Wild boar & roe deer hunting

zlezlius

So I was invited to take part in a wild boar and roe deer hunting while on holidays in Lithuania. I thought I'll throw up some picks since we don't get much of that here...;)









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Cass

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That's some hide/high seat.

Was it part of a paid hunt or just some friends/family?

The Aussie

In the first pic, you can really see where they get the name Razorback, when that was bristling it would have stood right up.

What sort of set up were you using out there

TriggerPL

Would like to do some of this my self , share the details lad !

zlezlius

Yes, basically Lithuania is my native country, I was visiting my old folks and other relatives. Hunting is a huge thing back there, but tbh it was my first time out hunting there, cause I only started humting here in Ireland. (here for the last 13 years)Anyway,was out 4 nights, two with my cousin and one with friend and his mates(club members). There were five boar shot and couple roe deer during them nights. All from high seats, cause only in winter time they do driven hunts. Anyways loved it. Cousin was using Verney Coroon 7mm and friend Sako A7. 308. I was only with a rifle one of them nights (cousins rifle in that big house in the picture:-)) but unfortunately non wild boar came out dhat evening.
Theres very kinda strict hunting rules there , only hunting clubs only specific times and so on, but really deep old traditions etc
So definately have bigger plans for future to go hunting there a bi more serious.
At the mean time roll on September in Ireland for Deer which is the same great fun! Lovin it;-)

sikahuntejack

my woman is from lithuania and i go over there every year her father has land i need to take my finger out and sort myself out with some shooting over there Panevezys is where i go seen plenty of high seats around the forests there

zlezlius

Loads of high seats all ower the country. If the would be no intencive 10 month season for hunting wild boar farmers fields would be destroyed. There for no licence/ tags required for shooting wild boar. Different story with deer or elk. The head of them has to go through commision in case they were not meant to be shot (they call them productive animal) Than you could be in trouble. Over all if you bring your own rifle osshottie there it only arround 15 euro to join evening hunt in high seat or arround 30 to join driven hunt. That could vary from club to club obviously but that were the charges were i was. Plenty fauna there: boar , deer elk fox hare even volves.

TriggerPL

And if u shot a wolf where would u stand I'd love to do this at some stage next year

meathstevie

That stripey little fella must be as tasty and tender as can be.

zlezlius

TriggerPL wrote: »

And if u shot a wolf where would u stand I'd love to do this at some stage next year

Not sure about wolves shooting to be honest, I doubt they would be classed the same as foxes,and just plink away, Id say they have some sort of season/protection maybe, still have to do a lot of homework myself before I go there next time. Looking for the options at the moment if I can bring my own guns or is it better to rent one out if possibble ( friend is working on that). Would really love to go there during winter for a driven hunt. Get 12g semi auto filled with slugs and maybe red dot on top, that would be some expierence:) Only shotguns allowed to be used for driven hunts there as far as I learned so far.

zlezlius

meathstevie wrote: »

That stripey little fella must be as tasty and tender as can be.

It would be nice alright... Obviously it was to young to be shot, but unfortunately little fella was cliped by the bullet that exited through his bigger friend. Lad that shot didn't see the one behind, was pretty dark at the moment.

zlezlius

Cass wrote: »

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That's some hide/high seat.

Was it part of a paid hunt or just some friends/family?

:-) high seats could be very different there, depending how much bob you are willing to spend. Heres some pictures that I saw

ah sure !

Lithuania must be a great place for hunting , plenty of wildlife .
Back myself from Poland , got to go with a forest ranger friend for a hunt on high seat late one evening and early next morning for a roe buck or a wild boar. Saw many Bucks / Does but the bucks where to small to shoot.
However we saw one herd of 12 huge Red stags in velvet during the evening and one of 5 Red stags the next morning. All within 100 meters You could just sit there and watch all day if it wasn't for the midgets !

But shooting a big red stag is a no go in Poland , they keep them for the hunting tourists during the rut . is it the same in Lithuania ? Even the local hunters are not allowed to shoot them.

zlezlius

ah sure ! wrote: »

Lithuania must be a great place for hunting , plenty of wildlife .
Back myself from Poland , got to go with a forest ranger friend for a hunt on high seat late one evening and early next morning for a roe buck or a wild boar. Saw many Bucks / Does but the bucks where to small to shoot.
However we saw one herd of 12 huge Red stags in velvet during the evening and one of 5 Red stags the next morning. All within 100 meters You could just sit there and watch all day if it wasn't for the midgets !

But shooting a big red stag is a no go in Poland , they keep them for the hunting tourists during the rut . is it the same in Lithuania ? Even the local hunters are not allowed to shoot them.

Red stags can be shot from 15th August untill 15th of November with the appropriate licence obviously. Id say open seasons & fauna should be pretty much similar in Poland and in Lithuania, they r neighbour countries

zlezlius

For those who would like or planning to go hunting in Lithuania.
Just found the Hunting Season calendar. I now its not in english but Im sure you can go by pictures as well and months with calendar days are on top. It will give you an idea. Green is open season, yellow closed .
(Wolves are there as well TriggerPL;))



Some info and prices in english here:

http://www.tourslithuania.com/index.php/hunting-in-lithuania.html

ah sure !

yep hunting seasons must be similar. I see the prices are similar as well:rolleyes:
Remember my in-laws telling me that a Swedish hunter shot a small boar a few years ago while on a hunting trip near their home. But the smallish boar had HUGE tusks , that poor lad must still be paying for it

Do you have Bisons in Lithuania ? just curious.
Poland has many , not for hunting though.

zlezlius

ah sure ! wrote: »

yep hunting seasons must be similar. I see the prices are similar as well:rolleyes:
Remember my in-laws telling me that a Swedish hunter shot a small boar a few years ago while on a hunting trip near their home. But the smallish boar had HUGE tusks , that poor lad must still be paying for it

Do you have Bisons in Lithuania ? just curious.
Poland has many , not for hunting though.

No... in the zoo maybe:)

TriggerPL

Cheers hey really enjoyed reading this post , the forum has lost discussions like this and most thread these days ,

Are just guys to lazy to google stuff for them selves , so it nice to see your trip and get some info out there for others .

Hat off to u sir !

daithi55

looks like ya had a great time zlezlius

sikahuntejack wrote: »

my woman is from lithuania and i go over there every year her father has land i need to take my finger out and sort myself out with some shooting over there Panevezys is where i go seen plenty of high seats around the forests there

hope they havent the same rules as poland or else ya wont be shooting her dads land,, my wifes dad has land in poland but he doesnt own the shooting rights the government do... the land of the country is broken into districts like parishes and the highest bidder can then own it mostly hunting clubs but some some commercial companies own some where people pay to hunt... its huge money over there hence why going to countries like latvia poland hungary etc is so expensive to hunt in... the clubs generate the money to purchase these rights by selling the animals they shoot to game dealers and its very strict what quotas you can shoot unlike ireland uk etc... one member might only shoot one or two selected cull animals a year if there lucky plus unlimited wild boar piglets/yearlings.... then every year in the club there might be two big trophy animals shot, two members get one each lets say so your turn might come every ten years to shoot a monster of a deer ,,, have to say though through the management of the clubs in poland the abundance of deer, wild boar is unbelievable and the quality of trophies is world class

ah sure ! wrote: »

yep hunting seasons must be similar. I see the prices are similar as well:rolleyes:
Remember my in-laws telling me that a Swedish hunter shot a small boar a few years ago while on a hunting trip near their home. But the smallish boar had HUGE tusks , that poor lad must still be paying for it

Do you have Bisons in Lithuania ? just curious.
Poland has many , not for hunting though.

in poland the bison is known as zubr and its far from from numerous its nearly extinct and on the protected list... think its the last remaining herd left in europe
its found in Poland in Bialowieski National Park
there a polish beer called zubr named after it and its actually lovely to drink and its 6% rocket fuel
they also produce a vodka called zubrowka and use a bison grass to flavour it which is also a big part of the zubr diet
a lot of us have probably tried this vodka if not id recommend it

hopefully some day il get to travel to where the zubr live and see it in the wild

ah sure !

daithi55 wrote: »

in poland the bison is known as zubr and its far from from numerous its nearly extinct and on the protected list... think its the last remaining herd left in europe
its found in Poland in Bialowieski National Park

hopefully some day il get to travel to where the zubr live and see it in the wild

Yep i know , they are 10 kms away from where my wife is from. Our friend over there had a couple in his garden one morning. Of course they are protected and hell would fall on anybody shooting one. However i was told that they do sell a bison to foreign shooters if the animal is sick or injured and won't live. Money wise i believe it is something like €80000. This is what i was told.

daithi55 wrote: »

hope they havent the same rules as poland or else ya wont be shooting her dads land,, my wifes dad has land in poland but he doesnt own the shooting rights the government do..

so true , we have a bit of land walking with boars and Roes, no way you can hunt on it. The local clubs can though. So said to myself i will join the local club :P , yeah good luck with that unless you know the boss well :mad:
The other small problem is the hunting exams , all in Polish of course :eek:

But Daithi55 is right , the wildlife is unbelievable over there and it is thanks to all these rules / regulations etc ....

zlezlius

Thanks Daithi, yes I did enjoy it. Hoping to get back again for a bit of driven hunt maybe.(Money and Missus permitting:P)
As for rules and regulations in Poland, Im afraid pretty similar rules in Lithuania as well. Friend has good bit of land ,three high seats there built by gun club, and since he's not the member of that club he can't shoot his land at all. Now, the gun clubs would be packed enough and could cost you a lot of waiting and bob to join it. The good thing about it is that as I mentioned previously you can get invitation from gun club member and go there hunting with your own gun for small enough fee. Obviosly only if you have that good buddy who's inviting you . Otherwise only commercial hunting then through the agencies which will be pricey alright.
And I totaly agree with you lads that only strict management like that can keep good and healthy fauna.

The Aussie

Fota Wildlife Park here in Cork is actually involved in the conservation of the European Bison and have sent a good few over seas to be returned to the wild or to other conservation parks for breeding purposes, according to the sign I read about them at the park they are all descended by around 15(?) individuals and are now roaming wild in Poland, Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine.

Anyone interested should take a trip down to Fota, they are a big impressive animal but look better when they have their Winter coats on.

ah sure !

2 bisons got killed by a truck nearby my wife home town , they are now stuffed and on display in the forest rangers headquarters. Going to have a stalk on them next week and see how close i can get :P

Grizzly 45

meathstevie wrote: »

That stripey little fella must be as tasty and tender as can be.

Definately ...The younger the better for the kitchen.:D

hope they havent the same rules as poland or else ya wont be shooting her dads land,, my wifes dad has land in poland but he doesnt own the shooting rights the government do... the land of the country is broken into districts like parishes and the highest bidder can then own it mostly hunting clubs but some some commercial companies own some where people pay to hunt... its huge money over there hence why going to countries like latvia poland hungary etc is so expensive to hunt in... the clubs generate the money to purchase these rights by selling the animals they shoot to game dealers and its very strict what quotas you can shoot unlike ireland uk etc... one member might only shoot one or two selected cull animals a year if there lucky plus unlimited wild boar piglets/yearlings.... then every year in the club there might be two big trophy animals shot, two members get one each lets say so your turn might come every ten years to shoot a monster of a deer ,,, have to say though through the management of the clubs in poland the abundance of deer, wild boar is unbelievable and the quality of trophies is world class

Pretty much the standard for most of Europe past France for that system.However compared to shooting in Germany or Austria, hunting in Hungary or Poland ,etc is alot cheaper and a lot less hassle than trying to maintain a system and let as described.

Indeed SW Lithuania would have exellent hunting as it butts onto Kaliningrad,Russias last toe hold in W Europe. That was the former East Prussia and the border area was where the famous Rominten Heath is.That was formerly the exclusive hunting preserve of the German Kaiser and later Hermann Goring.It was an area known for producing monsterous red stags,and huge boar .

meathstevie

The penny only just dropped with you mentioning East Prussia, those lands are part of the German and Baltic genetic hunting memory for sure.

Zlezlius it must have been an amazing hunt man, I have memories of going beating on boar and dear drives near Bastogne and even those were amazing but probably don't come near to what you've experienced.

Grizzly 45 wrote: »

Definately ...The younger the better for the kitchen.:D






Pretty much the standard for most of Europe past France for that system.However compared to shooting in Germany or Austria, hunting in Hungary or Poland ,etc is alot cheaper and a lot less hassle than trying to maintain a system and let as described.

Indeed SW Lithuania would have exellent hunting as it butts onto Kaliningrad,Russias last toe hold in W Europe. That was the former East Prussia and the border area was where the famous Rominten Heath is.That was formerly the exclusive hunting preserve of the German Kaiser and later Hermann Goring.It was an area known for producing monsterous red stags,and huge boar .