BAGLUNG, Dec 11: Licensed hunters have killed 10 Naurs (Himalayan blue sheep) and 5 Jharals (Himalayan Tahr) in the first season of hunting at Dhorpatan Hunting Reserve this year.
The Reserve spans 1,325 square kilometres and extends into Rukum, Myagdi and Baglung districts. It boasts 1,290 Naurs and 744 Jharals as per the census in 2021.
Hunters arriving in Dhorpatan as hunting opens for this season
Altogether 12 foreign hunters had obtained permits for hunting 12 Naur and eight Jharal and 11 wild boars in the country's only Hunting Reserve for this year. According to the Dhorpatan Hunting Reserve Office in Baglung, one licensed hunter from America could not come for hunting and another American hunter could not hunt the Naur. Hunters obtaining permits for wild boars also could not knock down seven wild boars.
Pashupati Adhikari, Information Officer at the Reserve's Office, shared that hunters from the USA, Spain, Netherlands and Mexico had obtained permission for hunting this season.
Permit was also open for Nepali hunters for hunting wild boars but the Office did not receive any application from the Nepalis hunters this season, added Chandra Shekhar Chaudhary, Chief Conservation Officer at the Reserve.
It is said that a foreigner hunter spends around Rs 2 million to Rs 3 million for bidding the price of Naur and Jharal, making necessary arrangements such as license, bloc reserve, helicopters, guide and equipment for hunting. The hunting season for this year has been over while the next one starts from March to May.
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