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Hunting in Bulgaria
At the tourist and information centre, we can arrange a variety of hunting trips, we arrange packages to include, flights, Transfers, catered hunting lodges and the best hunting guides in Bulgaria.
The game enterprise in Bulgaria is presented by 22,500 red deer, 4,900 fallow deer, 78,000 row deer, 2,100 chamois, 2,500 mouflons, over 7,500 boars, over 8,000 bears, 2,2000 capercallies, hares, partidges, pheasnts.
One of the best red deer populations in the world is in Bulgaria. Among its trophies our country has 4 world records of red deer (including the resent one with 273.60 CIC points) and of boars with 158.20 CIC points. Most of the capital trophies evaluated at over over 250 CIC points are Bulgarian.
Bulgarian Hunting Bases and LodgesThe newly bred populations of red deer and mountions develop very well, too. Bulgaria ranks second in the world by quality of good throphies. International hunting tourism is a priority of the game and fish enterprise in Bulgaria since it provides good income for their development. It's make tourists become real admirers of the unique Bulgarian nature.
Over 2000-2500 foreign hunters a year go shooting in Bulgaria, a large part of them being traditional visitors in the country. The natural conditions, the strict observance of the Game Law and the Rules for its application, as well the scince-based game hunting in Bulgaria give hopes that the country will preserve its position of a leader in this field.
Having a game shooting license in Bulgaria provides a possibility of aining trophies of chamois, ibex and capercaillie. Their prices onfirm to the international requirements and are reasonable for hunters who value high trophy collections and hunting tourism.
Hunting of wolves, jackals and foxes, pheasants, partidges, pigeons and will ducks is full of emotion. The specialised modern equipment of the forestry enterprise.
Each hunting group must consist of at least three people. Prices for shooting birds range from 8 euros for wild duck and quail to about 30 euros for snipe and rock partridge. Bulgaria is among the few countries where you can shoot capercaillies during the mating display period - at a cost of 1,000 euros per bird. Only male birds can be hunted, shooting female ones was banned back in 1926. It costs about 30 euros to shoot a hare, while you pay over 200 euros for a wild boar and 500 euros for an old female boar. A roe deer is 50, the doe of the red deer 100 and a wisent, or European bison, is 1,650 euros. In Bulgaria, you can also hunt protected species such as chamois, but only after going through certain formalities.
Tourists who have acquired a hunting trophy can take it out of the country
only if they have an evaluation statement issued by the State Committee for Evaluation of Hunting Trophies, a statement of payment issued by the same committee, a veterinarian certificate, a customs declaration, for the game species included in the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, and a receipt. It sounds mind-boggling but the whole job of preparing these documents is done by the game farms.
Hunting tourism in Bulgaria has a more peaceful dimension too. All game farms run guided photographic safaris for about 20 Euros a day.
In Bulgaria there are nearly 40 state game farms, but the private ones are increasingly gaining in popularity due to the variety of services they offer. The Tamrash Game Farm is a good example. It is located only 20 km, or 12 miles, from Plovdiv, but boasts an area of 24,700 acres in one of the most pristine and picturesque parts of the Rhodope Mountains. It is the habitat of roe deer, chamois, brown bears, red and fallow deer, wild boar and capercaillies. For those who prefer to simply enjoy the beautiful scenery rather than hunt there are eco-paths where they can walk or go horse riding.
The dates of the hunting season are not fixed and vary depending on the type of game. Partridge and rock partridge can be hunted in October and November, quail in August and September and capercaillies for four weeks in April and May. The hunting season for wild boar and roe deer is from July until January and for fallow and red deer from September until January. Foxes, wolves, jackals and badgers can be hunted throughout the year.
While roe deer inhabit the Stara Planina, Sredna Gora, Strandzha, Rila, Rhodope and Pirin Mountains, fallow deer are found mainly in the Rhodope. These animals were introduced to Bulgaria 100 years ago and, unlike in most of Europe, they live freely in the wild at present, which makes them particularly difficult to hunt. Wild boar are common in the Strandzha, Stara Planina, Sredna Gora and Osogovo Mountains, as well as the marshy areas along the Danube. Capercaillies inhabit areas above 1,200 m, 3,940 ft, in the Rila, Pirin and Rhodope Mountains. Snipe are common in all woody and marshy areas, but in winter can be found mostly near Varna, the Danube and the coastal parts of the Strandzha. Because they are difficult to hunt and their dark meat is particularly tasty, snipe hunting attracts a lot of Italian and French hunters to Bulgaria.
