Hunting and fishing

Hunting farms occupy 15 million hectares of land in Kyrgyzstan. The bird hunting season opens in the republic with the advent of autumn. At least 335 species of birds livehere, including an eagle, a vulture, a gray heron, an owl, a white stork, agolden eagle, a crane and attractive for hunters pheasants, quails, partridgesand ducks. The cherished dream of local hunters is to shoot a snowcock. This bird lives high in the mountains. They hunt it at night and wait in ambush fora long time.

Eagle hunting

It is important to remember that in order to obtain a hunting permit, it is necessary to pass anexam and pay a fee to the state. During the hunting season, the authoritiesallocate a special quota for those animals, birds and some fish that can behunted.

Most often theseare hares, foxes, badgers and wolves. If you get a permit, you can also huntlarger animals in hard-to-reach places of the republic at an altitude of 3,500-4,500 meters above sea level. Kyrgyz hunters use horses for successful hunting.

In spring, drakes and wild ducks are hunted in Kyrgyzstan. Hunting areas are located in allregions of the republic.

Fishing

The Kyrgyz Republic is a country of clean water, and therefore many rivers and mountain lakes abound in fish. Trout in mountain rivers is of great interest tofishermen. This fish is actively grown and actively caught in Kyrgyzstan. Localendemics: osman and marinka (Schizothorax) are of interest to fishermen.

At the same time, fishing in the mountain rivers of the republic is not an easy task, because catching fish in a turbulent stream is sometimes not easy even for aprofessional. Here you can practice both spin and float fishing.

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