Trufflehunting
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I like the sound of it when you have any more information would you let me know
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Ian
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Boar in Turkey
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doublecheese
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Since many of you contacted me for organising a hunt in Turkey, I'm giving you my outfitter's contact details.
My outfitter is TROFE HUNTING SAFARIS and the owner is Ugur Barutcu, he is my friend and he told me if any of you wants to try Turkish Boar, either Driven Hunt or Baiting , you guys can contact him.
His e-mail is barutcu@trofehuntingsafaris.com . He promised me to make some special discounts if any of you is interested. Just tell him you are Yigit's friend .( Yigit is my name)
Three of the five pictures I uploaded yesterday somehow got disappeared so upload them here again.
My outfitter is TROFE HUNTING SAFARIS and the owner is Ugur Barutcu, he is my friend and he told me if any of you wants to try Turkish Boar, either Driven Hunt or Baiting , you guys can contact him.
His e-mail is barutcu@trofehuntingsafaris.com . He promised me to make some special discounts if any of you is interested. Just tell him you are Yigit's friend .( Yigit is my name)
Three of the five pictures I uploaded yesterday somehow got disappeared so upload them here again.
Si
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I got back at 5am this morning from a week in Turkey where I had arranged to meet up with Ferhat, the owner of a gun shop in Didim.
The day started with a short taxi ride into Didim at 5.30am to the Apollo Temple where I'd arranged to meet with one of Ferhat's friends who would take me to the hunting cabin.
We arrived at just after 6am and I was invited into the cabin for a traditional Turkish breakfast with the hunting party.
After breakfast I was handed a CESA Arms 7+1 semi auto 12g shotgun, an orange hi-viz cap and a cammo vest full of brenneke slug cartridges
Ferhat loaded the dogs onto a trailer while one of the guys looked around for his boot which one of the pups had ran off with, then we set off into the mountains just as the sun was starting to rise.
After walking for over 2 hours we still hadn't seen any boar, but plenty signs that they'd been there... fresh droppings and tubers dug up along the rides. The group decided to take a break and assess the situation, a lot of deliberation followed but I didn't understand a word of it until Ferhat pointed the way and said "we go"
I followed closely as he meandered his way through the thick vegetation which flicked back at be as he pushed his way through. My legs were taking a whipping and my calf's were starting to burn. Time for another sit down...
Then the dogs started "yipping" and we knew they were onto boar, I heard shots from lower down the hill and my guide set off like a mountain goat. I went over on my ankle trying to keep up and as we dropped down the hill I caught a glimpse of a large boar less than 100mtrs away running from left to right. Ferhat signalled to me to shoot and although I wasn't really sure of the effective range of a 12g slug I took aim slightly in front and fired 3 shots before the boar disappeared into the thick vegetation. I knew I'd missed and I was quite relieved to see the animal running up the other side of the valley a good 200yds away well out of reach of the shotguns, which confirmed that I hadn't injured it. It stopped for a moment then carried on running. At that point I remember thinking I wish I had a rifle, I could have taken it easily.
Apparently there was 5 boar but I only saw the one that ran past me, the other 4 had gone up the hill and over the other side and from what little Turkish I could understand no-one had managed to hit one and it was everyone else's fault
So that was my first wild boar hunting experience, not the outcome I hoped for but not one that I'll forget in a hurry.... high on the list of the hardest things I've ever done, those mountains are hard going and I was relieved to get back to the hunters cabin for lunch of some sort of bready, eggy tomato mushed up omlette with salami and olives. Followed by more bread dipped in Tahin and grape mollases.
My host said I'm welcome back anytime, which I will definately take him up on. One of the other guys offered me a days partridge shooting and clays too
The day started with a short taxi ride into Didim at 5.30am to the Apollo Temple where I'd arranged to meet with one of Ferhat's friends who would take me to the hunting cabin.
We arrived at just after 6am and I was invited into the cabin for a traditional Turkish breakfast with the hunting party.
After breakfast I was handed a CESA Arms 7+1 semi auto 12g shotgun, an orange hi-viz cap and a cammo vest full of brenneke slug cartridges
Ferhat loaded the dogs onto a trailer while one of the guys looked around for his boot which one of the pups had ran off with, then we set off into the mountains just as the sun was starting to rise.
After walking for over 2 hours we still hadn't seen any boar, but plenty signs that they'd been there... fresh droppings and tubers dug up along the rides. The group decided to take a break and assess the situation, a lot of deliberation followed but I didn't understand a word of it until Ferhat pointed the way and said "we go"
I followed closely as he meandered his way through the thick vegetation which flicked back at be as he pushed his way through. My legs were taking a whipping and my calf's were starting to burn. Time for another sit down...
Then the dogs started "yipping" and we knew they were onto boar, I heard shots from lower down the hill and my guide set off like a mountain goat. I went over on my ankle trying to keep up and as we dropped down the hill I caught a glimpse of a large boar less than 100mtrs away running from left to right. Ferhat signalled to me to shoot and although I wasn't really sure of the effective range of a 12g slug I took aim slightly in front and fired 3 shots before the boar disappeared into the thick vegetation. I knew I'd missed and I was quite relieved to see the animal running up the other side of the valley a good 200yds away well out of reach of the shotguns, which confirmed that I hadn't injured it. It stopped for a moment then carried on running. At that point I remember thinking I wish I had a rifle, I could have taken it easily.
Apparently there was 5 boar but I only saw the one that ran past me, the other 4 had gone up the hill and over the other side and from what little Turkish I could understand no-one had managed to hit one and it was everyone else's fault
So that was my first wild boar hunting experience, not the outcome I hoped for but not one that I'll forget in a hurry.... high on the list of the hardest things I've ever done, those mountains are hard going and I was relieved to get back to the hunters cabin for lunch of some sort of bready, eggy tomato mushed up omlette with salami and olives. Followed by more bread dipped in Tahin and grape mollases.
My host said I'm welcome back anytime, which I will definately take him up on. One of the other guys offered me a days partridge shooting and clays too
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doublecheese
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Great story, I wish you could get that boar. I think I did not quite understand is, why did you guys walked for 2 hours ? Normally we drive close to the hunting area and then walk a couple of hundred meters until we reach our waiting spot.
I am currently in a small fishing town and attending a weekend wild boar hunt which one of my friends organised and it is free of charge .
We saw a total of 12 but we could only recover one dead body due to heavy vegetation in some parts and these animals always go on the heavy vegetation parts. I also shot once but probably missed as the animal disappeared in the vegetation.
I am currently in a small fishing town and attending a weekend wild boar hunt which one of my friends organised and it is free of charge .
We saw a total of 12 but we could only recover one dead body due to heavy vegetation in some parts and these animals always go on the heavy vegetation parts. I also shot once but probably missed as the animal disappeared in the vegetation.
Si
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I think we walked round a big circle because the walk back was nowhere near as far... I did wonder how we would get any shot animals back to the tractor. Some of the guys had rope so I'm guessing a long drag.
DAThornley
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Hi Si, wow cant believe it after all the years we have a house in turkey between didim and altinkum didnt know there a gun shop up there in the town, where abouts is it near the council offices? did you do the shooting to the hills above didim near akbuk or further up near bafa lake? have you got the contact details for the gun shop and web link please, thanks Dean
Si
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Sure, the gun shop is just off the Boulevard down one of the little cut through bits just up from HSBC bank.
Here's the address;
Yeni Mahalle Cumhuriyet Cad. Ali Metin Psj. No7 Didim/Aydin
Tel: 0256 811 64 06
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The chap from the gunshop breeds hunting dogs, he has a farm in the hills behind the Aquapark and the hunting ground is nr the Didim Belediyesi landfill site.
We bought a place in Akbuk earlier in the year.
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DAThornley
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hi si, yes think i know where it is now, we do our banking at akbank, and go up to didim a lot, was over there in the summer but to hot to go out shooting, thanks for the reply, regards Dean
Si
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Golden6Pointer
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Turkey is providing some very good Wild Boar hunts.... mayby day i should go there....
Si
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You definitely should... flights to Turkey are quite cheap in the winter, it costs less to fly to Turkey for 3 days boar hunting than a weekend in Scotland hind stalking.
doublecheese
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I'm off to Turkey today for a month.... just waiting to get picked up for the airport.
No hunting on this trip though, the season only starts in October.
Oh well, I'll just have to settle for scuba diving and spear fishing instead
What are you talking about ? You can shoot pigs all year around.......
Driven hunts start in September but Baiting, Stalking at night is allowed all you got to do is to ask for a permission and pay about £75.00 to the government.
Here is some of the pigs I shot last week. These were stalking on the wheat fields. The wheat was harvested and all pigs were at the field looking for left overs.
Si
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our resident pigs less than 50yds behind our appartment
SIFA0250_zps1ec9f338.mp4 Video by si243_1969 | Photobucket
SIFA0250_zps1ec9f338.mp4 Video by si243_1969 | Photobucket
doublecheese
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Oh my god ...... Why didn't you take them down already ? But becareful it's not allowed to hunt them unless you got the permits.
However if you have quiet ant not snitching neighbours you don't need a permit
However if you have quiet ant not snitching neighbours you don't need a permit
Si
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Oh my god ...... Why didn't you take them down already ? But becareful it's not allowed to hunt them unless you got the permits.
However if you have quiet ant not snitching neighbours you don't need a permit
I'm biding my time.... sussing out the locals, gathering info on the legalities and then there's the issue of what to do with the carcasses as boar isn't on the menu's locally and we only have a small barbeque
The chap who cleans our pool keeps sheep and he slaughters them himself so he would probably help me but he speaks no english whatsoever. There's also a local bar owner who is a bit of a storyteller who claims he shoots them from the side of the road in his car, but I'd rather do it properly and in time I'd like to take a group of mate's on a hunting trip.
I caught this little fella on the camera too...
SIFA0254_zpse4178c2f.mp4 Video by si243_1969 | Photobucket
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