Turkey - Ibex

[avon_7]

Planning my next overseas hunt for 2024 and was wondering can anyone reccomend a good Outfitter for an Ibex Hunt in Turkey?
Preferably with personal experience with the Outfitter not just word of mouth

Thank-you in advance

 

[BRICKBURN]

The latest hunt report should have you set.

 

[JES Adventures]

Planning my next overseas hunt for 2024 and was wondering can anyone reccomend a good Outfitter for an Ibex Hunt in Turkey?
Preferably with personal experience with the Outfitter not just word of mouth

Thank-you in advance

Here is my report from two weeks ago. PM me if I can be of assistance in any way. Not sure what the future holds in Turkey but the outfitter has hopes that all of it will get sorted out next year.

TURKEY: Bezoar Ibex Hunt With Caprinae Safaris

This hunt for Bezoar Ibex was not on my list for 2022 and I put it together at the last minute. I was corresponding with Riza Gozluk of Caprinae Safaris about a future hunt when he told me of the problems that have arisenin Turkey. It seems there is an active and well-organized anti-hunting...

www.africahunting.com

 

[bwanamrm]

I have hunted with Caprinae and with Khan with Shikar Safaris. Both put me on successful hunts...

 

[Mark Audino]

Wonderful country to hunt and a great species. Generally, very good quality outfitting across the board. I've hunted Turkey extensively and am quite familiar with the entire spectrum of Turkish outfitters. Presumably, your interest is bezoar versus one of the cousins like Nemrut. The coloration can vary depending on location. Although you can find color variations in any given area, some areas will produce more of one kind, dark bias or light bias, than others. If you have not yet gone and can share any particulars about your objectives, I would be able to narrow some considerations down to a practical and actionable set. Whatever you decide, best wishes.

 

[JES Adventures]

Wonderful country to hunt and a great species. Generally, very good quality outfitting across the board. I've hunted Turkey extensively and am quite familiar with the entire spectrum of Turkish outfitters. Presumably, your interest is bezoar versus one of the cousins like Nemrut. The coloration can vary depending on location. Although you can find color variations in any given area, some areas will produce more of one kind, dark bias or light bias, than others. If you have not yet gone and can share any particulars about your objectives, I would be able to narrow some considerations down to a practical and actionable set. Whatever you decide, best wishes.

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Those are two outstanding ibex. When did you hunt there last?

 

[Mark Audino]

Thank you. I obviously had some luck and great guiding to be in the right place and the right time to take them. Bezoar remain a fascination for me as do all ibex. But the Bezoar in all its variations rank right up there near the top. Turkey also produces the biggest boars (nighttime boar hunting is quite a cult for some of the guides), and the Maral are magnificent. I hunted the Anatolian gazelle in Sanliurfa a few miles from the Syrian border near Khobani where we and the Kurds were battling ISIS. 2018 was the last time I hunted Turkey due to the COVID blockade, but I have just about weekly contact with many there.

 

[Philip Glass]

I will do this hunt sometime in the near future. I'll likely hunt with Wild Hunting Turkey. I recommend going to SCI and meeting the outfitters.

 

[Doubleplay]

Thank you. I obviously had some luck and great guiding to be in the right place and the right time to take them. Bezoar remain a fascination for me as do all ibex. But the Bezoar in all its variations rank right up there near the top. Turkey also produces the biggest boars (nighttime boar hunting is quite a cult for some of the guides), and the Maral are magnificent. I hunted the Anatolian gazelle in Sanliurfa a few miles from the Syrian border near Khobani where we and the Kurds were battling ISIS. 2018 was the last time I hunted Turkey due to the COVID blockade, but I have just about weekly contact with many there.

I'm very curious about your Gazelle(Ceylan)hunt around Urfa. I always thought they were protected. Beautiful Ibexes btw. As someone who killed Ibexes there I know how though this hunt can be.

 

[Mark Audino]

You are right. They have been under protection of a species rehabilitation program for quite some time, but progress enabled some permits as part of the overall management program. I've attached a few pictures of the Urfa hunting area a team. I headed north from there to hunt Nemrut Ibex. Truly wonderful people and hunting. When I shot the Nemrut, we ended up at the village mayor's home late that night where he had invited the entire village over for the skinning ceremony. I don't know how so many teacups emerged but there were close to 50 of us standing around watching the skinning process, exchanging smiles, and sipping tea. Proper hospitality and a culture of appreciation for hunting their game.

 

[Doubleplay]

Great country and people definitely. Not only for hunting but also visiting.
Congrats on the gazelle. One of the rarest trophies that anybody can get legally and the other one is the Anatolian Wild Sheep from Konya region.

 

[Mark Audino]

I had not planned to hunt the Konya sheep due to other hunts I had booked. I always felt I made a mistake by not planning ahead to hunt one. I totally agree, they are quite magnificent.

 

[Red Leg]

Wonderful country to hunt and a great species. Generally, very good quality outfitting across the board. I've hunted Turkey extensively and am quite familiar with the entire spectrum of Turkish outfitters. Presumably, your interest is bezoar versus one of the cousins like Nemrut. The coloration can vary depending on location. Although you can find color variations in any given area, some areas will produce more of one kind, dark bias or light bias, than others. If you have not yet gone and can share any particulars about your objectives, I would be able to narrow some considerations down to a practical and actionable set. Whatever you decide, best wishes.

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I think I appreciate your library and taste more than the Ibex.

 

[Justbryan]

I will do this hunt sometime in the near future. I'll likely hunt with Wild Hunting Turkey. I recommend going to SCI and meeting the outfitters.

Is this the Ekenler Family (wildhuntingoutfitters.com) in Southern Turkey? I have looking at their site and have made contact for 2024 or 2025. I have some concerns about recent reports that hunting in Turkey may come to an end soon. What are your thought?

I want to hunt an Ibex!

 

[Philip Glass]

Is this the Ekenler Family (wildhuntingoutfitters.com) in Southern Turkey? I have looking at their site and have made contact for 2024 or 2025. I have some concerns about recent reports that hunting in Turkey may come to an end soon. What are your thought?

I want to hunt an Ibex!

Yes they are great. Always rumors around Asia.

 

[Mark Audino]

I think I appreciate your library and taste more than the Ibex.

Interesting that you caught that. It has a library feel. I always consider a trophy room a personal thing, and so there is beauty in all of them. When I built my own trophy room, I did not want it to be a case of walls of imposing animals feeling as though they are bearing down on us. And having lived in England for several years, I gravitated to the way some hunters' rooms were laid out and decorated. I chose that path. I had posted a few pictures of it in the media section at the request of others some time ago. If you would like to see a few for interest/ideas, I will be happy to respond with others for you. The biggest mistake I made was not understanding the degree to which I would be hunting in the coming years because I needed more room. With the basement dug, I was forced to use it for the overflow and the ceiling being basement-height puts a number of them in your face. If I had just thought about 5 minutes more about it and dug the basement 4-6 blocks deeper, it would have come out better. The other mistake was that I got caught up in the life-sized mount craze. Today, I opt for more European mounts.

 

[Red Leg]

Interesting that you caught that. It has a library feel. I always consider a trophy room a personal thing, and so there is beauty in all of them. When I built my own trophy room, I did not want it to be a case of walls of imposing animals feeling as though they are bearing down on us. And having lived in England for several years, I gravitated to the way some hunters' rooms were laid out and decorated. I chose that path. I had posted a few pictures of it in the media section at the request of others some time ago. If you would like to see a few for interest/ideas, I will be happy to respond with others for you. The biggest mistake I made was not understanding the degree to which I would be hunting in the coming years because I needed more room. With the basement dug, I was forced to use it for the overflow and the ceiling being basement-height puts a number of them in your face. If I had just thought about 5 minutes more about it and dug the basement 4-6 blocks deeper, it would have come out better. The other mistake was that I got caught up in the life-sized mount craze. Today, I opt for more European mounts.

Selfishly, I am sure I appreciate it because it follows my own sense of design and preferred color pallet. In our guest house/ trophy area a similar style works well with antique furniture, library, art, and the militaria we have assembled over the years.

The nice thing about a Euro mount is that it works beautifully and appropriately with old world furniture and art.

Anyway, very well done - and lovely full mount on the ibex.

 

[Mark Audino]

That's a really great look and I appreciate you sharing those photos. It looks very livable and comfortable. Good place to knock back a razor soup (Martini) or a single malt. Great color scheme, mix of art, and sporting collectables. I also find it amazing how a zebra rug can fit within and list any decor.

 

[Mark Audino]

Red Leg, By the way, that Bezoar Ibex and all of my taxidermy was done in Texas by Wildlife Artistry located in Haskel.

 

[Red Leg]

Red Leg, By the way, that Bezoar Ibex and all of my taxidermy was done in Texas by Wildlife Artistry located in Haskel.

Superb work. Have reached the point where it takes a very special thing to go to the taxidermist. Quite a few years ago I began building photo journals following each of my or our adventures. The preserved fauna will be more a problem than anything for heirs, but a grandchild might someday actually enjoy rummaging through the photos and stories of our adventures.