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From November 11 to December 5, the Estonian Museum of Natural History presents a selection photos from this year's Bloodless Hunt competition.

On May 21 this year, nature photographers gathered at Tudu in Ida-Virumaa County, to hold the thirteenth annual photo competition called the "Bloodless Hunt". The hunt took place in the Anguse hunting district of the state forest management centre (RMK).

The Bloodless Hunt is very much like a real hunt, but with cameras instead of weapons, memory cards instead of ammunition, and nature photographs as the catch. Hunters lay in ambush from early morning till late at night. The event lasted from the evening of May 21 until midday, May 23. The main target of this year’s hunt was the pine marten, but anything was fair game – in the water, in the air, and on the ground.

The targets of past years include roe deer, wild boar, moose, brown bear, lynx, black grouse, capercaillie, badger, and otter.
The Bloodless Hunt has been held since 1997.

Sponsors of the Bloodless Hunt in 2010:
Prike, Eesti Loodus, Loodusesõber, Eesti Mets, Eesti Jahimees, Estonian Hunters' Society, Looduskalender.ee, Fotoluks, Looduse Omnibuss