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I don'[t know if which country would be considered wilder. Cambodia has a much lower population density. After 25 years of intense Civil War and millions of casualties Cambodia is more shell shocked than wilderness.

It is estimated the Chinese took out the horns of over 100,000 deer/year under the Khmer Rouge rule.

Land mines are a major hazard everywhere and it the actual fighting has only been over for 5 years or so. I had thought the Khmer Rouge ceased to exist after 1980 but the last ideologues were captured in 2001 and still await trial. I would guess that the current Government hopes they die before the need for a trial. At Angkor Wat you are still warned not to leave the beaten path because of mines.

Cambodia has very little infrastructure left in the countryside and any hunting would need to be supported by non existent means. The areas we would like to go into were the last bastions of the Khmer Rouge and some are still around. The price of capture is Death.

Perhaps in a few more years of peace it may come back but I have been told it is still very dangerous to travel about where hunting would take place.

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