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The territory of the Zemplén Mountains is about 75 thousand hectares. It has
favourable pre-conditions for game keeping and hunting. Following the great ancestors'
work, we have a unique stock of game, in both quantity and quality.
The king of the Zemplén Mountains forests is the Carpathian red deer that grow
beautiful antlers. Moufflons are a popular kind of game in the supply, which have lived
here for only about a hundred years. The wild-boars living in the mountains saved their
primeval clean blood. Hunting them and gaining their tusk as a trophy is a popular
challenge and an unforgettable sporting activity. On the edges of our forests, the roe
deer find perfect conditions for life.
Wolves, lynxes and wild cats normally appear in the woods but hunting them is against
law, as they are protected species.
The small game primarily pheasants and brown hare, apart from the roe-deer find their
most favourable living conditions on the first class hunting fields in Taktaköz and
Bodrogköz. Hunting different kinds of ducks is a good sport there and you can shoot wild
geese, depending on the actual weather. There is also a possibility for hunting semi-wild
ducks kept in the farm of the Szerencs Agricultural Corporation.
The two forms of hunting, i.e. the game hunting and small-game hunting can be easily
combined in the region, following the hilly or the lowland features of the territory.
Guests can pursue their sport individually or in companies. Individuals can go for
stalking or lurking. When hunting wild boars in company, you can drive or beat for it.
There are two great gamekeeper companies in Zemplén, one is the Északerdő
Corporation, and the other one is the Szerencs Agricultural Corporation.
Hunters from foreign countries are guided by a specialised enterprise called Lenár
Jagd in Sátoraljaújhely (Phone: +36-47-321-683).
Accommodation for hunters are offered not only in the hunting castles of great
tradition (Kőkapu, Lászlótanya, Újhuta) but in hunting lodges as well. Information
about them is available from the hunting associations in the region.
Edited by Dr. György Lenár
Sátoraljaújhely, Hungary

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