Unsuccesful roebuck hunting
As with all hunting, preperation and local knowlegde are the keys to success. Roebuck hunting in Norway can be quite challenging. With unforgiving winters and less culture landscape available, most regions do not have the ideal biotope for roedeer. Add to that the presence of Lynx in these areas. Whilst Germany and Norway are about equal in size, 1 million roedeer are shot in Germany every year versus 30.000 in Norway. On the upside though: the trophies in Norway are enormous. Slaughter weights vary from 17 to 21 kilo’s, which is a...
read moreMeopta Optics – Meostar 8*56
Earlier this year we wrote we hade made an agreement with Meopta to test their hunting optics. Just in short our conclusion on the Meostar B1 Binoculars: Leave your spotting scope at home, bring Meopta binoculars instead! We decided to put both the rifle scope and the binoculars through rough conditions and different types of hunts in Norway. Being Norwegian Outfitters, it was not that hard for us to find suitable hunts, true Scandinavian hunts on species like Reindeer and Moose We have tested both the Meostar binoculars (8*56) during the...
read moreReady for the 2011 hunting season
With only 6 days left until the roebuck hunting season opens, every one is getting excited and starts dusting off their rifles. Some purchase a new rifle. As Novahunt AS teamed up with Meopta, feeling the Meopta produces quality optics at affordable prices – We decided a these optics should be paired a similar fire arm: affordable quality. Meopta Meostar 3-12*56 R1r mounted on a Browning X bolt Thats right, by reputation Browning is said to deliver quality at affordable prices, so we figured we had to try and ordered 2 X bolts in...
read moreBeaver hunting in Norway
It’s friday April 23rd. Finally I am at the airport to check in my luggage for, on my way to go Beaver hunting in Norway. The flight from Frankfurt is on time and I arrive in Oslo-Gardamoen at 13:25. I need to hurry up as my train to Hamar leaves at 14:05. My Winchester Model 700 in .243 win. still needs to go through customs. Here I want to mention that I never went into any other country bringing a firearm, with that little problems. I had to fill in a form and show my weapons permit, which in total took less than 5...
read moreNovahunt and Meopta team up
Novahunt and Meopta team up to test Optics under the hardest of conditions in Scandinavia!
read moreA day of seal hunting
Januari 8, 2010. Its 09.30, there is no wind, ths sun shines and the thermometer shows its -11 degrees celcius. A perfect day for seal hunting. Coming down to the harbour my hunting friend Robert has already arrived and is freeing the boat of snow. Nothing reminds me of the normal winters on the Norwegian West coast, which are characterized by wind, rain and temperatures ranging from -5 to +10, not making it comfortable to hunt seal. After some trouble getting the 10 hp engine on our 12 feet steady going we are leaving harbour around...
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