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Hunting season for the year 2023 has begun in Dhorpatan Hunting Reserve, the only hunting reserve in the country, to allow tourists to hunt animals, Information Officer of Dhorpatan Hunting Reserve and Conservation Officer Abinash Thapamagar confirmed. For this season, the National Parks and Wildlife Conservation Department has allowed for the hunting of eight Himalayan blue sheep (Naur) and six Himalayan tahr (Jharal). The first season of hunting begins in the Nepali month of Ashoj and ends in Mangsir. The Reserve provides hunters with two hunting seasons per year. Likewise, the Reserve has issued permission to hunt wild boar as well. The Department announces a bid from among the affluent hunters in the global market to hunt animals after allocating the number of Naur and Jharal to be hunted. The hunters are allowed to hunt Naur, Jharal, and wild boar in the reserve from October 4 to the third week of November.
According to Thapamagar, the hunters from foreign countries are preparing to arrive at the reserve along with their Nepali assistants. Tourists from as far as the United States of America, Russia, Germany, and Bulgaria venture into Nepal for the hunting this year through eight different enlisted companies. It is said that five American hunters are coming for the hunt. The Reserve will also deploy conservation officials along with Nepali assistants for the hunters. As mentioned in the bidding approved by the Department for this season, anything between Rs 1 million and Rs 2 million is charged to hunt a Himalayan blue sheep. Established in 1987, the reserve has started attracting foreign hunters. Tourists take the reserve as the main hunting destination among many such hunting destinations in the world. The hunters who are allowed permission to hunt are given a 15-day timeframe to hunt Naur and Jharal in the direct presence of employees of the Reserve. They are armed with the necessary weapons: guns, bullets, and cameras. Hunters charter a helicopter to reach the reserve, as it is difficult to use the road. In some cases, hunters return empty-handed as they fail to hunt an animal. Those who hunt a Naur or Jharal are allowed to take the hunted animal’s head with them to their home country._Rss
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