Glassing Tips by MountainMan - Looking for Ibex - Swiss Alps 

Thanks Nathan, I'd never filmed animals with the drone before but being on a nature walk I quite enjoyed getting some different angles and perspectives. I've never sent the drone up when actually glassing at animals on a hunt for fear it will spook them. Great holiday, the best we've had so far by a long shot and I took plenty of videos and photos which I'll stitch up some private videos for the family to remind us of how much fun we had!! (We call them "memory movies")

@@MountainMan_NZ fantastic stuff

Cheers Luke, yeah the drone footage came out mint. Adds such a different perspective to a day out in the hills 👍

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Cheers Jody, appreciate the support. Thanks for watching 👍

Well spotted Trenton 👏🙌👍

Cheers for watching Steve, it was good fun capturing this one on film. Such breathtaking terrain. And the cloud coming n going just brings a bit of mood to the landscape. Can't beat it.

Cheers mate 👍

Absolutely, We are worlds apart. Although there is good and bad with either, which I won't launch into here, but I was fortunate to stumble onto a small hunting hut up in the alpine region that had no road access and could only be got to by foot or horse. And on the barn doors there were carvings dating back to 1874. Amazing heritage aye

Cheers Rangi, was really fun capturing this one on film. Those ibex live in some epic scenic terrain!

This is public land but I'm not 100% sure of Switzerland's hunting laws and regulations in terms of hunting access. Walkers and photographers free reign 😀 I did ask at the information centre in the nearby town and they said September was the hunting season for chamois ibex and red deer, and that in October you could hunt roe deer on a Monday, Wednesday and Friday (from memory). And there were local hunters who were in their 60s and 70s that had been hunting in the area we were staying and had been successful on chamois. But I don't believe hunting in Switzerland (or anywhere in Europe) is as liberal as it is in Australia and NZ in terms of just getting a rifle license, buying a deer stalking permit and having free reign to hunt games species on public land... I'm also not sure of the license fee structures and tag system but I can imagine Ibex would be one of Switzerland's premium game species to hunt on public land. We really enjoyed our time there, it was a magnificent place and the kids were old enough to do remember the holiday. Glad you enjoyed it; something a little different

@@MountainMan_NZ Yes Jamie I watched a couple of vids on hunting Ibex in Switzerland and apparently it;'s run-on ballot system but you have to be over 55 years of age before you can qualify for the ballot here is the link 3 part series on an old guys hunt well worth watching ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-6aNEZwoMmG4.html

Fantastic link Hank, thank you for sharing. Spectacular cinematography and story 👏🙌👍