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Dear members of the Mountain Hunters Club!On March 22, 2021, a regular meeting of the Club Trophy Commission took place. A number of important decisions were made at the meeting.1. The updated version of the Regulation on the Club's Commission for trophies and awards was approved. You can familiarize yourself with the Regulations on the KGO website2. An award of the Club "For Merit" has been established; the Regulations on the new award can also be found on the KGO website3. Emphasizing its commitment to the principles of ethical nature conservation hunting, the Club from 01.08.2021 accepts trophies with a minimum age of 7 years for registration in the KGO rating lists. If it is impossible to directly determine the age from a photograph of a trophy, you can additionally confirm the age with a measuring sheet (for example, SCI), a prey permit, if the age of the animal is indicated in it, and measurement with video recording. This rule doesn’t apply to the trophies of chamois, an American mountain goat and a tar.4. When registering a trophy in the KGO rating lists, the hunter is obliged to provide a field photograph with the captured trophy. Otherwise (for example, the trophy was taken from hard-to-reach places after the departure of the hunter), the trophy does not participate in the rating.5. In the Hall of Fame on the Club's website, hunters are arranged in the order corresponding to the date of registration of the report, which gives the right to award an award of one level or another.6. To clarify the boundaries of the habitats of bighorn sheep (Koryak and Kolyma), namely, to draw a border between these forms along the valley of the Penzhina River.7. Expand the range of the hybrid bezoar goat to the entire territory of Turkey, taking as a basis in determining the possibility of registering a trophy as a hybrid bezoar goat its morphological qualities, and not its habitat.8. Consider the possibility of further expanding the range of the hybrid bezoar goat in other countries later, as the hunt for bezoar goat begins in these countries.9. When registering trophies of the Pamir and Central Asian mountain goats caught in Tajikistan, consider the place of extraction as the main criterion. Border between habitats: Vanj river valley.10. All changes concerning the specification of the ranges of species and subspecies will soon be reflected in the rating tables and / or in the accompanying information to them on the Club's website. We recommend that before traveling and booking a tour, check the location of the planned hunting area with the club's requirements for the place of extraction of this species. In addition, pay attention to morphological features that are mandatory for some species.

We congratulate Artem Molchano, the member of the Presidium of our Club of Mountain hunters, with his birthday!We wish you good health, prosperity and successful hunts!

Dear Hunters and Club’s Members! We congratulate you with the Day of Honor and Courage! We wish you great health, success in all spheres of your life and to be in high spirit! 

Results of Trophy commission meeting. Dear Members of the Club of Mountain Hunters! The regular meeting of the Trophy commission of the CMH took place on February 9. A number of important decisions were made at the meeting. We need to remind that the rules for trophy registration have been changed. All applications (reports) have to be approved by the Trophy Commission. The filling accuracy of the report is of great importance. We ask you to pay attention to the following things: 1. It's necessary to verify the future hunting location with the with the club's requirements for the hunting region of this species. Will you pay attention to the to morphological features of the trophy that are obligatory for some species. 2. We draw attention to the need: a) To fill accuracy all info concerning the region and place of the hunt   Administrative units concern to the hunting location are regions, republics, states, provinces. The place where the trophy has been got includes geographic points - a gorge, a mountain range, the upper reaches of the river, the nearest village / village. b) To provide the high-quality pictures of trophies from the place where it has been got. 3. We should notify you that the Club commission reserves the right to connect with the legal unity or individuals, mentioned in the reports as the hunting outfitter, to clarify the details of the hunt or to ask for the hunting permit/license copy. The commission can refuse to register the trophy if there are not the necessary docs. Particular attention is paid to the species taken at an unspecified time or in countries / regions where hunting is not carried out on a regular basis. The hunting license is the mandatory requirement in such case. 4. The species included in the Red Book of Rare species of the Russian Federation and the other regions of the Russian Federation at the time when they have been hunted are not accepted for registration. All other reports, published before, have been checked by the Trophy Commission for compliance with these requirements. The Trophy Commission will send individual information letters to those Club members, in whose report’s inconsistencies have been identified. We kindly ask you to bear with them and to make any necessary adjustments to the reports. If the changes influence the ratings of the hunter and his trophy awards, we'd provide him the opportunity to hunt that trophy once again in the next three years.   Taking into account that hunting with a bow and a crossbow is legally allowed in Russia and in order to popularize this type of hunting, the Club considers it necessary to highlight a trophy got with a bow or crossbow with a special sign. In addition, the rating points for those trophies will be rated with a coefficient of 2.

Hossein Goalapchi, known among all hunters as Sudi, passed away on January 22. Sudi Golapchi was born in Iran where he started his hunting career at 16 years old. He remembered that being a boy, he had got there much more sheep than he had to because hunted for meat not for trophies. In 1980, Sudi emigrated to the United States. Later he became the owner of the very successful company Golmar Construction and Development Co. in Augusta and became interested in trophy hunting all over the world. He got the collection of Grand Slams. In 1990 he felt in love with hunting for Marco Polo in Tajikistan. Jury Matisson became his friend whom he visited several times in a year, flying to Pamir. There is not another man who has hunted for Marco Polo more than Sudi. Almost each year he got the argali with horns more than 60 inches! He’s hunted mountain ungulates in all possible destination in the world, and has lots of world records and trophies from the TOP 10 of the SCI Record Book. In 2004, he became one of five people in the world who got Ovis World Slam Super 40. In 2012 he’s got Capra World Slam Super 30 and one from these trophies Mid Asian Ibex from Tajikistan is the world record. In 2013 Hussein Golapchi won SCI World Conservation and Hunting Award. At home, in Georgia he established the Museum where presented his trophy collection. It consists of about five hundred animals from all over the world which presents more than 200 different species. Many hunters want to get high results in the trophy hunting but not all of them choose legal ways. But everybody who knew Hossein Golapchi confirm that he was exceptionally decent in this respect. The CMH expresses its sincere condolences to the family, friends and acquaintances of Hussein Sudi Golabchi. We will remember his extraordinary personality and the memory of him will always remain in our hearts.

Dear lovers of mountain hunting, we wish you a Happy New Year 2021!In the outgoing 2020, the Mountain Hunters Club celebrated its 5th anniversary!We are glad that more than 800 hunters, including those from foreign countries, have joined us since the founding of the Club.Even in the difficult outgoing year, the number of hunters marked by various awards for achievements in trophy mountain hunting has grown in the Club!In 2021, we will continue to work on the Club's projects, in particular on the actively implemented project to create a nursery for semi-free keeping with the aim of breeding and further releasing the Caucasian chamois and bezoar goat into the natural habitat.In the new year we wish you health, successful and interesting hunting trips, wonderful trophies, success and prosperity in your personal life and professional activity!

Happy birthday  the member of Mountain Hunters Club Sergei Yastrzhembsky! We wish him health, prosperity and successful hunts!

Alexander Egorov – the member of the Presidium of our Club of Mountain hunters, celebrates his birthday today. We wish you good health, prosperity and successful hunts!

Dear Club Members! The Club of Mountain Hunter is the Fund by its form and its goal is to support the scientific programs, aimed to study mountains ungulates. Our mission is to save and to improve the population of the hunting animals. Few years ago we supported the translation and the publication in Russian two-volume Atlas with the detailed information about hundreds of species, inhabitant in the mountains. The Club’s members together with the Institute of Animal Husbandry actively collect the samples of biological material to continue the scientific work to clarify of the gene pool of wild goats and sheep and heir biological classification. We are going to implement the project which will help to reproduce the population of the Bezoar goat and Caucasian chamois in the North Caucasus mountains. We plan to build the hatchery for breeding these species. All-Russian Research Institute of Environmental Protection “Ecology” (Federal state budgetary institution) did a great job and prepared the scientific program by the Bezoar Goat. The program for Caucasian chamois was developed together with the Department of state policy and regulation in the field of hunting and Federal state budgetary institution "Federal center for hunting development" of the Ministry of natural resources of the Russian Federation. LLC “DeerLand” has already developed the project of the hatchery in accordance with the highest international standards. This company, as the contractor of the project, provides the entire complex of preparatory and construction works. Federal state budgetary institution "Nalchinsky state experimental hunting farm "(Kabardino-Balkaria) has provided 50 ha where the hatchery will be built and will engage in further work support. The Club signed trilateral agreement with FSBI "Nalchinsky” and LLC “DeerLand”. and is responsible for the financial support. The project will help to create the methods of methods of trapping, keeping and breeding wild mountain ungulates to release them into the wildlife and replenish the population. The budget of the project is about 45 million. We ask you, due to the available opportunities, to support the project and to join it as a sponsor. Details for the transfer of funds are attached to this letter. Respectfully yours, The President of the Club of Mountain Hunters. Edward Bendersky   Payment details We accept funds from the residents of Russian Federation only    Payment from an individual: Name: Fund “The Club of Mountain Hunters” 125212, Moscow, Golovinskoe shosse, 1 OGRN 1157700003010 TIN 7743090102. KPP 774301001. Payment account  40703810200000000096. Bank "The REPUBLICAN CREDIT ALLIANCE" LLC MOSCOW BIC 044525860. Bank's correspondent account 30101810945250000860. Purpose of payment Donation Without VAT                    ** If you pay from a legal entity, please contact the Club administration by email in advance kgo.alexander@gmail.com to get more details.Nursery construction scheme

Happy birthday to the member of the Board of Trustees, of MHC  to Mathison Yuri Ansovich ! We wish you good health, great mood, new adventures and record trophies!

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Happy Birthday to the patron of the Mountain Hunters Club Evgeny Shirokov!In 2020, Evgeny Shirokov became the Mountain Hunter of the Year. We wish you health, good mood and new victories!

We all congratulate Evgeny Shirokov on his victory with the nominee The Mountain Hunter of the Year 2020! He got and registered the maximum number of trophies among all Club members - 18! We wish him new victories!

On September 15th three sides signed the agreement on the construction of a hatchery for breeding chamois and bezoar goats. They are the Fund of Development of the mountain hunting established by the Club of Mountain Hunters, Federal state budgetary institution "Nalchinsky state experimental hunting farm "(Kabardino-Balkaria) and Limited liability company "DeerLand". The aim of the project is to breed and to release animals into the wild what helps to improve the number of populations of these species. LLC “DeerLand” has already developed the project of the hatchery in accordance with the highest international standards. This company, as the contractor of the project, provides the entire complex of preparatory and construction works. The FSBI "Nalchinsky state experimental hunting farm» provides from its side the territory where the hatchery will be built and will engage in further work support. The CMH is responsible for the financial side of the project. It’s the first one but we hope that it’ll help to develop the methods for semi-free keeping of mountain species of rare and hunting animals. The Caucasian chamois is listed to the Red Book of rare species in some of the regions on the North Caucasus. The population of these animals is at stake now. The Bezoar Goat is a rare species and it’s listed to the Federal Red Book. The CMH has initiated the scientific programs, aimed to reproduce the number of the population of chamois and goats on the North Caucasus. All-Russian Research Institute of Environmental Protection “Ecology” (Federal state budgetary institution) did a great job and prepared the scientific program by the Bezoar Goat. The program for Caucasian chamois was developed together with the Department of state policy and regulation in the field of hunting and Federal state budgetary institution "Federal center for hunting development" of the Ministry of natural resources of the Russian Federation. Completion of the complex is planned on the March 1, 2021. The first turn which includes the cages and the infrastructure, needed for the first animals, will be ready to end of 2020.

Happy birthday to the member of the Presidium of the MHC, to Sergey Magidov! We wish you good heath, welfares, new adventures and record trophies!

Happy birthday to the member of the Presidium of the MHC, to Oleg Andreev! We wish you good heath, welfares, new adventures and record trophies!

Happy birthday to the Maecenas of MHC, to Sergey Volochkovich!We wish you good health and all the best!

Our congratulations on the Birthday of Mikhail Borodulin, member of the Presidium of the Club of mountain hunters!We wish you good health, prosperity and successful hunting!