Mehulkamdar would certainly in the best position to answer this question. Maybe others, too...?

1. How is game doing presently in the Nilgiris - I heard that the drought of the last years, and lack of Monsoon, would have severely afflicted vegetation and thus game population as well ?

2. Is there private hunting, or are all the Nilgiris (or its most important areas) state-protected natural wilderness reserves ?

3. In general, what are the hunting laws of Tamil Nadu ?

Thanks,
Carcano

Mehulkamdar

Is it still possible to hunt Gaur, deers and nilgai?

Are there any hunting avilable in the mountains near Kashmir and Pakistan for Markhor, Ibex and sheeps?

I have read that hunting has been very restricted in India for manny years

/ JOHAN

Carcano and Johan,

The sad fact about India is that hunting can only be done on agricultural land on a crop protection permit and then again, only wild boar, fox, rabbits and other vermin can be hunted.

In some parts of India we have a huge overpopulation of leopard and nilgai and they are agricultural pests but they cannot be shot. A rare exception was made for leopard about 6 or 7 months ago in the state of Maharashtra for 5 leopards which were terrorising a whole rural community but after these were shot, the animal rights and socialist groups got belligerent and now leopards including rogues and maneaters are darted and captured instead of shot.

I don't think there will ever be any organised hunting in India in my lifetime.

Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bhutan still offer sheep hunts and I am told these are offered at SCI get-togethers in the USA. I don't have any more information except that the WWF devised a hunting and conservation plan for certain species of mountain goat and sheep in Pakistan and Nepal some years ago and it is successfully run these days.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by mehulkamdar:
[QB]Carcano and Johan,

Mehul,
Only a handful of States in India issues permits for shooting animals as part of a crop protection system. Most states, still have a 100% ban on shooting.
Unofficially,however,the whole country is being shot out.
DJ.

Well, you can hunt Nilgai in Texas. King Ranch got plenty of them. Fun hunting, fair chase, and the shots can be quite long. The Texas Ranchers that hunted India in the 20's and 30's brought some Nilgai home and they took off, they seem to like South Texas. As for Hunts in India, the last hunts I see advertised were in Outdoor Life about 1965. I don't think that there will ever be any kind of guided Hunting in India ever again, it will be the end of the game, since there will be no real reason to protect the game or the places were the game lives. Sad so very Sad, They been Saving the Tiger for dam near 40 years now and there are fewer now then there was when they started, yea good intentions, I may be alive were the only place to see a live Tiger, will be at a stage show in Vegas by two fags. Now if those Tigers would just go and have lunch on stage, that would be worth the price of a ticket.

Johan,

Here is a link about hunting oppurtunities in Pakistan.

http://www.shikarsafaris.com/pakistan.asp

Saad

Saad
Thank you for the site. Pakistan seems to be a nice country.

Saad, my neighbour claims there is no trouble in the region, what is your opinion?

/ JOHAN

Johan,

Where I live, life is normal. And overall the country, there seems no apparent trouble.

However, there is a drop in number of foriegn tourists visitng the northern areas last year.

Do you intend to visit Pakistan? When and which area? I may be able to advise accordingly.

Saad

[ 04-25-2003, 09:52: Message edited by: Saad ]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by mehulkamdar:

Mehul,

Nilgai sadly because of it's name, has always been protected in rural 'Hindu' areas , where cows are sacred, ie NIL = Blue ,GAI = Cow,
thus Nilgai = Blue cow.

Leopard are scavengers and are probably the greatest survivors, which is why they are seen in towns, like the suburbs of Bombay, scavenging at the rubbish bins and refuse tips. This gives the false impression they there is an over population of Leopards. The sad truth is that their natural quarry have been trapped, shot and poisoned into virtual extinction, and these cats are now desperate for food.
DJ.

Gone are the day that people could hunt just about anywhere and might never be back.

Sri Lanka is possibile to hunt? I have a client from this country and he said is plenty of animals: Leopards, Blackbuck, Buffalos, Axis deer.