C.E.O. - Hunting

The "crowned king" of the Hungarian forests is indigenous in Europe and in Middle East. You can find red deer in the biggest number in Western Europe, but Eastern Europe (specially Hungary) gives habitat for the world's finest quality red deer population. Red deer is the main big game in Hungary. The highest quality is found in provinces Zala, Somogy and Baranya. In the forests of the Western and Northern Transdanubia, Northern Mountains you can find smaller trophy deer. Geography and climate combine to assure an ideal environment for red deer. The red deer lives in oaken, gallery forests, matured forests where he can find hiding and coolness.

Their trophies are the antlers, which the male replaces every year.

For stag hunting the best time is the rutting season. The rut usually begins at the first days of September. Stags can be shot usually from high seats or by stalking. After the rutting season you can participate in culling hunt from November till the end of January. During this type of hunt hinds, calves and wild boars can also be taken. The percentage of the medals is 30-35% of the culling.

 

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Description

 

Physical Description

 

Red deer are the largest native land animal in Hungary. Stags (males) are larger in size than hinds (females), and have magnificent branched antlers that can reach up to 1m in width. The coat is reddish-brown in color in summer but becomes brown or gray in winter, and there is a cream colored rump patch.

 

Behavior

 

Stags and hinds tend to stay in separate groups for most of the year, stags group into unrelated 'bachelor herds', and hinds live in groups consisting of a dominant female and her daughters. They are active 24 hours a day, but tend to be more active in the evening and at night, possibly due to human activity. The diet consists of shrub and tree browse, grasses, sedges and rushes, as well as heather.

Mating occurs between late September and November, and during this time, known as 'the rut', mature stags invest much time and effort into competing with other males for access to females at traditional rutting areas. Roaring contests and parallel walking allows males to 'size each other up' without violence; evenly matched stags may then escalate the contest and lock antlers, push each other and try to throw their opponent off-balance by twisting, sometimes leading to serious injuries and even death.

Once the rut is over, the stags and hinds will separate. The calves are born the following June and are usually weaned by eight months of age, although they may stay with their mother after this time. The newborn calves are left by their mothers for long periods in patches of bracken or nettles; their mothers returning at intervals to feed them.

 

World record trophies from Hungary:

 

Place                                             Weight                            IP                  World record ranking

Karapancsa (1986)                             14,50 kg                          271,00 IP                             3.

Pusztakovácsi  (1981)                          14,00 kg                          269,89 IP                             6.

Lábod (2001)                                      16,81 kg                          265,67 IP                             7.

Vörösalma (2002)                               14,05 kg                          263,88 IP                             8.

Kerecseny (2000)                               13,98 kg                          263,30 IP                             9.

Szentpéterfülde (1992)                       14,70 kg                          261,29 IP                           12.

Hahót (1985)                                        16,40 kg                          260,07 IP                           15.

Noszlop (1992)                                     12,68 kg                          260,02 IP                           16.

Bajcsa (1989)                                     14,75 kg                           257,88 IP                           17.

Nagykanizsa (1981)                            11,75 kg                           257,15 IP                           18.

Bezeréd (1982)                                    12,95 kg                           256,97 IP                             19.

Kisbárapáti (1985)                              13,75 kg                          255,45 IP                            23.

 

International credit (IP):

170,00 - 189,99        Bronze

190,00 - 209,99        Silver

from 210,00              Gold

 

Hunting seasons:

Shootable stag:                         1. September  - 31. October

High rut:                                   10. September  - 30. September

Scull stag:                                  1. September  - 31. January

Recommended culling hunt:      December       - January

Hind, jinnock:                              1. September  - last day of February

Calf:                                           1. September  - last day of February

(Hind, jinnock and calf hunting mainly during the culling hunt)

 

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