Zalaerdő J.S.C.

The Zala Hills with their beauty, the quiet forests, the excellent game population as well as the friendliness of the staff have convinced many guests to visit. We hope that the hunters, who visit this area, will return home with many hunting experiences, well rested and with big trophies, and that they will want to come back again to experience more hunting adventures.

The Zalaedő Company lies in western Hungary in the Zala Hills and stretches from the village of Bak to the Slovenian border. This huge company manages the biggest oak and beech forest in Hungary. The Zalaerdő hunting area is almost 64,200 hectares. The most important game species are red deer and wild boars. A land holding on this scale offers the Zalaerdő J.S.C. the possibility for extensive, long-term game management. The quality of the red deer in this area is worldfamous. The stags in this area reach an age of 14-16 years when their enormous antlers obtain the biggest size. Roe and fallow deer also live in the Zala forests. The trophy size is correspondingly smaller. Between 1997 and 2000 four wild boar fenced areas were built, with over 200 wild boars in each area. The hunting area is managed by five forestry offices. In one area the shooting is leased. Each Forestry Department has one or two hunting lodges where guests are offered excellent accommodation and meals in a family atmosphere.

NAGYKANIZSA FORESTRY

Nr. of the hunting field: 95

Reviergröße: 6.500 ha mit 40 % Wald (Buche, Eiche)
Hunting area: 6.500 ha with 40% woodland (beech and oak)
Natural features: Hilly terrain. Maize and corn are cultivated.
Accommodation: Hunting house Obornak. 1^st class
This hunting house, on the edge of the small, hidden village of Obornak, offers 12 hunting guests accommodation in 6 bedrooms. Each room has a private bathroom.
Special features: In the Zala Hills, with the characteristic beech forests, large stags with antlers over 10 kg are to be found.

BÁNOKSZENTGYÖRGY FORESTRY

Nr. of the hunting field: 96

Hunting Area: 22,800 ha with 40% woodland (beech, oak)
Natural features: Hilly terrain. Maize and corn are cultivated.
Accommodation: Hunting Lodge Márki and Hunting Lodge Szentpéterfölde. 1st class. The hunting lodge Márki, built in 1987, is located in beautiful scenery and with 6 double rooms can accommodate 12 guests. Each room has a private bathroom. This forestry hunting area, formerly the estate of the Duchy of the Esterházy family is managed now by this forestry office. The old wooden hunting lodge in Szentpéterfölde was built in 1924. The lodge has 6 twin-bed rooms. There are several lakes near the house for fishing.
Special features: This hunting area with its beech forests and meadows is worldfamous for its many pointed stags of excellent quality.

LENTI FORESTRY

Nr. of the hunting field: 98

Hunting Area: 24,000 ha with 50% woodland (oak, alder)
Natural features: Hilly terrain. Maize and corn are cultivated.
Accommodation: Hunting Lodge Sohollár. 1^st class. This property was owned by Count Zsigmond Batthyány. The castle has 8 twin-bed rooms.
Special features: Marion Schuster shot the previous world record stag here in September 1979. The hunting possibilities are enlarged by two 250 ha wild boar fenced areas where there are big tusked boars.

FORESTRY ZALAEGERSZEG

Nr. of the hunting field: 97

Hunting Area: 8,500 ha with 30% woodland (oak, alder)
Natural features: Hilly terrain. Maize and corn are cultivated.
Accommodation: Hunting Lodge Sohollár. 1st class. The hunting lodge built in 2000 lies alone in a picturesque valley. 5 twin-bed rooms accommodate 10 guests. Each room also has a private bathroom.
Special features: This hunting lodge lies only 20 km from the famous Héviz Spa and 30 km from Lake Balaton. There is a fishing pond near the lodge.

Annual Shooting List:

Game Species	Nagykanizsa	Bánokszentgyörgy	Lenti	Bak
Red Deer Stags	15	60	60	20
Red Deer Hinds	40	70	200	40
Fallow Buck 3 kg	-	2	-	-
Fallow Doe	-	10	-	-
Roebucks 250-300 g	20	40	40	30
Roe Does, Kids	40	80	80	50
Wild boar total	150	300	400	150
Boar (Tusker) 16-18 cm	15	30	80	20

Hunting season:	Woodcocks	15th-30th March
	Roebuck	15th April-10th of May
	Roe Deer Rut	25th July-8th August
	Red Deer	1st September-31st January
	Fallow Deer	1st October-31st January