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Sunset over the rolling hills of Bucovina

HUNTING REGION

Hunting in Bucovina & Moldova

Historic Moldavia — spruce forests in the Bucovina north and rolling roe-deer hills to the south, the quietest big-game country in Romania.

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WHERE IT IS

Bucovina & Moldova on the map

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Bucovina and Moldova, marked in orange — the forested northeast.

THE REGION

The quiet northeast

The northeast runs from the spruce forests of Bucovina down the long Moldavian hills — deep forest country in the north with strong red deer and wild boar, and classic roe-deer ground through the rolling middle.

It is also the least-visited corner of Romania for foreign hunters — which is exactly its charm. The forests are quiet, the villages are unhurried, and the game has seen little pressure.

Toaca peak in the Ceahlău mountainsPhoto: xulescu_g · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

HERITAGE

A short hunting history

Eastern Romania is historic Moldavia, whose princes stamped an aurochs head on the principality's coat of arms — the great wild ox once hunted in these forests. Legend ties the founding of Moldavia itself to a hunt: Prince Dragoș is said to have chased an aurochs across the Carpathians and stayed. The forested north, Bucovina with its UNESCO painted monasteries, has been serious big-game country ever since.

The tradition is still written on the land: European bison were reintroduced to the Vânători-Neamț forests, and the Vrancea mountains hold one of the densest wolf populations in Europe.

Hunting today runs under the national framework (Legea 407/2006), with seasons and quotas set annually.

European bison — the heraldic beast of old MoldaviaPhoto: Charles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

BEYOND THE HUNT

Must-sees in Bucovina & Moldova

Four stops worth adding around your hunting days.

  • The exterior frescoes of Voroneț MonasteryPhoto: Gary Todd · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons

    Painted monasteries

    Bucovina's UNESCO-listed frescoed churches — Voroneț's blue alone is worth the drive.

  • The walls of Neamț CitadelPhoto: Cezar Suceveanu · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

    Neamț Citadel

    Ștefan cel Mare's mountain fortress above Târgu Neamț — medieval Moldavia in stone.

  • The sheer limestone walls of the Bicaz GorgesPhoto: Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

    Bicaz Gorges

    A limestone canyon road under 300-metre walls, gateway to the Ceahlău massif.

  • The Palace of Culture in IașiPhoto: Pierre André Leclercq · CC BY-SA 3.0 RO · Wikimedia Commons

    Iași

    Moldavia's old capital — the neo-Gothic Palace of Culture and a university town's café life.

GAME

What you can hunt here

The species our eastern programmes run for.

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Indicative distribution only — exact hunting grounds are confirmed at booking.

Hunt in Bucovina & Moldova

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