Rule303 - picture doesn't do the trophy justice - visually they don't get much bigger - it actually scored CIC 104,2 that is just shy of 105 scoring silver medal



110 would be gold and the difference isn't obvious to untrained eye - like this one that got away:



...I guess Dorleac's with its horn's spread is very near that.

Just prior that one I got this yearling - and I respect it just the same

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You are right, the hunt itself is much more important than the trophy and an old animal is alway preferable to a big horned younger.
DORLEAC
wwww.dorleac-dorleac.com

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This says it all - every chamois is to be respected - as a trophy but furthermost as a hunt. We - the Chamois hunters are a Tribe - I would swap every stag I shot for the smallest Chamois anytime.

The ambience of the hunt in the mountains, terrain, silence, solitude, even danger sometimes, climbing, usually long shooting distances with extreme angles and nevertheless once you shot Chamois it is only half way since it has to be carried back...there are times when you think to yourself "What the hell am I doing here?" or "Do I really need this?". But once looking back - it is just priceless.

Some more pics from this year