Scan Magazine – August 2018

72 | Issue 115 | August 2018

If you consider yourself an adventure hunter, then Trophy Hunting Greenland might
just have an interesting opportunity for you. The company combines a unique nature
experience with the chance to hunt the legendary musk ox.

By Nicolai Lisberg | Photos: Trophy Hunting Greenland

Known as a survivor of the last ice age
and, for some, the ultimate animal
to hunt, the majestic musk ox can be
found in very few places on earth. One
of those is the area of Kangerlussuaq in
Greenland, where the company Trophy
Hunting Greenland is located.

Owner Erik Lomholt-Bek has over 30
years of hunting experience in Greenland,
during both the winter and the autumn.
“We get people from all over the world who

want to hunt musk oxen,” he says. “Tro-

phy hunting is very different from more

traditional hunting that many hunters are

familiar with, so the ones who come here

come because we can offer them an expe-

rience they can’t find anywhere else.”

The hunting season in Greenland is divid-

ed into two periods. Winter hunting takes

place from 10 March to 10 April, while the

autumn hunting runs from August until

the beginning of October. In winter, the

The ultimate humane trophy-hunting

experience

main focus is on musk oxen, along with

with caribou and small game, while au-

tumn hunting focuses on reindeer, along

with musk oxen and small game.

“The biggest difference between the two

seasons is that, in the winter, you can be

80 years of age and have trouble walk-

ing and we can still take you out using

our motor sledges, plus we will find a

musk ox for you to hunt,” Lomholt-Bek

explains. “During the autumn season,

you have to be in good shape, as we are

out in the wild and you will have to walk

everywhere. And walking ten kilometres

in the wild here is nothing like walking ten

kilometres on a wooden path on a hunting

trip in Poland or Scotland.”

Photo: Aske Rif Torbensen