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Hunting

As you wander along the trails you will see many hunting hides that resemble sinister prison camp watchtowers. Detailed maps of game reserves drawn up centuries ago are evidence of Hungary’s long relationship with hunting, and in the fifteenth century King Matthias stocked his reserves with lions. Game management declined during the turbulent Habsburg–Ottoman wars. As late as the 1940s, Miklós Horthy, the Regent of Hungary, went as far as evicting tenants in order to turn his estate into a bear reserve. Despite the egalitarian ideology of the Communist era, hunting continued to have overtones of privilege and high-ranking party members met in the Zemplén for hunting weekends. Nowadays, foreigners pay good money to shoot game in Hungary. The season for most game is between 1 October and 31 January, but walkers who keep to waymarked trails and stay out of the woods between dusk and dawn are unlikely to encounter hunters. Look for the following type of notice: Figyelem! Belépni 16-09 között életveszélyes és tilos! This warns people to stay away from an area between 4pm and 9am.