YAKUT SNOW SHEEP HUNT

2010

Five of Ovis nivicola subspecies currently inhabit territory of Russia: Koriak Snow Sheep (O.n.koriakorum), Yakut Snow Sheep (O.n.lydekkeri), Okhotsk Snow Sheep (O.n.alleni), Kamchatka Bighorn (Ovis nivicola) and Putoran Snow Sheep (O.n.borealis).

Yakut snow sheep inhabits mountains of Yakut Republic (Russia). The Republic is known as "Northern Diamond Land". About one third of Yakut land is located north of the Polar Circle. Even during summer time air temperatures may be below zero. The hunt is conducted at altitude 1,000 – 2,000 m (3,000 – 6,000 ft). The air temperature during the hunting season:

August – September +10 - +20 C (+50 - +70 F)

October                                                0 - +10 C (+30 - +50 F)

You will need warm, waterproof clothes. Hunting area are endless and wild open spaces. Here you won’t see a single human being for hundred kilometers, just deer breeders moving with their stock. Most of the territory of Yakut are tundra and mountain ranges. Snow sheep hunt is a stalking hunt. Horns of Yakut snow sheep may range from 80 cm to 100 cm (31 in.- 40 in.). There are EXPERIENCED GUIDES, interpreter, helpers in the camp. When you finish your sheep hunt you CAN HUNT FOR BEAR, GIANT MOOSE and REINDEER.

During this trip you will see nomadic people stations, the way of their life, national traditions. In Moscow we can organize sightseeing tours for you (THE KREMLIN, RED SQUARE, DIAMOND FUND, THE BOLSHOY THEATER, etc.)

BASIC TOUR PRICE: $ 19.950  per hunter ( 4 - 6 hunters in a group) including all service on base 1x1 and one  trophy of Yakut Snow Sheep: No surcharge for Gold medal trophies!!

-          airport service on arrival/depart in Moscow (international and national flights);

-          auto transfers in Moscow from airports to hotel and return;

-          booking of air tickets and hotel rooms for the tour;

-          airport service on arrival/depart in Yakutsk;

-          transfer from Yakutsk to the hunting area and back (air fair on domestic flights are not included);

-          full service on  hunt on the base 1x1;

-          motor boats and horses on hunt;

-          guides, cook and helpers in the camp;

-          interpreter;

-          all documents needed for a hunt;

-          accommodation and meals in hunting camp;

-          1 YAKUT SNOW SHEEP TROPHY any size;

-          field trophy preparation and packing;

Basic tour price for non-hunter: $8.900

Group: 4 - 6 hunters (2-3 in one camp).

Hunting season:            August,15 – October, 15.

Hunting area:  republic of Yakutia, areas: Batagai, Kobyaisk and others

Tour duration: 14 days Moscow/Moscow, 10 hunting days.

Transfer: 7 hr flight from Moscow to Yakutsk then 1 hour regular flight to Zirianka or Handiga, then 1 – 2 hrs by helicopter to the camp depending on hunting area.

Accommodation:         in hunting houses, tents.

  Total price for hunt from / to Yakutsk: All inclusive except for airfare, hotels, meal in cities & tips

All prices subject to be changed

HUNT ITINERARY:

1 day               -arrival in Moscow, meeting in airport, transfer to hotel, free time

2 day               -leaving for Yakutsk, arrival, transfer to hotel, free time.

3 day               -transfer to hunting area, beginning of hunt.

4-12 days        -hunt for Snow Sheep

13 day             -transfer to Yakutsk, arrival in Moscow

14 day             -flight home.

      RICK NAGLE

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