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Modern Huntsman: The Running of the Wolves
luke oppenheimer
Feb 1, 2022
On assignment for Modern Huntsman Magazine in Kyrgyzstan
In January of 2021, I spent one month in the remote village of Ottuk, Kyrgyzstan where subsistence shepherds face an aggressive wolf population that kills 100 horses a year and countless other livestock. During the winter months the men of the village ride up into the mountains to hunt these wolves in an effort to mitigate their losses.