My hunting page

Hi and welcome to my page in English. I am a Biologist with hunting and shooting as hobby. I work as a teacher at Nordvik Naturbruksgymnasium, a practical school for student (16-19y.) interested in the agricultural/environmental subjects. As you could see, if you arrived throu my index, I have several pages about myself an my hunting on Swedish where you cuold find some nice picture from my hunting

 

I live in Northern Sweden and hunt all that is legal ;-)
Most of my time is occupied by job and family, the rest I try to use for Hunting, shooting and fishing. I have made some web pages in Swedish about hunting, but since I am often on forums for reloading and hunting in English I thought that I should  have at least one page on English (or at least make a try!).

What I am allowed to hunt

Moose: This is the prime target for hunting in Sweden. I hunt in a small team close to the school.. We are 15 persons who pay about 2500:-Skr to rent the exclusive hunting rights to an area each year. Together (with some extra friends) we shoot what the county council puts on our license (this year it is 4 adults and free number of calves). The County council wants us to shoot the same amount of cows as bulls since they want to decrease the moose population in the area.  This year the moose hunt started the first Monday in September, but we will starte the second Monday because that was when most people in the team had the possibility to take out their vacation time. We hunt with dogs that try to find the moose and hold them where they found them by barking. Then the idea is that the dog’s owner should try to stalk close to the moose (who will not notice him because of the barking dog) and shoot it. Often the moose don’t like to play this game, so the rest of us are sitting around the area where the dog and owner are, and we usually shoot the moose when it tries to get away from the dog. After the shot, the hunter himself should field dress the animal make it ready to drag away. This is often done with help from the rest of the team since adult moose are quite heavy and you really need someone to help you move one around. The one who shot the animal has the right to the antlers, and if he wants them, the heart (delicious smoked), tongue or any other intestine parts like the liver or kidneys. We use a four-wheel ATV to get the moose out of the forest to our “slaughterhouse” where we skin the moose and let it hang for a couple of days before we butcher it and distribute it evenly among all the paying hunters.
 

During the hunt 2009 I had the good fortune to shoot one moose (a calf) from a new build small “tower” in a open borderline, so I think the possibility to seeee or shoot some moose this year is relatively high

Red deer:: A small but increasing population.

Roe-deer: This year (2010) I shot this small buck during the spring hunt.

Beaver: (Castor fiber) is somewhat unusual in that it is an animal we hunt during the spring. When the ice melts from the lakes it is time. We wait during the evening close to a beaver lodge and try to shoot them when they are up on the ice or on land. This is one of my favourite types of hunting: sitting in the early evening and listening to the sound of the waking summer.

Grouse: We have Capercaille, Blackgrouse, and Hazelhen in the area.

Geese: Canada Geese is the one that is most common birds in the area, and as you can hear from the name, you can guess where from were we imported them. Most commonly they are hunted with shotguns, but I usually find it easier to shoot them with a rifle out on the fields where they are grazing (quite legal here!).

Ducks: Mallard and Goldeneye  are the only species I can recall the English name for the moment -- I have to check this up.

Varmints: Fox, Badger, Mink, Crow, pigeon (at the school there a lots of both of these birds).

Guns

I have 6 and I have reloaded for all of my centerfire rifles since 1994. I am very happy with the precision, customizability and money savings that comes from handloading. My favourite gun is one I inherited from my Grandfather -- a Sauer & Sohn 12/12 6,5x57R drilling
I use this for all of my small game hunting

The most accurate gun I have is a custom-built  7mm-08 Remington that I have been trying in the hunting class in benchrest competition. This gun I also used used for moose hunting and so far it has been doing it’s part of the job althou today I prefer my 458Win to the moose. I use Barnes X bullets in 160 gr weight at a velocity of 2600 ft/s
Today I als has en extra barrel to this rifle in 6mmBR

My "school" rifle is a Sako in .222 Remington that I use along with my students when we hunt beaver or simply practice with the rifle.

Most used of all my guns is my 22lr Brno since I use it to shoot crows and doves around the school.

The newest toy are a 458Win build on a mauser 98 with barrel from Itcus this is my  gun when I go moose hunting with students and when I want a little extra power.

I also have a Winchester 12g semi-automatic.

What I am now allowed to hunt ;-)
On speciell licens ;-)
 
 

Me and my biggest Varmint so far

The bullet hole marked by the ring

438 pound  7f -2,5" (199kg 2,2m)

 Shot at a fishfarm with speciell permission from the Swedish Environmental Department

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