Hunting tourisms
Azerbaijan having the rich cultural and historical heritage has favorable natural conditions for development prospects of the tourism industry. There are great opportunities for development of majority of tourism kinds of the country like health, environmental, cultural, social, business, sports, special interest, and so on. In recent years, one of the developing kinds of tourism is hunting tourism.
Hunting in Azerbaijan
The hunting tourism in Azerbaijan has been operating since 1963. In recent years, the interest in this field was increased. There are different types of hunting in the country at the moment. The mountain goat and birds hunting were most developed one.
The hunting kinds in the territory of Azerbaijan are the following:
- Hunting of Dagestan goat;
- Wild boar hunting;
- Rabbit hunting;
- Hunting of forest dove;
-Quail hunting;
- Partridge hunting;
- Water birds (goose, duck, coot) hunting;
- Woodcock hunting;
- Chamois hunting.
In order to regulate the number of animals the hunting are limited in the fields and hunting farms. Hunting farms operating in Azerbaijan (HF) are as follows:
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S / N
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Name
|
Location
|
Area, Ha
|
Destination
|
|
1
|
Ulduz HF
|
Shamakhy region
|
5000
|
Hunting of Daghestan goat, deer, wild boar, pheasant etc wild animals.
|
|
2
|
Sheki HF
|
Sheki and Oghuz regions
|
60000
|
Hunting of Daghestan goat, Caucasian red
deer, roe deer, chamois, wild boar and so wild animals
|
|
3
|
Gakh HF
|
Gakh region
|
2700
|
Hunting of
Dagestan goat, Caucasian red deer, roe deer, chamois, wild boar and so on
wild animals.
|
|
4
|
Samukh HF
|
Samukh region
|
40424
|
Hunting of
wild boar, partridge.
|
|
5
|
Pirallahı HF
|
Azizbeyov region
|
10000
|
Hunting of
wetland and water birds
|
|
6
|
Yashma HF
|
Khyzy region
|
4000
|
Hunting of
foxes, jackals and water birds.
|
|
7
|
Gilazi HF
|
Khyzy region
|
25
|
Hunting of boar
|
|
8
|
Babadagh HF
|
Guba and İsmayıllı
Regions
|
61000
|
Hunting of
Dagestan goat, roe deer, chamois, wild boar and so on wild animals.
|
|
9
|
Sarysu HF
|
Imishli and Sabirabad regions
|
120
|
Fishing of lake fish, hunting of water birds
and swamp birds
|
|
10
|
Varvara HF
|
Yevlakh region
|
7762
|
Fishing of
lake fish, hunting of water birds and
swamp birds
|
|
11
|
Sharbat-qobu HF
|
Imishli region
|
20000
|
Hunting of
water birds and swamp birds
|
|
12
|
Dashgil HF
|
Garadagh region
|
3
|
Organization of rest of hunters and other citizens and organization of
hunting activity.
|
|
13
|
Pirsaat HF
|
Garadagh region
|
3000
|
Hunting of
water birds and swamp birds
|
|
14
|
Mahmudchala HF
|
Bilasuvar region
|
7135,6
|
Organization of rest of hunters and other citizens and organization of
hunting activity.
|
|
15
|
Zavvar HF
|
Jalilabad region
|
6995
|
Hunting of
jackal, fox, pig, water and wetland birds.
|
|
16
|
Qirmizıkend HF
|
Neftchala region
|
10000
|
Hunting of
water and wetland birds
|
Permission for hunting of the animals is regulated by a specific schedule. Hunting periods are as follows:
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Dagestan goat
|
June - November
|
|
Water birds
|
October - March
|
|
Caucasian deer
|
June - October
|
|
Wolves, foxes, hares
|
August – March
|
|
Wild boar
|
September - March
|
|
Forest Birds of prey
|
October - March
|
|
Black partridge
|
July – March
|
|
Lynx
|
September – March
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