Galkot (Baglung), Oct 3 : Hunting season for the year 2023 has begun in Dhorpatan Hunting Reserve, the only hunting reserve in the country, to allow tourists to hunt animals, Information Officer of Dhorpatan Hunting Reserve and Conservation Officer Abinash Thapamagar confirmed.     

For this season, the National Park and Wildlife Conservation Department has allowed for the hunting of eight Himalayan blue sheep (Naur) and six Himalayan Tahr (Jharal). The first season of the hunting begins from Nepali month of Ashoj to Mangsir. The Reserve allows the hunters for two seasons in a year for hunting purpose

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Likewise, the Reserve has issued permission to hunt the wild boar as well.    

The hunters are allowed to hunt Naur, Jharal and wild boar in the Reserve from October 4 to the third week of November.    

According to Thapamagar, the hunters from the foreign countries are preparing to arrive the Reserve along with their Nepali assistants.