The hunting club 'Kuumaan' has gathered around 40 amateur hunters of different nationalities.
It is named after the hunter and personnel officer, Hero of Socialist Labour Nikolay Petrovich Tastygin - 'Kuumaan'. The club is open to all people who wish to join from around the world.
Elk hunting
Elk Hunting: We offer elk hunting tours from August to December in licensed hunting grounds in the Upper and Middle Kolyma districts of Yakutia. We can arrange hunting with specially trained hunting dogs. In the autumn, we also offer boat tours along the Kolyma River.
How to get there: On Mondays and Thursdays, there is a flight from Yakutsk to Zyryanka or Srednekolymsk. The ticket costs from 25000 rubles. You can stay overnight in Zyryanka or Srednekolymsk (hotel or private guesthouse).
Overnight stay in Zyryanka or Srednekolymsk (hotel or private house of hotel type).
Accommodation during the hunt can be provided in a hunting cabin or in an equipped tent camp with a kitchen, dining area, and stove. Professional guides, cooks, and other support staff will manage the camp. Meals will be provided three times a day.
Diet: Preference is given to Yakut and Russian cuisine, including salads made from fresh vegetables, fresh meat, and fish.
Prices:
Prices start at 300,000 rubles for moose hunting tours and 800,000 rubles for trophy moose hunting tours.
The cost includes:
• Transportation to the hunting camp;
• Full service during the hunt;
• Gamekeeper service;
• Initial processing and packaging of trophies;
• Provision of all necessary trophy documents;
• Arranging documents for exporting trophies;
• Accommodation and three meals a day at the camp;
• At least 1 animal trophy;
• Pick-up and drop-off at Yakutsk airport to and from the hunting location.
Not included in the cost:
• Airfare cost;
• Payment for additional baggage;
• Payment for transportation of weapons;
• Accommodation and meals are available before the main hunting base in the towns of Zyryanka or Srednekolymsk. There are hotels and cafes, and it is also possible to stay with local families for an additional fee.
• Personal phone calls, including those from the hunting camp.
• Alcoholic beverages.
The time zone is GMT+8.
Temperature fluctuations in the hunting area: 0-5 degrees Celsius in autumn, and as low as -30 to -40 degrees Celsius in winter.
There is a house with a wood-burning heating system on the hunting grounds, as well as 5-6 person tents. A generator is available for camp lighting, charging of cameras, phones, etc. Guides and a cook are also provided.
The guide's responsibilities include: The duties of a guide include scouting the area, assisting in trophy hunting, carrying backpacks, preparing meals at the hunting camp, preparing trophies, and packing them for transportation. However, a guide's responsibilities are not limited to these tasks.
The duration of the tour may be adjusted depending on the hunting results.
Calling: 8-9142-754-999
The snow sheep hunting
The Snow Sheep, a distant relative of Asian Urials and Marco Polo Sheep, is the most elusive animal that lives in snowy environments. They inhabit steep mountain slopes and are vigilant day and night, watching out for any potential danger. The harsh climate conditions, along with the need for long treks and hours of waiting, turn difficult mountain hunting into a real adventure. The main trophy is the snow sheep, whose horns can measure from 80 to 105 cm (31-40 inches). The hunting season runs from August 1st to November 25th.
Hunting period: 1 August - 25 November.
Hunting location: Republic of Sakha (Yakutia).
Hunting duration: 7-10 days.
Recommended group size: 4-5 hunters.
Hunting targets: ram – is tracked, driven, or hunted with specially trained hounds.
Additional hunting: brown bear, moose, wild reindeer, musk deer, wolf. Aviation transport is available from Yakutsk to Moma and Sasyr.
How to get there:
1) Flights from Yakutsk to Moma (the district center of Khonuu village) operate four times a week (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday) at a ticket price starting from 25,000 rubles.
2) Alternatively, ground transportation is available to Uchugey village in the Oymyakon district, followed by an aviation connection to Tomtor village (also in the Oymyakon district) at a ticket price starting from 25,000 rubles.
3) To reach Ust-Nera, you can take a flight for a price ranging from 10,000 to 17,000 rubles (local flight prices may vary depending on the season and other airlines' schedules), or travel by car and then switch to off-road vehicles such as Ural, Kamaz Saigak, Gaz-66, GTS tracked vehicle, or MBLT. Another option is to arrange for a pickup from the town.
Batagay can be reached by helicopter for hunting purposes (price per hour starts from 80,000 rubles). Accommodation is available in an equipped tent camp (with a kitchen, dining area, and stove) or in a house with a wood-burning stove during colder months. Professional guides, cooks, and other staff will ensure the smooth operation of the camp.
Accommodation: You will be staying in an equipped tent camp with a kitchen, dining area, and stove. During colder weather, you will be accommodated in a house with a stove. The camp will be staffed with professional guides, cooks, and other support staff. The hunting party will be accompanied by a guide according to the following scheme: 1 hunter - 1 guide. After the trophy is obtained, the guide will perform the initial processing of the trophy for further transportation. During the hunt, communication between the camp and the hunters is facilitated through mobile radios or satellite communication.
Diet: Meals consist of three courses, with a preference for national and Russian cuisine, including fresh vegetable salads, and meat and fish dishes.
The cost of the hunting tour for a hunter starts at 800,000 rubles, which includes one ram trophy.
The cost of the tour for non-hunters is 150,000 rubles.
The additional trophy costs are 300,000 rubles for a bear, 600,000 rubles for a ram, and 500,000 rubles for an elk.
For an additional fee, it is possible to organize a sports fishing trip using spinning or nets for lenok, grayling, whitefish, and taimen along the Yakutsk-Batagay route from August to September.
It is possible to catch even Arctic char in the mountain lakes of the Moma district. (Prices for fishing will be subject to change).
The guide's responsibilities include: Terrain reconnaissance, assisting in trophy extraction, backpack carrying, cooking in hunting camp, preparing and packaging trophies for transportation. The duties of a guide are not limited to the aforementioned responsibilities.
The hunter carries their gear, weapons, and sleeping bag. Both hunters and guides use binoculars and spotting scopes. It is recommended that the hunter brings their own scope (x60) for sheep hunting. If they wish to use a rangefinder, they should bring it with them.
In the mountains, hunters and guides live in lightweight tents. In late September, they use heated canvas tents (as mountain peaks can be covered in snow at this time of year). Hunters may relocate their camp depending on hunting circumstances.
Attention: The duration of the tour may be subject to change depending on the hunting results. The cost includes:
Horse rental
All above-mentioned service during the hunt
Gamekeeper service
Initial processing and packaging of the trophy
Provision of all necessary trophy documents.
Assistance with documentation for exporting trophies;
Accommodation and three meals a day at the camp;
One trophy of a snow sheep;
Meet and greet at Yakutsk airport to and from the hunting area.
Not included:
• Cost of air travel;
• Payment for excess baggage;
• Payment for firearm transportation;
Accommodation in a hotel. (Accommodation and meals are provided until the main hunting base in the villages of Khonuu, Ust-Nera, and Uchugey. There is a hotel and a cafe available. It is also possible to stay with local families for an additional fee.
Personal phone calls, including those from the hunting camp.
Alcoholic beverages.
Timezone: +8 hours from Moscow time. October: -10°C during the day, -15°C at night. November: -15 to -20°C during the day, -20 to -25°C at night.
Temperature fluctuations in the hunting area:
August: +18°C during the day, +5°C at night.
September: +5°C during the day, -5°C at night.
October: -10°C during the day, -15°C at night.
November: -15-20°C during the day, -20-25 °C at night.
There is a house with a stove heating system located within a hunting area. The tents can accommodate up to 5-6 people. A generator is available for camp lighting and charging of cameras, phones, and other devices. Guides and a cook are also provided. It is necessary to sign a contract one month in advance.
Why it must be signed in advance? As trophy snow sheep are not available everywhere, reconnaissance for trophy hunting must be conducted in advance as well.
Calling: 8-9142-754-999
Bear hunting
Bear Hunting date/ Season: Bear hunting takes place from early April to late September.
Tours start from August to December in the hunting grounds of the Kuumaan Hunting Club in the Zhigansky District of Yakutia. We can organize hunting with specially trained hunting dogs. In spring, bear hunting can be done by approaching on snowmobiles and ATVs. In autumn, it can be done by boats on the Lena River or on mountain rivers in the Zhigansky District.
How to get there: The ticket costs from 25000 rubles. On Mondays and Thursdays, there is a flight from Yakutsk to Zhigansk. Overnight stay in Zhigansk village (private house of hotel type).
Accommodation during the hunt is available in a hunting cabin or in an equipped tent camp with a kitchen, dining room, and stove. Professional guides, cooks, and other staff will provide camp services.
Diet: Three meals a day consisting of Yakut and Russian cuisine, including fresh vegetable salads, meat, and fish.
Prices: Bear hunting tours start at 300,000 rubles, while trophy hunting tours can cost up to 500,000 rubles.
The cost includes:
• Transportation to the hunting camp;
• Full service during the hunt;
• Gamekeeper service;
• Initial processing and packaging of trophies;
• Provision of all necessary trophy documents;
• Arranging documents for exporting trophies;
• Accommodation and three meals a day at the camp;
• At least 1 animal trophy;
• Pick-up and drop-off at Yakutsk airport to and from the hunting location.
Not included in the cost:
• Airfare cost;
• Payment for additional baggage;
• Payment for transportation of weapons;
• Accommodation and meals before reaching the main hunting base in the village of Zhigansk (there is a hotel and a cafe available, and there is an option for accommodation and meals with local families for an additional fee).
• Personal phone calls, including those from the hunting camp.
• Alcoholic beverages.
The time zone is GMT+8.
The temperature in the hunting area varies from -3°C to -4°C during the day and -10°C to -15°C at night in May. In winter, it can drop to -40°C. There is a house with a stove heating system on the hunting grounds. 5-6 man tents are available. A generator is provided for illuminating the camp and charging photographic and video equipment, phones, etc. Conductors and a cook are also present.
The guide's responsibilities include:
The duties of a guide include reconnaissance of the area, assisting in trophy extraction, carrying backpacks, preparing meals in the hunting camp, preparing trophies, and packing them for transportation. The guide's responsibilities are not limited to the above tasks.
The duration of the tour may be subject to change depending on the outcome of the hunt.
Calling: 8-9142-754-999
Goose and King Eider (Somateria spectabilis) hunting
The goose and gadwall hunting season begins in early May and ends in late June on the islands of the Lena River, Zhigansky District, Republic of Sakha Yakutia.
The first tour is from May 5th to May 13th with a group of 3-4 hunters.
The second tour is from May 13th to May 25th.
In group 4-5, hunters will travel by helicopter to and from Tarbagannakh Island.
The third tour, from May 25th to June 10th, will consist of a group of 3-4 hunters on boats or motorboats (hunting for reindeer).
All departures are from Zhigansk village.
Hunting targets: goose, Taiga bean goose, White-fronted goose, and ducks. Accompanying hunting: Bear, wolf, fishing with nets or pike fishing rod.
How to get there: On Mondays and Thursdays, there is a flight from Yakutsk to Zhigansk. The cost of a ticket is from 25000 rubles with overnight in Zhigansk village (private hotel-type house).
Accommodation: In the equipped tent camp, which includes a kitchen, dining area, and stove, professional guides, cooks, and other staff will provide camp services.
Diet: Meals will be provided three times a day, with a preference for Yakut and Russian cuisine, including fresh vegetable salads, meat, and fish.
The duties of a guide include scouting the area, assisting in trophy hunting, carrying backpacks, preparing food in the hunting camp, preparing trophies, and packing them for transportation. A guide's work is not limited to the above-mentioned responsibilities.
The cost of the hunting tour starts at 200,000 rubles.
The cost of an additional trophy: a bear for 300,000 rubles, a wolf for 100,000 rubles.
Fishing is included in the price of the tour.
The cost includes:
• Transportation to the hunting camp;
• Full service during the hunt;
• Gamekeeper service;
• Initial processing and packaging of trophies;
• Provision of all necessary trophy documents;
• Arranging documents for exporting trophies;
• Accommodation and three meals a day at the camp;
• A minimum of 10 geese and 20 turpanov per hunter;
• Pick-up and drop-off at Yakutsk airport to and from the hunting location.
Price includes:
- Transport to the hunting camp
- Full service on the hunt;
- Gamekeeper service;
- Primary processing and packing of the trophy;
- Provision of all necessary documents for the trophy;
- Registration of documents for trophy export;
- Accommodation and three meals a day in the camp;
- Trophy of at least 10 geese and 20 scoters per hunter.
- Meeting and seeing off at the airport of Yakutsk to the place of hunting and back.
Calling: 8-9142-754-999
Taimen fishing
Duration: 8-10 days
Location:
1. Mountain rivers of Menkerachen, Undyulyung, Natarа and Dzhardzhan in the Zhigansky district of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). The main base is located on the Lena River, below 230 km from the village of Zhigansk.
2) Olenek river, Olenek district or in mountain rivers of Verkhoyansk mountains. Here there are places where you can be thrown by helicopter and in 7 days to pick up. (1 hour of helicopter hire - from 80 thousand rubles), but there are real taimen! Trophy specimens can be up to 40 kg. Total cost of helicopter rental from 250 thousand rubles.
At the mouth of the mountain river Natarа, there is a residential house with a kitchen, basement, and a helicopter landing pad. Alternatively, the Olenek River in the Olenek district or mountain rivers in the Verkhoyansk Mountains can be used. These locations are accessible by helicopter and can be retrieved after 7 days.
(One hour helicopter rental starts from 80,000 rubles), but there is a real taimen there! Trophy specimens can weigh up to 40 kg. The total cost of helicopter rental is from 250,000 rubles.
Description:
Meet at the airport in Zhigansky. Accommodation provided. Visit the sights of Zhigansk, take a walk, have dinner, and spend the night. The next day, in the afternoon, take a helicopter to the hunting base.
Fishing is done mainly by spinning or whip, at this time it is good to catch taimen, lenok, grayling, pike of trophy sizes.
There are clean mountain rivers where you can go underwater hunting or river diving.
Weather, clothes and equipment: Ammunition, clothes for cool nights. In August-September in the mountains the temperature at night reaches -6,-8 C. Doldrums.
Additional information: You can get elk, wild deer, musk deer, bear, wolf, wolverine, hares for additional payment. It is possible hunt ducks and geese. During the tour we will move on motor boats or boats. Tours should be ordered and booked 2-3 months in advance. We need to make advance booking for air transport and helicopters in advance.
Tour cost: from 250,000 rubles. (Tariffs for tours may vary depending on the complexity and preferences of the fisherman. The full cost is discussed in advance and specified in the Contract).
Other options: There is an economical option that is popular among local fishermen, where we only rely on casting with a spinner and a 5-6 day rafting trip on 2-3 rubber boats along mountain rivers. The price for a tourist-fisherman starts from 250,000 rubles. For this tour, a team of 4-5 people plus a guide is required.
The flight time from Zhigansk to the fishing location takes 1.5-2 hours (the total round-trip flight time takes 3-4 hours).
Rubber rafting or jet boating can be enjoyed on the mountain rivers.
There is an option for fishing without using a helicopter in motor boats. However, the chances of catching a decent taimen are not high. It is possible to catch smaller taimen weighing 4-5 kg, as well as lenok, whitefish, grayling, and pike. From mid-August, commercial fishing for omul, whitefish, and muksun begins on the Lena River. There is an opportunity to fish with drift nets and exchange experiences with local fishermen. The food and service are the same as on previous tours for reindeer and goose. Prices start at 250,000 rubles per fisherman.
Calling: 8-9142-754-999
Mountain hunting in Russia
Dagestan tour, chamois and ibex.
Mountain goats are a type of even-toed ungulate (family Bovidae). Their number varies from 2-3 with many subspecies to 9-10 species, depending on different opinions.
The average size of mountain goats is as follows: length ranges from 120 to 180 cm; height at the withers reaches 100 cm; weight is up to 60 kg for smaller species (females) and up to 150 kg for the largest male goats.
The hunting season is from August 15th to November 15th.
Hunting locations include the Republic of Altai, Dagestan, and North Ossetia.
Hunting duration: 7-10 days.
Recommended group size: 2-3 hunters.
Hunting targets: rams are stalked.
How to get there: By plane to Gorno-Altaysk or Novosibirsk.
Meeting at Tolmachevo airport in Novosibirsk is possible by agreement.
Accommodation: You will be staying in a fully equipped tent camp with a kitchen, dining area, and stove. During colder periods, you will be accommodated in a house with a fireplace. The camp will be staffed by professional guides, cooks, and other support staff. The hunting party consists of one hunter and one guide (1-1). After the trophy is obtained, the hunter performs initial processing for transportation. Communication between the camp and the hunters is maintained through mobile radios or satellite communication during the hunt.
Diet: Meals are provided three times a day. Preference is given to national and Russian cuisine, including salads made from fresh vegetables, fresh meat, and fish.
The cost: The cost of the tour for hunters starts at 300,000 rubles, which includes one trophy ram. The cost of the tour for non-hunters is 100,000 rubles. The cost of an additional trophy is 50% off. Red deer starts at 200,000 rubles.
The duties of a guide include scouting the area, assisting in trophy hunting, carrying backpacks, preparing food in the hunting camp, preparing trophies, and packing them for transportation. A guide's work is not limited to the above-mentioned responsibilities.
Hunters carry their own gear, weapons, and sleeping bags. Hunters and guides use their binoculars and spotting scopes. It is recommended for the hunter to bring their own horn (scope?) (x60) for sheep hunting. If they wish to use a rangefinder, they must bring it with them.
In the mountains, hunters and guides live in lightweight tents. Hunters may change the location of the camp depending on the circumstances of the hunt.
The duration of the tour may be changed depending on the hunting results.
Price includes:
- Horse rental
- Full hunting service
- Gamekeeper service
- Initial processing and packaging of trophies
- Provision of all necessary trophy documents.
- Arranging documents for exporting trophies;
- Accommodation and three meals a day at the camp;
- One ram trophy;
Not included in the cost:
• Airfare cost;
• Payment for additional baggage;
• Payment for transportation of weapons;
• Personal phone calls, including those from the hunting camp.
• Alcoholic beverages.
There is a house with a stove heating system located within the hunting grounds. The tents can accommodate 5-6 people. A generator is available for camp lighting and charging of cameras, phones, etc. Guides and a cook are also provided.
Attention: The agreement must be signed one month in advance. As trophy rams are not available everywhere, reconnaissance for trophy hunting must be conducted in advance.
The goose and gadwall hunting season begins in early May and ends in late June on the islands of the Lena River, Zhigansky District, Republic of Sakha Yakutia.