🇮🇷Iran, infinite variety

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Welcome to the Persian paradise at the Caspian sea with a variety of crazy animals you'll find nowhere else, it has everything from big game, mountain game, furbearers, upland game and waterfowl.

Some not all biomes

-scrubland
-desert
-mountains
-forest
-swamps

Disclaimer: all species of big game featured are legal in Iran, research on small game was not possible.

Mountain game (sheep's, goats and similar) (legal)

-persian desert ibex*
-bezoar ibex*
-red sheep*
-kerman sheep*
-armenian mouflon*
-shiraz mouflon*
-laristan mouflon*
-esfahan mouflon*
-transcaspian urial*

Other big game (legal)

-maral/caucasian red deer*
-wild boar (remodel needed)
-persian fallow deer*
-asian leopard*
-syrian brown bear*
-roe deer
-kennion gazelle*
-persian goitered gazelle*

Furbearers and legality uncertain mammals

-caucasus badger*
-honey badger*
-marbled polecat*
-golden jackal*
-steppe wolf*
-asiatic black bear*

small- and upland game (legality uncertain)

-caucasian black grouse*
-chuckar patridge*
-european rabbit
-cape hare*
-caspian snowcock*
-6 possible sandgrouse*
-eurasian woodcock*
-see-see patridge*
-common pheasant
-black francolin*

Waterfowl (legality uncertain)

-ruddy shelduck *
-common shelduck*
-red crested Pochard*
-marbled teal*
-ferruginous duck*

Pictures of species

[rancid umbra]

The only website I could find that list Persian Fallow Deer, Persian Leopard, Maral and Brown Bears as legally huntable big game is the Hunting Consortiums website, every other outfitter I could find indicates that only the mountain game, the gazelles and the wild boar are really huntable.

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They said that, those are just not as commonly and easily hunted but legal by permit/draw

[rancid umbra]

Even then, Iran is best known for its mountain game

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I agree even with out some of the animals it could still have greater variety them 90% of Cotw maps

[fallen beacon]

Urial looks awesome. Need one in the lodge.

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I totally agree, now posted all the animals

[rancid umbra]

So since you insist that leopards, bears, Persian Fallow and Maral deer are all legally huntable in Iran, I have been doing what I can to find a source that either backs that up OR says that those species are off limits to hunting that isn't an outfitters website, but I figure I should ask if you found such a source that backs that up somehow

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I only found an outfiter that siae that those are huntable, hunting isn't as well regulated in Iran but may be try translating into Persian.

[rancid umbra]

Yeah, sometimes some outfitters are offering species that can’t actually be hunted

I remember reading about people offering hunts for animals like Ibex & Gazelle in Sudan for a bit but the legality of it was questionable at best

Of course as I did mention before, an Iranian Map, like a map set in a country like Mongolia or Tajikistan can easily play into the fact that it is a hotspot for unique mountain game like ibex and sheep

And in the case of Iran, having Transcaspian Urial, four subspecies of the real Mouflon (The Mouflon in Europe) and even several hybrids (Kerman and Red Sheep) and would help this map stand out even without the bears, deer and big cats

Also on the sidenote regarding the wolf subspecies: Indian Wolves are more widespread throughout Iran then the Steppe Wolf (Indian Wolf in attached image)

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I think you could take some cats out but leopard would be hella cool if you want we can work on an updated animal list and map layout

[rancid umbra]

I would still say that leopard should be axed from the list: Their estimated population is between 750 and 1040 individuals and its likely the estimated population of mature leopards sits between 450 and 630, and given that they eat livestock, that number could drop. Plus a map with as many mountain game species as this should really focus on that

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True, dm me I will send you a better list and we can talk about the different species, I think Persian fallow deer and Caucasian red deer would be very cool tho

[rancid umbra]

#1130567081780326530 would be a better place for Persian Fallow Deer meanwhile the Maral Red Deer are more fitting on the #1117315981849669662 or a Reserve set in Turkey

Actually now that I think of it, an Iranian (Or to keep it period accurate: Persian) map for #1130567081780326530 would be perfect, especially if set in a time when tigers and lions were still common in the country

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That would be a whole new game, honestly if we have the opportunity for exiting species today in this game I think we should take it as long as they seem to be legally huntable

[rancid umbra]

Persian Fallow Deer sound like one of those "game" species that can no longer be hunted, also most of the Persian Fallow Deer in Iran (In 2013 the total population was 371 deer) live on a single island in Lake Urima (In 2013 that was 213 deer) with the rest living on fenced off reserves. The only other places that have Persian Fallow Deer is Isreal and various European Zoos

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I was going to go to Israel this February for some culture and animal watching sadly some thing happened politically so or flights where canceled even tho we still wanted to go

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I need mouflon 😭

[rich rivet]

this or tajikistan would be great

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I agree both could feature a great range of species

[rich rivet]

turkmenistan is also an option

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A very good one generally the whole central Asia region

[hasty solstice]

I can usually separate a country's politics from a computer game but somehow I can't do it with this Iran suggestion. It's against the rules to discuss, and I don't feel like it anyway, but the thought of an Iranian map puts my stomach in knots and makes me feel quite ill. I don't think I could ever play this map and I'd have some serious questions for EW. I'd be very surprised if this ever got made. It has to be a down vote from me.

[knotty cliff]

I think it’s a cool suggestion, Asian leopards in particular would appeal to me

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Iran is one of the most beautiful countrys with the kindest people but the politics ruined it

[hasty solstice]

Sure did. I have known some wonderful Iranians.

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Also very great culinary culture

[hasty solstice]

I can't talk about the horrific stories of the Iranians (and Syrians) whom I've had the pleasure of working with but the thought of celebrating that country as a hunting reserve is very grim. But that's just me because of my personal proximity to the place. Anyway moving on.

[hasty solstice]

I can't find anything on leopards either which would mean this map couldn't offer much more than what CC (Spain) does.

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The region could offer a variety of great species especially if you take illegal speciesn

[hasty solstice]

Is there a work around for leopards like they did for bengal tigers? I can't find one. I think there's still a limit as to how far COTW is willing to stretch the imagination.

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Indian leopards are legal in multiple countries and they seem to be at an outfitter of which I could find most species to be legal

[pearl shoal]

i think 1 subspecies of mouflon is enough

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I think 4 would be neat for a grand slam

[pearl shoal]

yeah but with the 2 other sheep species that look nearly identical to the 4 mouflons there would be less space for other equally interesting species

otherwise splendid concept
would buy the map

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Oh yeah I agree you definitely could take a way red sheep and Kerman sheep

[pearl shoal]

i mean personally id rather have 4 unique sheep species rather than 4 subspecies of one species but thats just my opinion i guess

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True, if we get mouflon Shiraz mouflon would be my favorite

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This should get more attention! I will do a rework later today reworking the species list and overall concept of the map to be less focused on the small part of the Caucasus living that for another map

[heavy pier]

I like this idea

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[bitter jolt]

I need more sheep/goats in the game

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Well this is the map ay

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