A New Yorker visiting Norway for hunting.

[hando]

Greetings to my Norwegian fellow brother hunters, I am a foreigner who wants to hunt deer, elk and wild fowl in Norway and would like to ask you for some advice.

I want to hunt in 2 different places.

1)Sognfjord (Fjaerland or other area in Sognfjord) for deer. Red deer, reindeer or roe buck etc.

 

2)Lapland for Elk or wildfowl such as grouse, ptarmigan and haren etc.

 

I have a NY State hunting license for both big game and wildfowl, but I do not own a rifle.

How would I get to hunt in these 2 areas? And do you have any recommendations such as outiftters, private landowners and the hunting regulation for foreigners?

 

Thanks guys and looking forward to visiting beautiful Norway.

[308Winchester]

Hi

 

Here are some links about regulation and how to register for hunting in Norway.

 

Register for hunters.

http://www.brreg.no/english/registers/hunter/

 

A pdf with some bacic info, its in english too.

http://www.dirnat.no/content.ap?thisId=1002041

 

As for outfitters I can't really help.

 

Good luck! I'm sure u can find something.

 

Johan

[cipheron]

Not many outfitters that offer any hunting in Norway, that said wildfowl as grouse and so on should not be any problem.

 

Here is an outfitter, I have no experience with them though.

http://www.ibextours.com/Eng/Eng_front.htm

 

another one

http://www.ongajok.no/hunting.html

 

maybe you'll find something here

http://www.dintur.no/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=272&custom_language=englishdt

 

more

http://www.5stars-of-scandinavia.com/activities/capercaillie.htm

 

 

http://www.gonorway.com/norway/articles/180

 

I have no idea if any of these are any good, to me it all seem a tad epensive too.

 

For grouse and so on it is possible to hunt for close to nothing on goverment land, private land might be more expensive but in many cases not

 

That said, hunting big game cost more and is more difficult to find as there are many hunters who apply for those permits.

 

May be your best option would be to get an invite from someone as a guest hunter, I know some landowners do that from time to time.