Tour 9: Hunting for ptarmigan in Kazakhstan

Keklik - a typical mountain bird. Sometimes it is also called the rock partridge. In Kazakhstan, distributed in the mountains east and south-east and south. Mass poultry 300-700 grams. Life partridge closely associated with steep terrain. They inhabit the slopes, overgrown with bushes, rocky ledges and scree. They inhabit the slopes, overgrown with bushes, rocky ledges and scree.

Keklik - bird settled, making seasonal migrations for short distances, falling in autumn in the foothills and the lower part of the grassy, mountain slopes. Keklik wake up at dawn and feed approximately 11-12 hours. With the onset of heat they follow the watering, and then on a daily rest. Evening feeding begins in 17-18 hours and lasts 1,5-2 hours, then again, drink water, overnight. Spend the night on the ground, choosing rill or cracks in the rocks. The capacity for long-duration mission partridge does not possess, rarely takes flight, preferring to move on the ground. For feeding, watering, at crossings and for the night, partridges kept flocks of 5-40 birds. In the south and south-east of Kazakhstan partridge - an important object of hunting. Hunting for ptarmigan hunting methods is carried out to drink water, with the approach or with a setter for broods. Like any mountain hunting, hunting for ptarmigan requires good physical shape. Need to be very careful when shots to avoid the shift scree. On this hunt a good pair of binoculars will help a hunter, easy and convenient camouflage suit mountain colors, tested and reliable shoes with soft soles.

For the evening hours and the cool mountain and need warm clothing. Always be aware that the raised wing mountain game, trying to fly mostly down. Partridges fly with a loud crash of wings, but never at the same time all the flock, and doing it piecemeal, are scattered in different directions, below the place where they were frightened, and then quickly run up. Fortunately, is hunting with the approach previously discovered sites feeding, watering or recreation birds - so effectively to do an ambush in such places in the morning and evening hours. Shelter must be carefully masked. Keklik not very strong at the wound, but the wounded animal difficult to find among the rocks. For shooting partridge need a gun battle with a sharp and high accuracy. In the Almaty region hunting for ptarmigan conducted on the rocky slopes of the foothills of the Djungarskiy and Zayliyskiy Alatau. Distance from Almaty 150-300 miles, the journey takes 2-5 hours.

Accommodation in yurts and tent camps. The camp is equipped with shower, toilet. All movements in the area of hunting - the off-road 4x4 like "Mitsubishi Delica", "Toyota LC Prado" and horses. The company will provide you and your guides concise vocabulary for the convenience of communication. The optimal number of hunters - a group of 3-6 people. Duration of the tour on ptarmigan - 7 days, of which 5 days - hunting. Legal hunting period: from September 15 to November 30. Recommended for the Almaty region: from I October to 15 November. Variations in temperature during this period ranged from +20 ° to -5 ° C.

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