Hi garryale,
Welcome to the Buck forum, like you I also have a hobby: Buck knives, fishing and hunting. Looks like you have a nice collections of Buck knives already and what version of AK is that? Fantastic Moose, tell us the hunt story and is it easy to be approved for hunting in Russia.
jb4570
Dear jb4570 ,
It is not AK version , on the foto is SVD semi-automatic rifle.
SVD means Sniper Rifle Dragunov. Dragunov the surname of the designer of this rifle.
In Russia it is very populare rifle. Used cartridge is 7,62 x 54 R.
My dictionary names this animal as the Elk. But I m not sure that. Maybe "moose" is American version of word "Elk".
As you see in a photo, there is a dog.
This dog is specially trained to search for the Elk and a wild boar.
It finds animal and gives a special voice to the hunter.
The dog stops this animal in wood, and "twists it ", barks at it from different directions and does not allow to an animal to leave from a place.
The hunter learns on a voice of a dog of whom it has found, an elk or a wild boar.
Then the hunter creeps very cautiously and silently, the hunter goes on a voice of a dog in a camouflage suit,
and than he shoots as soon as he can.
Usually in Russia it is necessary to sustain one year of term for a smooth-bore gun (shotgun), and to pay approximately 30 US dollars for the licence + cost of the shotgun.
Then it is necessary to sustain five years of term for a rifle and to pay approximately 90 US dollars for the licence + cost of the rifle.
The licence for the Elk costs approximately 500 US dollars.
The licence for a wild boar costs approximately 200 US dollars.
The licence for a bear costs approximately 1000 US dollars.
The licence includes the help of huntsmen.
But Russia is the big country, therefore in different regions all can differ very strongly.
James Bond
