Saarde defence-day

NGO Estonian Women Hunters took part in Saarde defence-day that was held in Lauri quarry on May 28. In collaboration with Pärnumaa hunters’ societies, hunting was introduced to the gentler sex and also an exhibition of hunting trophies was held. During the day, our women took actively part in the following shooting competitions: Automatic AK-4

Pärnumaa’s hunters’ convention

It is the season of conventions and Women Hunters are also called to help and to participate in provincial conventions. We have already visited Harjumaa and also Saaremaa hunters’ conventions. We were asked to help out at Pärnumaa’s hunters’ convention – to help organize competitions and to evaluate them. NGO Estonian Women Hunters at Pärnumaa

North-Livonian festival

On July 4, in Häädemeeste, took place the 11th North-Livonian festival, which was this time dedicated to hunting, being called “Hunting-special.” The event was awaited, and was visited by 2000 people. The event introduced hunting in general and helped to make hunting traditions more known and appreciated. The annual festival, held on the banks of

Riihimäki – The International Sportsmen’s Fair

Estonian Women Hunters NGO visited the international Sportsmen’s Fair, which has been organized in Finland in Riihimäki Urheilupuisto since 1972. The educational trip began early Saturday morning when we reached the ferry that was departing at 7:30 am. A bus was waiting us at the port which drove all the hobbyists to the fair. The

The Estonian Hunters’ society annual convention

It was a lovely weekend when all the huntsmen decided to gather in Võrumaa to compete in slightly more difficult and exciting “huntsmen competitions.” Of course what was not missing was a decent fair and a mighty party. Weather also decided to play a joke on us and allowed the sun to come out from

One with nature

A woman in nature is a giver, nurturer, protector. In essence she is the bringer of life. A healthy woman never takes nature for granted, and at the same time she does not forget that life itself, with its organic and inorganic phenomena is everlasting – only if you give and take enough for survival.

Beaver hunting with landing nets

On August 6th, our women hunters went to a thrilling beaver hunt. It was not an ordinary hunt with guns and snares, but an exciting beaver hunt with landing nets. For many of us, it was a first-time experience dealing with landing nets and it was extremely satisfying to see that there were seven of

Pheasants and Latvia

This was our second time in Latvia this year. This time we were invited to the season’s opening hunt. The hunt was exciting and the company grand. As it is common in bird hunting, every man there had their own smoothbore hunting guns, one older than the other, which is quite common in Latvia. The