Elk Hunting in Finland - 09/27/12
Unsure as to where I should place this post but I was just wondering where the best places in Finland are for Elk hunting.
Cheers,
James
Cheers,
James
Re: Elk Hunting in Finland - 09/27/12
Have a look at metsastysretket.fi where you can find some sueful information.
Also, www.uta.fi provides details on where to buy a licence.
Regards,
R
Also, www.uta.fi provides details on where to buy a licence.
Regards,
R
Re: Elk Hunting in Finland - 09/28/12
![[Linked Image]](http://www.animalsphoto.org/images/moose-photos--6.jpeg)
![[Linked Image]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Red_deer_stag_2009_denmark.jpg/250px-Red_deer_stag_2009_denmark.jpg)
![[Linked Image]](http://wapitipub.roryfatt-client.com/assets/images/wapiti.jpg)
![[Linked Image]](http://www.digitalwildlife.co.uk/mammals/img/roe%20deer%20buck%20IMG_8667%20lw.jpg)
No elk in Finland. Which one of the above do you want to hunt?
Re: Elk Hunting in Finland - 09/28/12
i believe they call elk, what we call moose.
Re: Elk Hunting in Finland - 09/28/12
Fins call moose "roosa", Sweds "�lg", Germans "Elch".
Nobody anywhere calls moose "elk".
Since Finns have Red Deer, a species so similar to Elk (Wapiti) that debate rages on if both are not same, the mistake might be this.
Hence my question - what does he want to hunt.
Moose?
Red deer?
Roe deer?
Apart from a few introduced whitetails and Santa raindeer -nothing else availabe deer wise in Finland.
Nobody anywhere calls moose "elk".
Since Finns have Red Deer, a species so similar to Elk (Wapiti) that debate rages on if both are not same, the mistake might be this.
Hence my question - what does he want to hunt.
Moose?
Red deer?
Roe deer?
Apart from a few introduced whitetails and Santa raindeer -nothing else availabe deer wise in Finland.
Re: Elk Hunting in Finland - 09/29/12
Originally Posted by cmg
Apart from a few introduced whitetails and Santa raindeer -nothing else availabe deer wise in Finland.
They shoot Santa's reindeer in Finland?
Re: Elk Hunting in Finland - 09/29/12
Originally Posted by doubletap
Originally Posted by cmg
Apart from a few introduced whitetails and Santa raindeer -nothing else availabe deer wise in Finland.
They shoot Santa's reindeer in Finland?
Yep. Here is a picture of my last hunt...
![[Linked Image]](http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e47/meplat/Santa_Hunt2.jpg)
John
Re: Elk Hunting in Finland - 09/29/12
Meaner.
Re: Elk Hunting in Finland - 09/29/12
He must be the Grinch. 
Re: Elk Hunting in Finland - 09/29/12
Poor 'ol Santa..LOL..
Re: Elk Hunting in Finland - 09/30/12
Originally Posted by cmg
No elk in Finland. Which one of the above do you want to hunt?
What is this if there isn't elk there? It doesn't look like a stag to me, plus you already had a pic of a stag above it in your post.
Re: Elk Hunting in Finland - 09/30/12
That is an Elk (Wapiti). There are none of those in Finland.
Included into the list above to find out whether or not OP knew about the difference in phaenotype between reddeer and elk.
Included into the list above to find out whether or not OP knew about the difference in phaenotype between reddeer and elk.
Re: Elk Hunting in Finland - 10/01/12
Originally Posted by cmg
That is an Elk (Wapiti). There are none of those in Finland.
Included into the list above to find out whether or not OP knew about the difference in phaenotype between reddeer and elk.
Included into the list above to find out whether or not OP knew about the difference in phaenotype between reddeer and elk.
A trick question? Man, you really are a ball-buster of a professor!
FC
Re: Elk Hunting in Finland - 10/01/12
It is surprising how confusing this is to people sometimes...
Re: Elk Hunting in Finland - 10/01/12
A true good man and hunter, just sharing his knowledge, IMO
But, Carl, aren't you actually a professor ?
Re: Elk Hunting in Finland - 10/02/12
GV,
long time no talk. Read about your exploits with ET. Outstanding.
Thank you for the promotion. Just researcher/lecturer. Professor is a long ways off - wages wise...
long time no talk. Read about your exploits with ET. Outstanding.
Thank you for the promotion. Just researcher/lecturer. Professor is a long ways off - wages wise...
Re: Elk Hunting in Finland - 10/02/12
CMG
Finns do not have Red Deer...This is Continental Europe pleasure...Finns have White Tail bringed in 1930 I think. They have also Reindeer. About Moose finns call it "HIRVI" what in direct translation mean deer.
JamesB660
Moose is most common Finnish game and shooted over 50 000 per year. Good places are south-west and central-north part of Finland...
Finns do not have Red Deer...This is Continental Europe pleasure...Finns have White Tail bringed in 1930 I think. They have also Reindeer
. About Moose finns call it "HIRVI" what in direct translation mean deer. JamesB660
Moose is most common Finnish game and shooted over 50 000 per year. Good places are south-west and central-north part of Finland...
Re: Elk Hunting in Finland - 10/02/12
Re: Elk Hunting in Finland - 10/02/12
Norwegians call moose "elg". Probably the source of confusions.
My dogs are known in English as Norwegian Elkhounds. In Norsk, they are Elghunds.
My dogs are known in English as Norwegian Elkhounds. In Norsk, they are Elghunds.
Re: Elk Hunting in Finland - 10/02/12
Originally Posted by hatari
Norwegians call moose "elg". Probably the source of confusions.
My dogs are known in English as Norwegian Elkhounds. In Norsk, they are Elghunds.
My dogs are known in English as Norwegian Elkhounds. In Norsk, they are Elghunds.
In Sweden "�lg" are moose, and what North Americans call Norwegian Elkhounds, Swedes call "gr�hund" ("grey dogs").
Evidently, we don't want to give the Norwegians too much credit for doing good things, or producing good dogs.
John
Re: Elk Hunting in Finland - 10/03/12
damn Swedes......you need to beat respect into the......
Rattler the Norskie
Rattler the Norskie
Re: Elk Hunting in Finland - 10/23/12
Originally Posted by cmg
Fins call moose "roosa", Sweds "�lg", Germans "Elch".
Nobody anywhere calls moose "elk".
Since Finns have Red Deer, a species so similar to Elk (Wapiti) that debate rages on if both are not same, the mistake might be this.
Hence my question - what does he want to hunt.
Moose?
Red deer?
Roe deer?
Apart from a few introduced whitetails and Santa raindeer -nothing else availabe deer wise in Finland.
Nobody anywhere calls moose "elk".
Since Finns have Red Deer, a species so similar to Elk (Wapiti) that debate rages on if both are not same, the mistake might be this.
Hence my question - what does he want to hunt.
Moose?
Red deer?
Roe deer?
Apart from a few introduced whitetails and Santa raindeer -nothing else availabe deer wise in Finland.
your wrong about that.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moose