Greetings from Switzerland

[Andrew62]

Welcome! Certainly glad to have you here with the rest of us!

 

[capra-capra]

Yes, but it was a small one. The guide wanted to go to the top, but said I would never make it in my boots. I told him let’s go to the trail head. We arrive and it was almost straight up and my ankles were going everywhere in my hiking boots. I looked at it and said there was not way I could make that with my boots and no poles. It was bad enough terrain for the one that I shot. We were walking across land slides, glacier moraines, etc, zero trails. Next time it’s mountaineering boots and poles. I have poles, but did not bring them as not on my packing list.

You surely had a great adventure!Triglav is bueatiful! End of the day it's not all about the size of the trophy.

That would have been gruelling in hiking boots and lucky you did not roll your ankles in them. Chamois love living in nasty country

 

[capra-capra]

Welcome! Please excuse the engineer in the room, but if 7mm is the minimum bore size for big game, how are you able to use a .270?

I thought that too,my only thought would be that they are so close in diameter. .277 v .284 but still not a 7mm.

 

[pjaln]

welcome , my wife just happen to tell me tonite that she wants to go to Switzerland in the spring , im hoping there are a few nice gun shops to visit

 

[PHOENIX PHIL]

Welcome to AH!

 

[AfricaHunting.com]

Welcome AH alpinehuntsman!

 

[CBH Australia]

G’day from Australia

 

[MATTANJA HUNTING SAFARIS]

Welcome to AH!!

 

[grand veneur]

The only canton that allowed hunters from outside of Switzerland to hunt ibex was Valais/Wallis. There’s talk Valais/Wallis may open up the hunt to them again, but I haven’t heard anything lately.

I hunted Alpine Ibex with a friend who was drawn in 2022, and I was drawn in 2023 for a 2.5 to 3.5 year old male in 2023. I put up some photos on Instagram (@alpinehuntsman) in case you’re interested. If you’d like to do some alpine hunting, a chamois is a more challenging hunt in my opinion.

Good morning and welcome !

As far as Ibex hunting in Switzerland is concerned, I also only know of organized hunts for foreigners in Valais, but as far as I know, a limited Ibex hunting is approved for local hunters in several cantons. With some connections and special conditions, in the past foreign hunters could also manage to shoot an Ibex in Switzerland and that in other cantons that Valais. I knew German hunters who did it. The trophy fees were correspondingly very high, not comparable to what we paid in central Asia at the same time.

 

[ofbiro]

Welcome,Alpine Huntsman.
I don't agree about ibex hunt being not challenging. For a married foreigner the bill for a "Kapital Steinbock" is very challenging!"

 

[cpr0312]

Welcome aboard!