ABOUT FFHUNTING
Built through hunting. Built on friendship.
FFhunting didn't begin as a travel agency.
It grew from more than three decades of hunting, years of travelling and, above all, friendships with hunters and outfitters around the world.
Many of the people behind the hunts we offer today are not anonymous suppliers selected from a catalogue.
They are people I have met, hunted with and learned to trust.
And that is the foundation of FFhunting.
FROM FRIENDS TO FRIENDS.
MY STORY
Hunting has been part of my life since childhood.
I was drawn to nature from an early age. I spent much of my childhood outdoors and later joined a young hunters' club, where my interest in wildlife, hunting and the countryside became a lifelong passion.
I passed my hunting exams in 1991 and began hunting in the Czech Republic.
But after years of hunting at home, I became increasingly curious about what hunting looked like beyond our borders.
Different countries. Different species. Different traditions.
And most importantly – different people.
That curiosity eventually changed the way I would experience hunting forever.
EXCHANGEHUNT – WHERE THE WORLD OPENED UP
In 2013, an idea became a worldwide network.
In 2013, I created ExchangeHunt.com – a platform designed to connect hunters from different countries and allow them to exchange hunting opportunities.
The idea was simple.
A hunter in one country could invite another hunter to experience his local hunting area – and in return have the opportunity to discover hunting somewhere completely different.
But something much more valuable than inexpensive hunting opportunities came out of it.
It connected people.
Through ExchangeHunt and the contacts that followed, I began travelling and hunting in countries including South Africa, Namibia, the United States, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Iceland, Austria, Slovakia and others.
Every destination showed me a different landscape, different hunting traditions and a different way of experiencing our shared passion.
But the most important result wasn't the number of countries or trophies.
It was the people I met along the way.
ExchangeHunt itself describes this same philosophy: besides exchanging hunting opportunities, one of its central ideas is meeting local hunters, discovering different hunting traditions and creating friendships across borders.
FROM CONTACTS TO FRIENDS
And from friends to trusted hunting partners.
Over the years, many of the people I originally met through hunting became friends.
Some were hunters like me. Others were professional hunters, outfitters or people responsible for exceptional hunting areas.
We hunted together. We travelled together. We stayed in contact.
And over time, I learned something that is difficult to find in any hunting catalogue:
who you can rely on.
I saw how different people organise their hunts, how they treat visiting hunters, how they communicate when something doesn't go according to plan and, most importantly, whether I would feel comfortable sending a friend to hunt with them.
Those experiences gradually created the network behind FFhunting today.
WHY FFHUNTING?
To share the contacts I would use myself.
After years of travelling and hunting, I had something more valuable than a list of destinations.
I had a network of people I trusted.
FFhunting was created to make those contacts and hunting opportunities available to other hunters.
The principle remains simple:
I want to recommend places and people that I would be comfortable choosing for my own hunt.
That doesn't mean every hunt has to be the most expensive.
It means finding the right combination of:
reliable people · good hunting areas · realistic expectations · fair conditions · personal service
Where several good options are available, we can compare them and choose according to the hunter's priorities, expectations and budget.
Reliability is the common denominator.
FROM FRIENDS TO FRIENDS
This isn't a marketing slogan. It's how the whole thing started.
Most of the network behind FFhunting was created through hunting friendships.
When I recommend one of our partners, I am often introducing a hunter to someone I know personally.
That creates a different kind of responsibility.
I want the hunter travelling with FFhunting to be treated fairly and professionally.
And I want our local partners to receive hunters who respect their country, their traditions, their hunting areas and the game they hunt.
That mutual trust is something I want FFhunting to preserve as it grows.
FROM FRIENDS TO FRIENDS.
FRANTIŠEK ŠTOLFA
Founder, FFhunting
Hunter since 1991. Founder of ExchangeHunt.com. More than three decades of hunting experience and a worldwide network built through personal hunting relationships.
stolfa@ffhunting.com
+420 725 339 517
