal. between 222rem and 9,3*62. I use my .308win with 110gr varmint bullet. We use to hunt beaver by watching at the den or feeding place. You can also use a canoe to stalk by water.

We also beat hunt them with shrimps and wine.

That would be the Brazillian Beaver then...

Down here they just get the wine...we eat the prawns