Brown Bear Hunt

Brown bear hunting in Romania is strictly regulated and organized only within officially approved hunting seasons, based on annual quotas. Hunting season, quota and regulations are subject to annual or periodic approval and may be adjusted according to Romanian and European Union legislation.

The best time for the bear individual hunting is in the spring between 1^st of March and 10^th of May and during the fall between 1^st of October and 20^th of November. 

Individual bear hunt can be combined with other game species such as chamois, red deer, wild boar, roe deer. 

For driven hunt the best time is between 1^st and 30^th of October. During the bear driven hunt can be shoot other game species such as wild boars.

The methods of hunting are the followings: High-seat over bait, stalking and driven hunt.  

The trophy consists of the skull and fur.  The evaluation of trophies is mandatory by law and is carried out according to the CIC methodology by a commission made up of technical staff and representatives of the national forest guard. Romania holds the world record for this species with a fur of 687.79 CIC points harvested in 1985 and a skull of 70.01 CIC points harvested in 2015, both in Harghita County.

In spring, the bear’s fur is the most beautiful.

The level of difficulty is easy.

Generally, hunts are organized for a period of 3 days to have the best chance of harvesting a good bear.