Home | Ezine | Forums | Links | Contact
NitroExpress.com: 10,000 apply to join Swedish hunting boom

View recent messages : 24 hours | 48 hours | 7 days | 14 days | 30 days | 60 days | More Smilies


*** Enjoy NitroExpress.com? Participate and join in. ***
You are not logged in. [Login] Main Index · Search · Active Topics
New user · Who's Online · FAQ · Calendar

Hunting >> Hunting in Europe
Previous topic Previous   View all topics Index   Next topic Next   Threaded Mode Threaded  

Pages: 1
NitroXAdministrator
.700 member


Reged: 25/12/02
Posts: 39889
Loc: Barossa Valley, South Australi...
10,000 apply to join Swedish hunting boom
      #190781 - 26/09/11 06:31 PM

10,000 apply to join Swedish hunting boom

http://www.thelocal.se/36352/20110926/

Published: 26 Sep 11 06:52 CET

Hunting is becoming more and more popular in Sweden with over 10,000 people taking their hunting certificate this year alone, representing a near 10 percent increase on last year.

The start of the autumn means one thing for a growing number of Swedes – the chance to take a gun and chase wild animals.

Courses across the country are in higher demand than ever and for many an occasional hobby is becoming a lifestyle.

For the uninitiated, there are different seasons for different animals, but the most popular prey for Sweden's hunters remain elk and deer.

In southern Sweden, elk hunting can begin on the second Monday in October. Deer can be shot from October 1st to January 31st, while the grouse season opens on August 25th for three months.

There are various other dates to take a note of, depending on location on animal.

It is clearly becoming a popular pastime, but one which is still tightly regulated in Sweden and the thousands of would-be hunters require a gun license, to be over 18 and to have passed an exam.

This training spans involves the hunt itself, what you need to know and do, and how to safely use a gun.

There are also courses covering the different types of hunting, and the laws that govern it, followed by a shooting test.

The test is a prerequisite for owning a gun and using it on a hunt - doubtless to be joined by the throngs of other newbies out in the woods.

The Local/gm

--------------------
John aka NitroX

...
Govt get out of our lives NOW!
"I love the smell of cordite in the morning."
"A Sharp spear needs no polish"

Post Extras: Print Post   Remind Me!   Notify Moderator  
NitroXAdministrator
.700 member


Reged: 25/12/02
Posts: 39889
Loc: Barossa Valley, South Australi...
Re: 10,000 apply to join Swedish hunting boom [Re: NitroX]
      #190783 - 26/09/11 06:38 PM

It is important that hunters make good positive comments on these newspaper sites. To offset the often irrational anti comments.

My comment:

Good to see so many new Swedish hunters joining in, in such a great constructive family activity out in the outdoors. A traditional activity which also puts free range organic meat on the kitchen table. Well done.

I hope to hunt in Norway again next year and maybe if I am lucky in Sweden as well.

From an Aussie.

--------------------
John aka NitroX

...
Govt get out of our lives NOW!
"I love the smell of cordite in the morning."
"A Sharp spear needs no polish"

Post Extras: Print Post   Remind Me!   Notify Moderator  
xausa
.400 member


Reged: 07/03/07
Posts: 2037
Loc: Tennessee, USA
Re: 10,000 apply to join Swedish hunting boom [Re: NitroX]
      #190812 - 27/09/11 01:10 AM

I assume the Swedish word for "moose" has been mistranslated as "elk". The German word for "moose", which is "Elch" can be confusing. As far as I know, there are no elk (wapiti) in Europe.

Post Extras: Print Post   Remind Me!   Notify Moderator  
9.3x57
.450 member


Reged: 22/04/07
Posts: 5521
Loc: United States
Re: 10,000 apply to join Swedish hunting boom [Re: xausa]
      #190816 - 27/09/11 01:44 AM

The word is often transliterated to elk, which IIRC was the correct word for European moose in English prior to the settlement of North America. I believe early settlers here botched the word.

In Swedish it is älg and in Norwegian, elg.

"Moose" is, I think, an eastern N. American Indian word {Algonquin?}.

--------------------
What are the Rosary, the Cross or the Crucifix other than tools to help maintain the fortress of our faith in Jesus Christ, the Son of God?

Post Extras: Print Post   Remind Me!   Notify Moderator  
NitroXAdministrator
.700 member


Reged: 25/12/02
Posts: 39889
Loc: Barossa Valley, South Australi...
Re: 10,000 apply to join Swedish hunting boom [Re: 9.3x57]
      #190847 - 27/09/11 06:46 PM

Quote:

I assume the Swedish word for "moose" has been mistranslated as "elk". The German word for "moose", which is "Elch" can be confusing. As far as I know, there are no elk (wapiti) in Europe.



Wapiti and Red deer are "related" species.

--------------------
John aka NitroX

...
Govt get out of our lives NOW!
"I love the smell of cordite in the morning."
"A Sharp spear needs no polish"

Post Extras: Print Post   Remind Me!   Notify Moderator  
Pages: 1


Previous topic Previous   View all topics Index   Next topic Next   Threaded Mode Threaded  

Extra information
0 registered and 26 anonymous users are browsing this forum.

Moderator:   

Print Topic

Forum Permissions
      You cannot start new topics
      You cannot reply to topics
      HTML is disabled
      UBBCode is enabled

Rating:
Topic views: 2103

Rate this topic

Jump to

Contact Us NitroExpress.com

Powered by UBB.threads™ 6.5.5


Home | Ezine | Forums | Links | Contact


Copyright 2003 to 2011 - all rights reserved