GILGIT: German citizen Thomas R Lemmerholz has hunted the season’s first blue sheep with horns measuring 29 inches in the Shimshal Community Control Hunting Area in Gojal, Hunza.
The hunter paid a fee of $22,000 to the department, according to the Gilgit Baltistan wildlife department statement issued on Tuesday.
The department auctioned permits for the hunting of 119 rare species under the trophy hunting programme 2022-23. Every year, such permits are auctioned in different areas of GB.
After getting the permit a hunter can hunt, blue sheep, Markhor and Astore Markhor.
The licenses for above mentioned animals are auctioned. One to two hunting permits are auctioned for Astore Markhor. Permits for blues sheep are auctioned in big numbers due to their large population. Companies buy these licences in the auction from which hunters buy these.
