Brown bear hunting is open in Romania after 8 years!

[Ridge Runner]

Most of my red stag hunters in the Carpathian Mountains faced the bears during the hunt. The bears and red stag are using the same feeding fields: grass or corn, etc.
I saw many bears chasing red stag during the rut, I experienced bear running in my direction when I started to imitate the red stag. I saw also big red stag chasing bears and wolves.
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Awesome pics.

 

[Rem280]

From the beginning I would like to say that government impose a size limit for export. The limit is 400 CIC points with a tolerance of 5%. If the trophy is bigger is not exportable. We have profesional guides to avoid this issue.

Hold up! If you shoot one too big you cannot export it????? Is Romania run by Californian politicians?

 

[VertigoBE]

following with interest!

 

[Huvius]

After an 8yr hiatus, would you expect to encounter bears much larger than the recent average?
Have biologists and those taking note said anything about bear sizes?
Of course, maybe more bears could also mean less food to feed them all so maybe just the opposite effect.

 

[Foxi]

@HUNTROMANIA,
where do you hunt and in which region?
Bear encounters are always possible in the Carpathians, but to offer both specifically?
It must be a coincidence, and of course there is one.
The red deer always demanded everything from us during the rut.
Getting up at 4.30 every day. A long lunch break and then falling into bed late at night as if dead.
There was never time for anything else.

@Huvius
large bears already existed before the hunting ban and not so less
I'm sure you're thinking of reduced growth due to stress, similar to our situation when the cervid population is too high, I don't know, but I don't think that's the case with bears there, where there are plenty of big things.The carpathian mountains are huge.

Its a wonderful area.

 

[HUNTROMANIA]

I hunted in most of the areas in Romania. When the bear and wolf hunting was allowed I offered in 14 days of hunting all the species. ( bear, wolf, red stag, fallow stag, Carpathian chamois , roebuck and wild boar) with 100% success rate.
Is very exciting to have the license for bear when you are hunting red stag. In some days we saw more bears than stags. In the last years bears lost the natural fear against humans. They become agresive. Stalking for a red stag in the rut in area where are many bears is not very comfortable. Even in a case of self defence the hunter will lose the gun and gun license until the prosecutor will decide was self defence. This can take time and you can loose the entire hunting season.

 

[Foxi]

then you are probably often in the Retezat and Fagaras area
I am always on the other side - Hargita and sometimes west of Bacau.
Always 100% ? Respect

 

[mark-hunter]

Good news!

 

[SGW]

Hello Marius, looking forward to this information.

 

[Ruraldoc]

Marius,

I am very interested in bear and stag combination.

Please let me know when you have the details worked out.

Thanks

 

[Bullhunter]

...did you have some infos about quotas for bear in romania?
The bear-hunting is starting this autom?

 

[BeeMaa]

So instead of red stag and brown bear...do a hunt for two bear! Sound like there are plenty to go around. Plus it might be nice to have an alternate bear for grading purposes.

I'd like to request a price for a bear hunt and know if I can use my own firearm. Also like to know what your recommendations are for a cartridge or if there is a legal minimum.

 

[WAB]

So instead of red stag and brown bear...do a hunt for two bear! Sound like there are plenty to go around. Plus it might be nice to have an alternate bear for grading purposes.

I'd like to request a price for a bear hunt and know if I can use my own firearm. Also like to know what your recommendations are for a cartridge or if there is a legal minimum.

Having done a fair bit of bear hunting, I lean to bigger bullets at modest velocity. I would think that a 9.3x62 would be perfect for a bear/stag hunt with 8x68 a sensible minimum. Personal experience causes me to lean away from the 30’s, but they will certainly do the job.

 

[BeeMaa]

Having done a fair bit of bear hunting, I lean to bigger bullets at modest velocity. I would think that a 9.3x62 would be perfect for a bear/stag hunt with 8x68 a sensible minimum. Personal experience causes me to lean away from the 30’s, but they will certainly do the job.

My go to is the 375H&H so it's right there with the 9.3's.

 

[WAB]

My go to is the 375H&H so it's right there with the 9.3's.

My .375 has poked a hole in quite a few bear!

 

[Datchew]

Very interested Marius. Bear is on the list.
How far is your hunting area from Vilnius Lithuania?
I'm over there occasionally visiting old friends and could add a hint to the trip.

 

[DieJager]

Very interested Marius. Bear is on the list.
How far is your hunting area from Vilnius Lithuania?
I'm over there occasionally visiting old friends and could add a hint to the trip.

That is a long ride. Better to hunt Brown Bear distance wise in one of the Baltic states if you are planning to drive. But by plane a couple of hours.

 

[Datchew]

That is a long ride. Better to hunt Brown Bear distance wise in one of the Baltic states if you are planning to drive. But by plane a couple of hours.

sorry... i should have said that. I would probably take a plane down. I should have asked specifically for where the hunting areas are in Romania.

 

[DieJager]

If flying from Lithuania (Vilnius) they do not have direct flights to Romania so you definitely have a stopover somewhere.

In use flightconnections to sort these things out. I find it very useful. Used to be free.

 

[HUNTROMANIA]

Hunting areas are located near Carpathian Mountains, midie of the country. For international flights Bucharest ( BUH) and after transfer by car.