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Hunting
in Turkmenistan for the Transcaspian urial (red sheep - ovis
vignel arkal)
Red
sheep is the most beautiful from this kind of rams. It also
has a large population in Turkmenia. Hunting places for this
ram are the mountain ridges of the Kopet Dagh on the border
of Turkmenistan with Iran and Afghanistan. The Kopet Daghs
mountains are not very high, and only the mountain Rize reaches
2942 meters, usually the height of mountains is between 300
- 2000 meters. Mountains are with numerous gorges and valleys.
Summer is hot and dry with high temperature, the rivers dry
up. The climate is dry subtropical. Rams live in gorges where
there is grass and they hide among abrupt and sharp stones.
Hunters ride horses up to the hunting place and dismount a
kilometer before the place where rams have a rest. Rams are
quite timid, cautious and observant. If rams feel hunters,
they run away at a speed of up to 60 km / hour. It is important
for the hunter to rise silently on a rock to look round. At
dawn, it is important for the hunter to choose a ram, take
aim well, and then to fire a shot at the risen ram. Horns
of the ram are thick and curved. The expected trophy is about
33 - 36 to 40 inches. The trunk size of rams is one meter
and more, and weight is approximately 80 kg.
Travel
duration is:
10 days (Moscow/Moscow) 8 days of hunting;
Regions of hunting are:
Turkmenia, the Kopet Daghs mountains;
Accommodation:
yurts, campsites;
Travel route: Flight
by plane from Moscow to Ashkhabad (4 hours), then by motor
transport (8 hours), or by helicopter (3 hours) to the hunting
camp;
Additional
charges:
tickets Moscow - Ashkhabad - Moscow; Hotels are paid according
to the fact; Additional service is paid according to the fact;
Successful hunt!
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