Outfitter and PH: Marius Merutiu
www.huntromania.com

Facilitator and booking agent: Alexander Neilson.

Game Sought: Brown Bear in Romania and Roe deers in Hungary.


In April 2016 I headed to Europe to try my luck with the European Brown bear, my good friend Alex had promised me that he will help set this hunt up for me and he was true to his word. I was to hunt with one of the most well reputable professional hunters of Romania Marius. the plan was to fly to Budapest from where i would drive with my Hungarian friend Alex (not to be confused with my friend Alex who set the Bear hunt for me) all the way to Transylvania and on the way back we would be hunting Roe deers in his area.


no self respecting Hungarian would commence such a long journey with no home made palinka







Traditional Hungarian shepherds coat called a 'Suba'


stopped on the way to try some traditional Hungarian Goulash.




region's best wine district.

Romania-Hungary border.

Congratulations Pir Sahib, well done. Thank you for sharing. Will you be at SCI in Feb.

Regards
Aziz

Thank you Aziz sahb, yes I will be attending SCI this February. Hope to see you there.
Best regards.
Danish

Well done Danish.....looks like a fantastic trip.

That's great! I was considering a Romanian bear hunt in 2018 but since the EU has shut that down, I don't know where to go now.

You can still go to Croatia however I have heard the success rate for the bear is not as great as romania. i can PM you Alex's details and he can hook you up.

Very nice! Thanks for posting

Congrats on a fine trip!

Very nice Danish. I am looking forward to hunting with Marius next Sept. I just wish it was for bear like yours ! Congrats my friend.

Is brown bear still an option in Romania/EU? I thought I read in this section that the EU had closed bear hunting along with wolf in member countries.

thanks for sharing Pir! nice bear and great rip photos

Great
Photos!how do they hunt bears over there? That looks like some wooded country.

Beautiful photos of a terrific looking hunt! I hunted with Marius a couple years ago and had a wonderful time.

Beautiful country, pictures and bear! Seems like a great trip, congratulations and thanks for sharing it with us!

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Originally posted by LHeym500:
Is brown bear still an option in Romania/EU? I thought I read in this section that the EU had closed bear hunting along with wolf in member countries.

yes Romania has now banned Bear and wolf hunting. Croatia is still open though. i am glad i got my bear before the ban. :-)

thanks friends, thanks Manuel, hope to visit your beautiful country some day :-)

Mr. Danish:

Thank you for the info. I also apologize as I did not mean to insinuate that you hunted illegally. I was hoping the ban had been lifted or that I was wrong.

quote:

Originally posted by LHeym500:
Mr. Danish:

Thank you for the info. I also apologize as I did not mean to insinuate that you hunted illegally. I was hoping the ban had been lifted or that I was wrong.

No apology needed sir. :-)
i have heard they might open Romania sometime next year for bear but no one can say for sure. until then Croatia is an option however the success rate is not 100% there and from what i have heard the bears art quite as big in size as their Romanian cousins.

quote:

Originally posted by LHeym500:
Mr. Danish:

I also apologize as I did not mean to insinuate that you hunted illegally. I was hoping the ban had been lifted or that I was wrong.

No apology needed sir. :-)
i have heard they might open Romania sometime next year for bear but no one can say for sure. until then Croatia is an option however the success rate is not 100% there and from what i have heard the bears art quite as big in size as their Romanian cousins.

Great report. Beautiful country