Anyone been to Norway?

[Oleson]

Any of you been hunting in Norway?

No, I'm not talking to my fellow countrymen here.
But anyone else?
I'm curious to hear about any experiences you might have had over here.

Or if any of you have questions about hunting in Norway of course.
I'm happy to answer to the best of my knowledge.



(English is something I can understand and talk, but not write particularly well.
Any corrections are welcome. )

 

[Patocazador]

I talked to a couple who hunted moose (elk) in Sweden but never anyone in Norway.

 

[Robbins290]

i had a friend stay with me in maine for a month and a half. he talked about hunting over there. they hunt seals and such. i wouldnt mind going on a seal hunt

 

[GJSchulze]

Your English writing is very good. You should see some of the unintelligible posts I've seen in some forums that have no punctuation or capitalization and plenty of auto-correct mistakes that make them unreadable.

 

[Fremmer]

Do you have deer to hunt there, and what's the most common rifle used to hunt them?

 

[Oleson]

Your English writing is very good. You should see some of the unintelligible posts I've seen in some forums that have no punctuation or capitalization and plenty of auto-correct mistakes that make them unreadable.

First, GJSchulze, thanks. I am a moderator on the only big forum for hunters and sports shooter in Norway. Believe me, most people can't even write their own language...

@Fremmer:
We have roe deer, red deer and moose.

Most common rifles... Hmm...
When the army changed from Mauser m98 to the AG3, the Mauser where sold for 125,- NOK a piece. (These were converted to 30-06 throughout the armed forces, except the navy who kept the original 7,92.) When I was a kid, some twenty years ago, this was still the most used rifle where I live, in rural Norway. Most of them with new stocks and scopes. But I remember some people had Remingtons and Winchesters. Nowadays, it's a huge variety of rifles. Everything really. Personally, I got a Sauer 202 in 6,5x55 when I was 15, still use it for most of my hunting. We still tend to use the 6,5x55, .308 and 30-06.

 

[Grumulkin]

I've been to Norway a couple of times; in fact I have relatives there (around Mandal). I've never hunted there though.

The last time we went, my uncle said he was going to take us on an "elk safari." At the time, I didn't know that what sounded to me like "elk" was in fact "elg;" i.e., not elk but moose.

After our "safari" we sat around in a tee pee like structure in woods eating elg and other food off wooden planks.

I love Norway.

 

[Fremmer]

Very interesting!

 

[H&Hhunter]

What would it take for a foreigner to hunt, say roe deer and red deer? And what about importing a rifle for hunting?

 

[Oleson]

To hunt in Norway, you need to be a licensed hunter in your own country.
(If you're not, you need to take the Norwegian hunter's test.)
AFAIK, American hunter's are "licensed enough".
Importing a rifle shouldn't be a problem, just stay away from British Airways, and Holland in general... Roe deer licenses can be bought many places. Red deer and moose are hunted on special "terrains". These either belong to those who own the land, or the state. Either way, it's expensive. For my tiny terrain, with four moose, it's about 15000,- NOK. One US dollar is about 5-6 NOK. But most terrains are hunted by the same people from every year. So you can hunt as a guest, if you're invited. Small game licenses are sold everywhere. You by a card for a day, week or the whole season for a specific area.

 

[zdc1775]

$2500 US for four moose isn't that bad. Would there be any extra charges for us foreigners?

 

[Oleson]

Well, as I said, you probably have to be invited. I can't say I know of any terrains hunted by foreigners. They might exist, but I've never heard of any.

If I had a terrain suitable for guests, I would probably only charge the standard meat price.
I don't know how it is in the US, but in Norway it's governed like this:
You pay for the meat. This is paid to whoever owns the ground.
For example, I have a terrain made up of many small pieces of land owned by me and four other farms around here.
It belongs to a bigger area consisting of multiple pieces of land owned by many land owners. Together we form a "Land Owners Union" for our area. So the meat price is paid to this union. If you rent a terrain owned by the state you would pay to them.
This year we have two calfs, one cow and one bull. That would be roughly around 15000,-
This is calculated by a price pr. kilogram, different for each type of animal, and multiplied by the average weight for each animal.
So if you shoot a 200 kg. bull, you would pay for the meat you want to take home with you. My dad shot a cow (or what do you call it?) last weekend, just finished butchering it. (He hunts on a different terrain.)
He wanted the whole animal, so he paid for that one.


I think this post will make me think in English for a week... Pew...

 

[KC45]

I heard or read this many years ago when I was a kid...
In parts of Northern Norway you are required to have a rifle with you when you leave the town. If you do not own a rifle, it could be rented along with some cartridge from post office?

 

[fragout]

If someone from the U.S. paid the fees, and were invited to hunt in an area, are there any restrictions on the type of rifle they could bring with them?

Example: Semi automatic rifles?

Are there magazine restrictions?

Example: 5rd? 10rd?

 

[Oleson]

KC45: That would be the island of Svalbard. Polar bears...

fragout:
There's a list of legal semis.
Two lists actually, one for IPSC and one for hunting.
For hunting:
1. Winchester M/100
2. Browning BAR (med unntak av Browning BAR M/1918)
3. Remington Modell four
4. Remington modell 7400
5. Remington 742 Woodmaster
6. Ruger mini 14
7. Ruger mini 30
8. Heckler & Koch modell 2000
9. Marlin modell 45
10. Marlin modell 9 camp carabine
11. Valmet Petra
12. Valmet Hunter
13. Voere modell 2185
14. Vepr Super
15. Vepr Pioneer
16. Vepr Hunter
17. Benelli Argo
18. Sauer mod 303
19. Carl Gustav 2000 light/Carl Gustav 2000 Classic Vapen
20. Merkel SR 1
21. Remington Woodmaster modell 750

For hunting with a semiautomatic rifle, IIRC, it's three in the mag, one in the chamber. (For shotguns, two rounds. 1+1. No matter the type. Pump/auto)


Yeah, I know... Not a list of forbidden weapons, but the legal ones.
And you have to go through **** to get a new one on the list.

 

[Oleson]

After writing that last post, I thought something didn't seem right.
So I asked my dad.
Some places, you get the hunting terrain for a fixed price.
Some places, the prices are set up so you pay more pr. kg. the bigger the animal.
Some places, it's like I described it in the above post.


Still interested to hear from people who have been here

 

[Sebastian the Ibis]

I was there in my early 20s, I was not hunting game....

 

[Oleson]

There is said to more descendants of Norwegian in the US than there are people in Norway today. So I guess I will find someone with Norwegian ancestry here.
(I have about 70 second and third cousins in Arizona and Colorado.)

When I introduced myself on rugerforum.com, some guys talked about when they were in the army/navy/marines/etc. and went here for training. Although slightly off-topic, maybe some of you did the same?

As always, comments on my english are appreciated.

 

[Scrumbag]

Hej Oleson!

I work for an oil company which as a lot of assets off-shore Norway!

I would love to come an hunt in Norway at some point so happy to hear about it.

ATB,

Scrumbag
(From UK but based in Switzerland)

 

[RPRNY]

Never for game. But as a 20-something and single I had several successful hunts in Oslo for Norska flicka ;-) Although I may have been the prey...

 

[Patocazador]

There is said to more descendants of Norwegian in the US than there are people in Norway today. So I guess I will find someone with Norwegian ancestry here.
(I have about 70 second and third cousins in Arizona and Colorado.)

You need to get on a Minnesota only forum for the most Scandinavians.

 

[Oleson]

Norska flicka

That would be swedish.
"Norske jenter" is the Norwegian term.

 

[curtste]

I was in Norway years ago while I was in the USAF. I was a Pararescueman back then, and we flew up there from our base in England for a training trip. We were there for a week I think, and on the days when the weather cooperated, we all got a a few jumps out of our C-130. They were HALO jumps with Norwegian Jäger guys. We were just on the outskirts of Oslo somewhere. On the days when the weather didn't cooperate, we found it was still good enough to make the rounds through Oslo with our new friends acting as tour guides and drinking buddies.

The thing that stands out in my memory the most was the drop zone. It was pure sheet ice in places. We'd aim for those spots lift our feet and land on our butts, seeing who could slide the farthest. I doubt we would get away with that these days.

The Norwegian military treated us extremely well. The hospitality was world class.

When I was stationed in Iceland for a couple years, there was a Norwegian officer on base as a liaison of some sort. He was a friendly guy who went with us on a trip to Greenland where we practiced Winter warfare operations. He and I slept in the same snow hole for a couple nights, then he built an igloo using this large knife that seemed particularly suited to the task. I don't remember his name, but he was the only one allowed to wear a beard. I was jealous.

 

[Oleson]

@curtste:
Ah, fallskjermjegere are funny guys. One from where I live joined them when he was in the army. Later on he became a member of the FSK, he's probably in Afghanistan or somewhere similar now.

I've never been in the army, due to the constant high pitch beeping noise in my left ear. But a friend of mine said that if you have a full beard when you come in, you can keep it. Otherwise you will have to shave every morning.

@Scrumbag:
What kind of hunting do you have in exchange?

 

[Scrumbag]

Oleson, sadly non as such as I only take paid let days.

But maybe we could do something. I have good contacts for fallow deer, chinese water deer and muntjac.

ATB,

Scrummy