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DAGESTAN (Eastern) TUR, KUBAN (Western) TUR, MID-CAUCASIAN TUR hunting in Caucasian mountains.

Caucasian tur. Now it is considered that there are 2 tur subspecies in the Caucasus: Caucasian tur or West-Caucasian tur (Ñ. caucasica) and the Dagestan or East-Caucasian tur (Ñ. cylindricornis). Both species are large goats with the body length of 120-180 cm, height of 78-112 cm, male weight is up to 155 kg (usual1y of 20-140 kg). Their colour is reddish-grey, but the Dagestan tur usually has a well-marked dark "belt" on its back which the Caucasian tur does not have or which is not so noticeable; These goats differ considerably in the structure of horns: the Caucasian tur's horns are arched and their tops are directed downwards and inside. The Dagestan tur has horns curved in the form of a spiral and their ends are directed back and upwards. The Caucasian tur is widespread in the western part of the Main Caucasian ridge, and the Dagestan - in the eastern part. At the area of about 400 sq.km., both tours meet together and quite often form hybrids. Both tours have a very similar habit of life. The tours live in the rocky areas of the Alpine belt of mountains and in rocks of a forest belt. During the year they move within the limits of one ridge or a mountain spur, but they do not attempt distant movement. In April - May when spring comes in the mountains, the turs wintered in the Alpine belt, go down to the top border of the forest and gather on the sunny slopes. The animals which spent winter in forests also rise here. As a result, both populations separated before that get together again. In June-July most animals gather in the Alpine belt. In the second half of summer turs are strongly attracted by the areas where were there are snowfields and glaciers near which they spend hot time of day. At the end of August -September some turs, mainly females with young growth, go down to the top border of the forest where there is still fresh greenery on damp hollows and shady slopes. At the end of October or in November, with the appearance of snow, a group of turs goes down in the forest belt. The other group rises above, at the wintering places in the Alpine and subalpine belt and stays at the places of "blowing" and "warming", whence the wind blows the snow off or it quickly evaporates under the sun beams and from the action of the wind. Lacking mineral salts, turs willingly visit man-made saline soil and cover a distance of 15-20 km to get it. In autumn, winter and early spring turs graze in the daylight hours. In summer they bed for daylight hours, from 9-10 o'clock in the morning to 3-4 o'clock in the afternoon bedding. It is very difficult to approach turs, especially a big herd. Constantly one or a few animals become alerted, raise their head, and at occurrence of the slightest danger whistle sharply and thus give an alarm signal. Turs have a perfectly developed sight, and they notice a man at a very good distance, though usually they do not show anxiety until they see danger. But as soon as the man disappears in a gorge or behind a ridge turs quickly leave the place. Turs also have a very well developed sense of smell: they catch smell of the man at a distance of several hundreds meters.

Travel duration is: 7 days (Moscow/Moscow) 5 days of hunting.
Regions of hunting are: Tver, Vladimir, Yaroslavl, Novgorod Region, Kareliya, North Ossetia, Krasnodar Territory;
Accommodation: hunting camps, guest hunting houses, rural log huts..
Travel route: travel by motor transport, either by plane or by train from Moscow to the nearest hunting place, station or the airport. Then you go by motor transport to the hunting place;
Additional charges: tickets Moscow -local airport/station - Moscow; Hotels are paid according to the fact; Additional service is paid according to the fact;
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