Hunt the gorgeous Pocquereux Valley on this South Pacific island for the Javan Rusa Deer, a 200-300 lb cervid in the elk family that roars night and day. Since the island has no zoonotic diseases of concern, you can legally import your trophies and game meat as checked luggage! In our opinion, this is the best value exotic deer hunt in the world.

Accommodations are on a 4+ square mile family farm. You’ll wake up and hunt right out the back door. Our host Guilhem will keep you in stitches and prove wrong anything negative you’ve ever heard about the French. We can’t speak for mainland France, but the hospitality we received on this French territory was second to none (tied with the Irish). Guilhem and his family extend this generous spirit to their native wildlife, making habitat improvements across the property to support good populations of Kagou, fruit bats, and Goliath pigeons.

The mountainous terrain offers the perfect level of challenge, especially compared to hunts on open coastal farms nearby that don’t have much escape cover. Try spot-and-stalk, still-hunting, or hunting from blinds to take up to two mature stags per person. Every hunter on our expeditionary camp had shots within 200 yards, but your cup will runneth over if you can stretch shots out to 400.

There’s much more to hunt here than just Rusa: “South Pacific” wild turkey (cross of Goulds and Rios imported from Mexico), Indian Peafowl (Peacock), wild boar, feral goat, Pacific black duck, and purple moorhen. Last but not least, you can go “fishing” for Mud Crabs - a delicacy that tastes like blue crab but is the size of a football.

Starting at $3,000 per hunter for (1) Rusa, (1) Peacock, and (1) Turkey
5-day hunt
[July-August]

Est airfare: $1,750-2,500