Wild hare hunt, or hare driven hunt, or for those that English is not there mother language, rabbit hunt or rabbit driven hunt. But in order to be accurate we have to mention that hare and rabbit are two different species.
Hares(Lepus europaeus) is the only one that can be found in Romania. He can weight up to 5 kg and he can speed up to 55 km per hour. The other one, the rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus). He can be found in Spain, Italy and France mostly, but not in Romania. I guess is too cold for him.
In the last 10 years the hares population start declining in Romania, but now is up on the roof in West part of Romania.
Basically, a team of 10 hunters can bag in a hare hunt, somewhere from 30 to 100 hares per hunting day, depending on the shooting abilities and the budget of the hunters.
But first, let me describe your a typically hunt day for hare hunt in a driven way
After a delicious breakfast around 7 am, we will drive our guests to the hunting grounds. We will explain the safety rules and we will withdraw the hunters position in the shooting line, from left to right, number 1, number 2, etc…
For those who doesn’t have, we give orange vests and hats.
The safety rules are easy but very important!
- Do not shot along the line of the hunters, nor under 30 degrees angles.
- Do not shot the hare if a dog is close to him, you might end up shooting the dog.
- Be 100% sure the animal you shot at is a hare. Especially in the places with tall vegetation, when your hare can be a running deer or even a dog…
The beaters and the dogs will head toward the line of the hunters from a distance of maximum 1000 meters, pushing the hares against the hunters. For big game hunters,is the same way we do driven hunts for wild boars. Or we use to do before African Swine Fever!
One thing is for sure, it is a very fun hunt with a lot of action.
The lunch will be served in the field, a hot meal and a break is very reinvigorate in a cold fall or winter day. At the end of the day, after 4 to 6 drives, sometimes even more depending on the the bag number of the hares that hunters booked, we will drive back to the hotel or lodge for a delicious dinner and time stories.
Most of the hunts are for 3 full hunting days and 4 nights but we can arrange also 2 hunting days and 3 nights without any problems.
The price for such a trip start at 1500 euro (3 hunting days) per hunter depending on the hares bag wanted and we can accommodate smaller groups too.
Guns are included, but ammunition and alcoholic drinks are not. We will skin your hares and froze them, provide all hunting and veterinary documents so you can bring the hares back you your country and prepare delicious dinner for your family and friends.
The area that we have is the best hunting area for hares in Romania. PERIOD!
With a quota of more than 1000 hares in 8000 hectares per season, this is the place if you like hares hunting. And since the area holds a big number of wild pheasants too, here is your next small game hunting trip.
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