Roaring Romanian Reds
Only a few hours previously, we had landed at the small Sibiu airport in the centre of Romania. From there we drove for three to four hours towards the Eastern Carpathians, located in Transylvania. On this trip, Mark Longhi Andreasen was off hunting with the outfitter Arpad Gyeresis and his son Arpad Gyeresis Jr.
Until World War II, this region was Hungarian territory and is inhabited by many Hungarians to this day. It's clearly a financially stable region – like Hungary itself – and it does not appear as poor as many other places in Romania or Bulgaria.
INFINITE WILDERNESS
Behind the first hills, where the valley turns into actual forests, a more or less untouched wilderness extends 100 kilometres towards the Hungarian border. In these almost infinite forests – the largest that can be found in this part of Europe – there are monster stags that have never seen a human and probably never will. In addition to a very restrictive and well-controlled management of the Carpathian red deer, the endless wilderness area is also one of the secrets behind the many mature stags that are found in these mountains.
Whether the hunt is arranged in the flat areas of the valley or the high forested peaks, the strong deer are
