Hunting in the Alps
By: Roger William Jørgensen, European Consultant
Hunting has always been a huge part of my life, thanks to growing up in Alaska. The weeks spent on the tundra each year hunting with my father were some of the best memories of my life. As such, I always thought the only way to have truly wild experiences was to travel as far out in the bush as a Super Cub could take you.
However, through my years as a hunting consultant visiting some of the world’s finest hunting operations, I have realized one thing: the size of the tent doesn’t correspond to the greatness of the adventure. Sometimes you don’t need a tent at all. Sometimes an Alpine hut or a medieval castle will do the job.
For the past five years, I have spent about three weeks every hunting season with clients in the Austrian Alps. The main game species is the Alpine chamois, however the possibility to harvest roe deer, Alpine red stag, and marmot also exist and make for wonderful hunt combinations.
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