YAKUT SNOW SHEEP

Five of Ovis nivicola subspecies currently inhabit territory of Russia: Koriak Snow Sheep (O.n.koriakorum), Yakut Snow Sheep (O.n.lydekkeri), Okhotsk Snow Sheep (O.n.alleni), Kamchatka Bighorn (Ovis nivicola) and Putoran Snow Sheep (O.n.borealis).

Yakut snow sheep inhabits mountains of Yakut Republic (Russia). The Republic is known as "Northern Diamond Land". About one third of Yakut land is located north of the Polar Circle. Even during summer time air temperatures may be below zero. The hunt is conducted at altitude 1,000 - 2,000 m (3,000 - 6,000 ft). The air temperature during the hunting season:

August - September +10 - +20 C (+50 - +70 F)

October 0 - +10 C (+30 - +50 F)

You will need warm, waterproof clothes. Hunting area are endless and wild open spaces. Here you won’t see a single human being for hundred kilometers, just deer breeders moving with their stock. Most of the territory of Yakut are tundra and mountain ranges. Snow sheep hunt is a stalking hunt. Horns of Yakut snow sheep may range from 80 cm to 100 cm (31 in.- 40 in.). There are EXPERIENCED GUIDES, interpreter, helpers in the camp. When you finish your sheep hunt you CAN HUNT FOR BEAR, GIANT MOOSE and REINDEER.

During this trip you will see nomadic people stations, the way of their life, national traditions. In Moscow we can organize sightseeing tours for you (THE KREMLIN, RED SQUARE, DIAMOND FUND, THE BOLSHOY THEATER, etc.)

  - airport service on arrival/depart in Moscow (international and national flights);

  - auto transfers in Moscow from airports to hotel and return;

  - booking of air tickets and hotel rooms for the tour;

  - airport service on arrival/depart in Yakutsk;

  - transfer from Yakutsk to the hunting area and back;

  - full service on hunt on the base 1x1;

  - motor boats and horses on hunt;

  - guides, cook and helpers in the camp;

  - interpreter;

  - all documents needed for a hunt;

  - accommodation and meals in hunting camp;

  - 1 YAKUT SNOW SHEEP TROPHY any size;

  - field trophy preparation and packing;

Basic tour price for non-hunter: $6.900

Tour duration: 14 days Moscow/Moscow or Magadan/Magadan (if to fly via Alaska), 10 hunting days.

Group: 2 - 8 hunters.

Hunting season: August,15 - October, 15.

Hunting area: republic of Yakutia, areas: Batagai, Kobyaisk and others

Accommodation: in hunting houses, tents.

Transfer: 7 hr flight from Moscow to Yakutsk then 1 hour flight to Zirianka or Handiga, then 6-8 hr by car to the camp depending on hunting area.


Additional costs:			Additional trophies
Booking fee for 1 non-hunter	-$180		2^nd Snow Sheep	-$ 8.900
Hotel in Moscow	-$80-150		Bear	-$ 6.800
Additional hunting day for 1 hunter	-$240		Giant Moose	-$ 7.900
1 non-hunter	-$180		Caribou	-$ 3.900
		Wounded or lost game is considered a dead Animal & the appropriate Trophy Fees are due. THE AIR TICKETS FEE CAN BE INCREASED!
Total price for hunt from / to Yakutsk

Tour price (per hunter)	$ 18,950
Booking fee	$ 250
Transit service	$ 490
International veterinary certificate	$ 110
Firearm Permits	$ 400
All prices subject to be changed	____________
	$ 20,200
All prices subject to be changed


HUNT ITINERARY:
1 day	-arrival in Moscow, meeting in airport, transfer to hotel, free time
2 day	-leaving for Yakutsk, arrival, transfer to hotel, free time.
3 day	-helicopter flight to hunting area, beginning of hunt.
4-12 day	-hunt for Snow Sheep
13 day	-helicopter flight to Yakutsk, arrival in Moscow
14 day	-flight home.