{"id":609,"date":"2022-01-31T10:10:48","date_gmt":"2022-01-31T10:10:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alphaadventuretreks.com\/blog\/?p=609"},"modified":"2022-01-31T10:15:19","modified_gmt":"2022-01-31T10:15:19","slug":"hunting-in-dhorpatan-nepal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alphaadventuretreks.com\/blog\/hunting-in-dhorpatan-nepal\/","title":{"rendered":"Hunting in Dhorpatan Nepal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Nepal is a small country in south Asia with a wide range of geography, climate, and wildlife. While it is most recognized for being home to eight of the world’s ten tallest peaks, Nepal’s terrain is divided into three distinct zones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Himalayas, in the north of the country, are home to the world’s highest mountains, including Mount Everest<\/a>, which stands at 29,029 feet. The southern lowlands, or Terai, bordering India, are a plains region with a muggy, subtropical climate. Blue sheep, Himalayan tahr, snow leopard, Indian rhinoceros, wild boar, and many deer species can all be found in these three locations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The modern-day hunts in Nepal are conducted by the Dhorpatan Hunting Reserve. And Dhorpatan is one of Nepal’s most important hunting reserves. Hunting Himalayan tahr and blue sheep in this area is undoubtedly one of the best mountain hunts in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can go in either the spring or the fall. Hunting in the Himalayan<\/a> and Rocky Mountains is a tough sport that necessitates high physical fitness. After helicopter drops, it normally takes around 5 days to hike to the hunting grounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tahr can be found in steep, cliffy locations around timberline, around 12,500 feet. The world’s highest-dwelling big mammal, blue sheep, is hunted at altitudes of 16,000 feet or higher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Indian muntjac, also known as the barking deer, wild boar, and hog deer, are also authorized to hunt in Nepal. The majority of hunters come for sheep and tahr, with a few also hunting muntjac in the mountains and hill zone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because they are prevalent in plains regions where there is now no organized hunting, hog deer and wild boar are rarely targeted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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