Photo by IJrdelyi 

 CHAMOIS HUNTERS IN THE TATRA : NORTHERN HUNGARY 



The chamois in summer go up into the high mountains to the perpetual snow-line. 

 and feed only on mountain sides with a northern exposure. In winter they go down to the 

 wooded lower reaches of the mountains, and it is here that they are hunted. They never 

 graze without a sentinel on the lookout. The most successful way to hunt them is for a 

 number of hunters to form a closing-in circle around a feeding ground. Great danger 

 attends hunting in such high altitudes, but that has given such zest to the sport that the 

 chamois is now rare where once it was numerous. 



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