Sorry for linking to another forum, but I just don't have the time to re-do this in its entirety at the moment.
I've just spent 2 weeks in Sweden, and this is my thoughts on what is an entirely different form of hunting too that which we have in New Zealand. Its in 3 parts.

Part One
http://www.fishnhunt.co.nz/for...B.cgi?num=1318894060

Part Two
http://www.fishnhunt.co.nz/for...B.cgi?num=1318957165

Part Three
http://www.fishnhunt.co.nz/for...B.cgi?num=1319046507

Hope you all find it interesting.

Glad you enjoyed it. Hunting in Sweden is both different and special.

Its fun to read about swedisch hunting from a foreiners view. You catch the exitement what makes hunting so enjoyable really well.

Nordic2

I'm sure even though my fiance is Swedish, I still don't really understand all the nuances and such.

Much is happening in between without a spoken word. I can recognise the same feelings as then i first hunted the same game.

Is you Norwegian?
Are you planing for a winter capercaillie hunt?

That's very true. Each culture has its own rich traditions and customs, and its a priviledge to be part of that, even for a short time.

Not Norwegian. I'm American-ish... long story.

Very cool shanks, thanks for posting.

Best,



Amir

Very enjoyable, thank you!

Shankspony,

being swede and having read your travel hunt report,

I must admit that this is how we as a group (swedes) hunt.

Hunting here comes from a stand point of sustenance, to be a good hunter meant that your family had food on the table.

We actually have managed to hunt wild boar, wolf, beaver, moose and a few other spieces to near extintion in the 16-1800:s,

at one time here a good fox skin earned more money than a full days labor in the woods in the winter.

It´s easy to miss out on background like that and those are the things that have shaped how hunting is done here and the way we hunt toghether for mainly moose but now also for bear and wolf.

I am glad you managed to come here,

now you have insights in others way of hunting.

/Chris

Hey Husqvarna,
It was really interesting, the way hunting has developed to suit the environment of the hunt.

I visited an Elg museum while there, and was amazed at how Elg were nearly made extinct at such an early time, and the link between that and the Wapiti being named Elk in America. Fascinating.

Moose was hunted to near extinction by useing digged trapping pits (Banned about 1860). A fox skin was worth about two months salory for a forrest worker about 1940 even a track in snow could be sold.

Very good report Shanks

One of my grandfathers supported his family of 7 by working on roads in the summers and hunting fox in the winters in the late forties and early fifties.
He could follow the fox tracks for up to 3-4 days before he shot the fox. Sleeping in his hunting cloths under the sky in very cold temps.
He made much more money in 4-5 months of fox hunting than he did the rest of the year being a road worker.