Small Carpathian
forest hunting
Directly inside the Balunky game preserve, the national record of Fallow deer was caught - 217,02 CIC. In the world rankings it is the 13th strongest trophy of fallow deer in the world.
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Basic information about Slovakia:

www.slovakia.sk
http://www.visitslovakia.com/male-karpaty/
http://www.slovakia.travel/intropage.aspx?l=1

• Since 1st January 1993, Slovakia is an independent republic
• Political system: Parliament democracy
• Capital city: Bratislava
• Number of inhabitants: more than 5 000 000
• Area: 49 035 km2
• National language: Slovak (people understand also English, German, Hungarian an lesser Russian)
• Currency: EURO (Since 1st January 2009)
• Member of EU: Since 1st May 2004


Distances:

Bratislava Airport - game preserve Balunky - 72 km
Bratislava Airport - ELESKO wine park - 34 km


Vienna Airport - game preserve Balunky - 126 km
Vienna Airport - ELESKO wine park - 104 km


Prague Airport - game preserve Balunky - 310 km
Prague Airport- ELESKO wine park - 334 km


Brno Airport - game preserve Balunky - 109 km
Brno Airport- ELESKO wine park - 134 km


Budapest Airport - game preserve Balunky - 259 km
Budapest Airport - ELESKO wine park - 244 km


ELESKO wine park - game preserve Balunky - 32 km



Small Carpathians


Small Carpathians, together with the Austrian Hainburger Berge (Hainburg hills) belong to a Fatra-Tatra region. It is located in the western part of Slovakia and the central mountain range is about 100 km long with its highest peak "Záruby" (768 m), which is located directly in our hunting area. Small Carpathians begin in Bratislava and they extend to Nové Mesto nad Váhom. In 1976 they were declared to be "protected landscape area" (64,610 ha).


Climate


www.meteo.sk

www.shmu.sk

Small Carpathians belong to moderate temperature area with average annual temperature of 6-8 ° C (in January average temperature of -3 ° C, in July an average temperature of 18-20 ° C). The annual rainfall is 900 mm. Overall weather is changeable because of the alternating influence of dry continental air and the moist ocean air.


Flora and fauna

This region is characteristic for mostly deciduous forests at lower elevations dominated by oak, especially hairy oak (Quercus pubescens) at higher altitudes completely dominated by beech (Fagus sylvatica) and sometimes the debris ash-maple forests can be found. This region is a place of many rare and protected plant and animal species.

In the thermophilous grasslands communities you can find Adonis vernalis, Chrysopogon Gryllus, Pulsatilla grandis and Dianthus praecox subsp. Lumnitzeri. The species that can only be found in Slovakia and in this region, are Ruscus hypoglossum and Rhamnus saxatilis Jacq.

Small Carpathians are also rich in different kinds of fauna species. More than 700 kinds of butterflies can be found in this region. The birds can be richly represented and found in the environs of the castle ruins. Let us mention species like Monticola saxatilis and Oenanthe Oenanthe, which can be found here. Saker falcon (Falco cherrug) has the most abundant occurrence in the Small Carpathians from whole Slovakia. In this region species like black stork (Ciconia nigra), Pernis apivorus, Short-toed Eagle (Circaetus gallicus), eagle owl (Bubo bubo), bluebottles owl (Asio otus), Forest Nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus) use to nest. Mammals that can be found in this area are European red deer (Cervus elaphus), roe deer horn (Capreolus capreolus), plain mouflon (Ovis musimon), fallow deer (Dama dama), wild boar (Sus scrofa), fox (Vulpes vulpes), ground squirrel (citellus citellus), badger (Meles meles) and others.



Tourist attractions

Cave"Driny" - 3 km from the Balunky preserve
http://www.ssj.sk/jaskyne/spristupnene/driny/
National Wildlife park "Záruby" - in our hunting ground
http://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z%C3%A1ruby
Highest peak "Záruby" (768 m) - in our hunting ground
http://www.turistika.sk/foto-video/na-najvyssi-vrch-malych-karpat-zaruby.html
"Ostrý kameň" castle - in our hunting ground
http://www.hrady.sk/ostry-kamen.php
Smolenice castle - 15 km from Balunky preserve
http://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smolenick%C3%BD_z%C3%A1mok
"Červený kameň" castle - 32 km from Balunky preserve
http://www.hradcervenykamen.sk/
"Plavecký" castle - 8 km from Balunky preserve
http://www.hrady.sk/plavecky-hrad.php
Church and Monastery of St. Catherine - 23 km from Balunky preserve
http://www.katarinka.sk/historia/83-kostol-a-klastor-svatej-katariny
Bratislava, capital of Slovakia
http://www.bratislava.sk/
Piešťany, spa resort
http://www.piestany.sk/

 
Terrain


In our hunting ground you can find two kinds of terrains: very difficult terrain - craggy and less challenging - hilly.

 


Clothes


Hunting wear should be dark green color. Footwear must qualify for any kind of weather. Depending on the weather conditions the hunters are able to hunt from many well placed perches - for still hunting or hunting on trails - where you can snoop on the ground.

 

Weapon caliber


Guests require weaponry - ball gun with a caliber of 7x57 riflescopes and above, with an impact energy of projectiles of 150 m - 2000 Joules.