Hello Gentlemen,
I offer you a fantastic hunt in North Macedonia for Balkan chamois

These are all inclusive packages including trophy fee.
You need to fly to Skopje int. Airport where an english speaking guide will pick you up.
Trophy quality in this area is good.
The population is excellent and we have an 100% successrate for many years.

Hunt has to take place between 1.August to 31.December.

2days hunting/3nights + 1 Chamois regardless of size for 3200€ (~ $3780 at todays exchange rate)



Extras:
- Rifle (if you don't bring your own)
- Personal expenses
- Trophy export
- Vet certificate 50€
- Extra day 200€
- Extra hunting day 250€
- Dip&Pack 50-100€ per animal



Best Regards,

Dennis

contact me at:
DR Safaris
D. Rollinger
dennis@dr-safaris.com

+491722438231

Pascalstrasse 6
52078 Aachen
Germany

Double post, sorry

5-13ths November is fully booked. Rest of the season has openings

Spots available in late November or December.

AR-Member Dale took advantage of this offer and got a nice chamy buck on Friday in north Macedonia.
Congratulations Dale!

I just got home after doing this hunt and am trying to get back on Utah time. Dennis, thank for posting the photo.

I have wanted to do a chamois hunt since I was stationed in Italy in the Army in the late 70s. I saw chamois in the Bad Tolz area in Germany while I was taking my rifle platoon through a Special Forces course and since then have always wanted to hunt them. I was a little concerned about doing this hunt because I am 71. After discussing it with Dennis, I decided to try it. I got into Skopjy, Macedonia, the middle of the afternoon. The driver met me after I came out of customs and took me into the police office. They already had my rifle permit prepared so everything took less than 5 minutes. We headed straight for the hunting area. Got there in time to fire a shot to check my rifle and then had a good meal and went to bed. Food in the camp was excellent.

The next morning we got up early, had a good breakfast, and then headed out in the dark. We got up as high as we could drive just after daylight and started walking. It was a good climb for an hour or maybe a little more. Once we were near the top it flattened out to rolling hills and was easier walking. We could see a few chamois before we left the truck and had seen at least 50 by the time I shot mine. He was one of two males in a group of about 30 chamois. They were on a steep slope below the rim. Distance was 198 yards (182 meters). He ran 15-20 yards and was done. The bullet hit him just behind the shoulder and was about centered vertically. Based on growth rings on the horns, he was 9-10 years old. The CIC score was 95. I hunt for mature, representative animals and don't pay much attention to scores. I am totally satisfied with him. We were done hunting by 9:30 the first morning.

The rifle I used was a Sako M85 Bavarian in .270 WSM that I bought on AR from Biebs. I used a 140 gr. Nosler partition loaded with RL-22.

After the hunt I was able to hire the driver to take me on a 2-day trip to visit Lake Ohrid, the largest freshwater lake in Europe. I also spent about 1.5 days looking around Skopjy. I stayed in a nice 4-star hotel on the river in the center of Skopjy that was on 50 euros per night. They also had a good restaurant.

Everything was well organized, food and hotels were nice, and everyone was friendly. I would recommend this hunt to anyone wanting to try European hunting.

That is a great report. Thank you

As you may know we have and shoot a lot of chamois here in NZ. I'm not familiar with the CIC scoring system, we use a scoring system devised for NZ and used in Australasia.
Although our scoring system does recognise the horn girth (and spread for feral goat), generally speaking it is the length of horn that is used to judge a 'trophy' chamois or Himalayan Tahr amongst hunters. When glassing or spotting these animals to determine if they are are a trophy to shoot, it is the horn length that is the more easily measurable e.g. chamois how high above the head the horn curve sits, for tahr, how far back the horn curves behind the ear.

Interested to know what sort of horn length are some of the chamois heads in the photos (length being over the outside of the curve tip to base)?

Hello Dale,
thank you for posting this report. I am very happy you had an enjoyable hunt and a great time in North Macedonia!

Best Regards,
Dennis

We got several nice ones this season. Still 1-2 openings a available for late November or December.