Hunting Abroad: Woodcock hunting in Romania

Woodcock Hunting in Romania: If you're short on travel ideas, think of Romania as a five-star hunting destination. It is a pot pourri of different environments and suggestive habitats, and the home of fabulous woodcocks.

Those who love woodcock hunting have already thought of a hunting trip abroad in Romania, because the stories of those who have already been there are so seductive that the desire is inevitably awakened. To begin with, it is a vast land: you reach it to hunt woodcock but you can suddenly run into new passions, new wild animals, new habitats: it is mostly mountainous, but also hilly and flat, and offers a range of possibilities. almost infinite hunting.

However, there is no doubt that the woodcock it is also the queen of migratory game in beautiful Romania: depending on the hunting period chosen, but above all depending on the climate, it can be found in the mountains, in the hills, but also not infrequently in the plains. What is important to remember, if you have decided to reach Romania during the next autumn is that in this land the woodcocks are in transit during the season and therefore in transit.

Not that the woods do not offer a hospitable environment for woodcocks, humid and rich as they are, given the presence of wild and wild cattle of all kinds, yet during the winter season the Romanian green spots are not hospitable, not for the woodcock at least. The climate is too harsh and reaches even several degrees below zero in the mountains: it is logical that the woodcock seeks, for its wintering, warmer and more pleasant locations immediately after the autumn stage in Romania.

Yet the region remains one of the richest in terms of woodcocks as it is located on one of the most important migration lines, the Carpathian Danube and the Bosphorus - Suez. In Romania, therefore, woodcocks come not only from their countries of origin, but also from Eastern Russia and the Euro-Asian continent.

The woodcock, having reached the transit destination, given the variety of settings offered by the region, spreads over the whole territory: this trend is in a certain sense positive since it allows the woodcock to be found in different habitats, yet it does not allow large localized concentrations of the wild, as for example happens in Ukraine and happened in Turkey. Precisely for this reason who decides for the hunting in Romania he must have a lot of passion, patience, but above all experience.

Having said this, it is possible to state that during the month of September and for the spring review it is probable that the best location for woodcock hunting is the mountains and the hills, while during the month of October the greatest concentrations of woodcock are found in the delta. of the Danube.

Of course, whoever decides to make a joke of hunting abroad and to reach Romania in the company of professionals in the sector, he will not have to worry about the hunting location, chosen by the guides and selected on the basis of the climate and the trend of the year. You can thus try your hand at the woodcock hunt without worries, opting for the evening post, on a hunt or for hunting in the company of the pointing dog, often indispensable. At this point all that remains is to contact an agency that deals with hunting trips and rely on an association of experts.

Of course, before booking your trip it is good to take into consideration the conditions offered: it is essential that accommodation is included, preferably not far from the hunting sites, it is advisable to include in the price assistance at the airport, transfers, organization of hunting, accompaniment to hunting places and the possibility of using boats and various equipment made available by the association.

It does not hurt even to inquire about the real possibility of bringing your dog with you, and bringing the game back to Italy. The informed traveling hunter will spend a hunting trip abroad without surprises, of those that everyone would like to experience.