| DORLEAC |
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| 06/11/12 05:18 AM |
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Isard Mountain Hunting
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I'm lucky to live in one of the most beautiful regions of France, at the extreme south of our country, near the Spanish border, where Pyrenean Mountains meet Mediterranean Sea.
For a passionate mountain hunter, here, lives a legendary species, the "isard".
Know as the Pyrenean chamois (Rupicapra Pyreneica), and contrary to his Alp cousin, the isard is not easily approachable which makes its hunt so popular amongst hunters who enjoy stalk hunting in mountain.
Hunting here can be painstaking and very challenging, but finally gratifying.
I hunt with my dog Elvis (a Jack Russell) who is of great help to find the game after shooting, and indeed, I use a DORLEAC rifle.
Hope you will enjoy.
DORLEAC
www.dorleac-dorleac.com
| Paatti |
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| 06/11/12 06:53 AM |
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Sounds like a very nice hunting. Nice wiews and some good chamois also. Ok rifle is not bad either
| StephenCoker |
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| 06/11/12 07:39 AM |
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Beautiful, all of it. The rifle, the Chamois, the mountains, and even your Jack Russell! I always enjoy seeing others take their fine rifles and enjoy them being used in the field for what they were intended.
Thanks for sharing.
| DaggaBoyBlog |
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| 06/11/12 08:56 PM |
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Hw once full to chase chamois in their natural habitat.
Top trophy, amazing country, very nice rifle!
| Sville |
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| 07/11/12 12:37 AM |
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Very nice pics of a beautiful landscape, animal and rifle. It seems to be a great hunting area! /Staffan
| HistoricBore |
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| 07/11/12 04:16 AM |
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We live part of the year in the Ariege, and often visit the Val d'Eyne in June to find alpine flowers. We have often seen the isard, and that country is hard walking! What calibre is your rifle? and how close can you get??
| DORLEAC |
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| 07/11/12 06:25 AM |
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I use a .270 Winchester or a 6,5x57 of my own.
Depending of the territory I have also a 6,5-284 (very good mountain cartridge) and a 6XC on a light stainless and Kevlar technical rifle.
I'm not too sensitive to the caliber choice and I have always preferred a light medium cartridge in a very accurate and well-balanced rifle than any magnum.
Usually shots are taken between 200 and 400 meters.
Thanks for viewing.
DORLEAC
www.dorleac-dorleac.com
| Orvar |
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| 07/11/12 08:58 AM |
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Feliciations! Superbe isard
| Buchsemann |
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| 08/11/12 09:22 AM |
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DORLEAC,
Thank you for sharing your pictures. Everything is superb.
Buchseman
| lancaster |
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| 08/11/12 03:10 PM |
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great mountains, fine rifle, honourable hunting
| mehulkamdar |
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| 13/11/12 07:34 AM |
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Magnificent country, handsome game and a beautiful rifle - of course, it will be beautiful because you built it, my friend!
Congratulations and thank you for sharing some amazing pictures!
| tophet1 |
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| 13/11/12 08:08 AM |
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Fantastic post. I hope you will share more of your hunting trips in France. Thank you.
| Caprivi |
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| 13/11/12 12:37 PM |
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Wonderful viewing. Love to the Jack Russels.
NitroX
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| 15/11/12 01:19 AM |
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Well done and congratulations. Lovely photos and please share more of your hunting exploits.
Chamois, one of the world's great trophies.
| DORLEAC |
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| 24/12/12 06:40 AM |
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Christmas Isard
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Another nice rifle and a great thirteen old isard female taken on Pinateil hard slopes !
DORLEAC
www.dorleac-dorleac.com
| HistoricBore |
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| 24/12/12 10:04 AM |
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Impeccable!
| DORLEAC |
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| 30/12/12 10:05 PM |
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New Year Bock
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New Year Bock !
The last of that year…the last but not the least !
Shot December 28 at 7000 feet with a 6mmXC technical D&D rifle and under fantastic weather.
Best wishes to all, friends.
DORLEAC
www.dorleac-dorleac.com
| ozhunter |
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| 08/01/13 07:02 PM |
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Absolutely wonderful!
Fantastic rifles and trophy's!
Are there any hunting guides for foreigners in that region?
Can you provide an estimated price to build a rifle in 7x57 similar to the above with owner supplied Steyr M98 military barrelled action and a 404 (like this http://finegunmaking.com/page48/page50/page50.html ) with owner supplied old Magnum Mauser 98 barrelled action?
Regards.
| Rule303 |
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| 08/01/13 08:59 PM |
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Dorleac thank you for posting. The rifles look great. The chamois is a worthy trophy and you have some very fine ones there. Being coy they would certainly be harder to hunt then the Alpine Chamois.
| Allan |
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| 08/01/13 09:06 PM |
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Thank you for sharing the beautiful Isard with us.
Is the characteristic of Isard / Rupicapra pyrenaica that they have more spots in winter coat than Rupicapra rupicapra. ?
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NitroX
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| 09/01/13 01:36 AM |
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Congratulations on another fine chamois.
| bakposten |
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| 09/01/13 05:10 AM |
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France was never on the list of countries I wanted to hunt in, but thanks to Dorleac it now is.
| DORLEAC |
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| 09/01/13 06:45 AM |
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ozhunter,
I will be very pleased to guide you in our beloved mountains.
Past Friday I was with a good friend and customer, an avid hunter who come from a distance and, under heaven weather, at 2100m height, he has shot a superb isard, despite the wind, the angle and the distance.
Hard…but fantastic hunting!
Now, regarding the rifles, please drop me a m@il on: intal@dorleac-dorleac.com
Allan,
Except for the size, the main differences between the isard –who is an older specie- and the chamois, are the fur color and the horns shape.
On isard, the coat is darker on young than on the old ones who sport a mellowed fur of yellow beige to darker chocolate, with always a kind of light colored scarf that cover the neck and go down the chest.
The horns of the chamois have a parabolic curve that start straight while on the isard they have a double curvature, the same difference than between a longbow and a recurve.
DORLEAC
www.dorleac-dorleac.com
| ozhunter |
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| 09/01/13 09:54 PM |
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Thank you for your kind offer Mr Dorleac.
I would very much like to take you up on your generous offer and will email you for the information.
Can you tell me what time of year you can hunt the Chamois in France and do you get good Sanglier in the Pyrenean mountains ?
Regards,
Adam
| Allan |
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| 11/01/13 03:22 AM |
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@Dorleac
Many thanks for the info.
| Even |
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| 11/01/13 10:33 AM |
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Superb photos, M. Dorleac! My lord you gentlemen build beautiful rifles, to go with those beautiful mountains!
Thank you for posting them.
| DORLEAC |
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| 14/01/13 08:37 PM |
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ozhunter,
Here, in Oriental-Pyrenean (département des Pyrénées-Orientales - 66), we hunt isard from mid September to end of January, the best time being end of October to the first week of December.
Indeed we have also big mountain wild boars (sangliers) and when we meet them we have to take care of the weight before to shoot !
Usually we walk and climb at least ten hours a day and with a heavy backpack the comeback could be very hard.
Notice also that we have many great red stags, roe deers and muflons.
DORLEAC
www.dorleac-dorleac.com
| Fontainebleu |
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| 16/01/13 10:28 AM |
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I am disappointed you have not yet built Elvis a little mountain rifle too Joel...
Joking aside, beautiful landscape. would love to go there sometime. See you in march...axel
| Jon2 |
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| 26/01/13 08:17 PM |
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Great report Dorleac.
Thank you for posting.
| SAHUNT |
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| 27/01/13 02:28 AM |
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Beautiful area to hunt in with very nice senery.
Thanks for the report.
The rifles are very beatiful, I just love the stocks.
| DORLEAC |
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| 29/01/13 04:46 AM |
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The season is on the end side, past Sunday was the last and we have only next Wednesday to complete the isard hunting plan.
Yesterday the weather was fine, but the walking was on the hard side.
I can't resist the pleasure to show you some photos.
Those who know me will recognize Elvis, my Jack Russel and my hunting buddy, Guy, a man made of rock !
Hope you will enjoy.
DORLEAC
www.dorleac-dorleac.com
…after a long stalk
Elvis chasing the big one
Snow, sun and wind.
| Caprivi |
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| 29/01/13 04:53 AM |
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Just wonderful. The scenery, the Game, Elvis..........
| Jon2 |
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| 30/01/13 07:12 AM |
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Marvellous.
That looks a first class specimen.
A great experience.
| Rule303 |
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| 30/01/13 03:35 PM |
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Truely beautiful country and a top trophy. Well done.
| DORLEAC |
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| 05/12/13 04:59 AM |
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Isard Mountain Hunting - New Season
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We are now at the middle of the mountain hunting season for isard.
Weather isn't as sweet than last year…cold, wind, snow…but heavy sun !
For info, I use a technical D&D 6,5 Creedmoor rifle built on a much modified Remington Seven action, fitted with a match grade SS Lothar Walther 23" barrel, bedded in a Mc Millan "Edge" composite stock.
The scope is a Swarovski Z5 and my binoculars are Leica Ultravid HD 10x42.
Hope you will enjoy the photos.
DORLEAC
www.dorleac-dorleac.com
…mid November, after a 3000 feet hard climb, a great old bock. Very heavy !
Snow is coming
First victim on the white coat
"Kapital Bock" our Graal
In the backpack (it's 80 liters capacity)
…the climb
Snow and sun
| Sville |
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| 05/12/13 06:39 AM |
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Fantastic, really beautiful Mountains. Must be a great hunt! Less snow than normal?? We have´nt got any snow yet, usually we have some snow now.//S
| Sville |
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| 05/12/13 06:42 AM |
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In the 80:s I was invited to Andorra, but unfortunately I didn´t have the opportunity to go.
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| 06/12/13 01:13 AM |
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Lovely photos and a long horned chamois taken too.
| JabaliHunter |
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| 06/12/13 09:32 AM |
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Awesome mountains and wonderful photos!
| Ripp |
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| 06/12/13 09:32 PM |
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Those are some great photos and stories..thank you for sharing
Ripp
| Caprivi |
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| 07/12/13 02:13 AM |
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As always thank you so much for inviting us to your backyard. My "backyard", the BigHorn Mountains are a amazing fun lovely place, but Sir I dip my colours to your Isard. Truly by God's hand.
| karamoja |
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| 07/12/13 06:18 PM |
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Lovely photographs!! What does isard taste like? Lamb, goat, venison? Fantastic, I would guess, especially when you have worked hard for it!
Regards K
| DORLEAC |
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| 07/12/13 09:00 PM |
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Isard meal is a cross between venison and lamb.
As you know, us, frog eaters, are very fond of cooking and the French one is among the best.
For my own taste, I like the cutlets, lightly fried and cooked in tomatoes and red pepper sauce.
However I must confess that I'm not a big red meal fan, having a preference for our Mediterranean fishes.
DORLEAC
www.dorleac-dorleac.com
* I have noticed a mistake, the barrel length of my 6.5 Creedmoor is 25", not 23".
| HeymSR20 |
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| 10/04/14 12:40 AM |
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Who makes that backpack you are using to take the Isard off the mountain. Look much better than a traditional Roesack.
| DORLEAC |
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| 10/04/14 04:24 AM |
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The backpack is an old LAFUMA 80 liters "Land Cruiser".
They make it in 65 liters capacity now: http://www.lafuma-boutique.com/sac-a-dos-land-cruiser-65-marron.html
I use also a RISERVA that's perfect for mountain hunting.
http://www.riserva.it/en-UK/MotoreDiRicerca.php
Best.
DORLEAC
www.dorleac-dorleac.com
| Dumprat |
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| 10/04/14 05:21 AM |
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Beautiful pics. The country looks very much like the deasert area in the central,part of bc.
| HeymSR20 |
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| 10/04/14 09:30 PM |
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Thanks Dorleac for your comments on Back Packs - looks just like a typical norml mountain back pack and very good for carrying a load. I've an old Karrimor Jaguar which is very similar but haven't thought of using it to carry Roe Bucks out of the woods. I have a new piece of ground where the carry out is a god few miles. Do you wrap the Isard in a waterproof bag to keep to keep the blood off the pack and the rest of your kit, or do you just give it a good wash when you are finished?
Is there any difference between an Isard and a Chamois, or Isard the local name for them in the Pyranees.
Beautiful rifles - I am sure that life is too short to waste time hunting with plastic stocked horrors unbalanced with Bipods and Moderators as seem to be all the fashion in the UK.
| mehulkamdar |
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| 11/04/14 12:39 AM |
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Joel,
Some pictures of your rifle, my friend, whenever you have time, please. I am guessing it is one of your "Technique" high tech models.
Thanks for the great pictures, and good hunting!