Due to photobucket policy changes I have had to start a new thread for this years hunt pictures.
Blue Wildebeest
http://i.imgur.com/FNSRKV4.jpg
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Due to photobucket policy changes I have had to start a new thread for this years hunt pictures.
Blue Wildebeest
http://i.imgur.com/FNSRKV4.jpg
East Cape Kudu
http://i.imgur.com/bFQ3oER.jpg
Impala
http://i.imgur.com/I5uJXxG.jpg
Gemsbok
http://i.imgur.com/N44z1GQ.jpg
More great stuff! Any particular reason none of the hunters have their bow or rifle in the picture with them? Just curious because personally I always like the firearm (or bow) that was used to be in the photo as well.
Very neat. I also wonder why no pics with the guns....
No particular reason for the absence of firearms in the pics above, this group just preferred it this way. I would agree that most hunters add the firearm or bow in.
Thanks. Aside from no firearms, the extra effort put into taking quality photos there is outstanding!Quote:
Originally Posted by KMG Canada
Gemsbok
http://i.imgur.com/fI4rBP0.jpg
Springbok
http://i.imgur.com/BXfo0ul.jpg
Baboon
http://i.imgur.com/xeHKPE9.jpg
Sorry but you lost me at Baboon.
A highly intelligent primate that lives in a complex social system with many other baboons.
What's the point of killing one?
Not a wall mount, I hope.
Does any one eat them?
Johny, Baboons are considered pests throughout parts of South Africa. They are numerous and cause significant crop damage and damage to buildings and facilities, especially thatched roofing etc. They would be considered varmits by our standards just like coyotes (except they cause way more damage). They have to be managed like all other game animals. They are not eaten. Some hunters do keep the skulls for a mount similar to a black bear skull mount and I have seen some mounted. All in all, left unchecked they can cause serious problems to farms and buildings.
Sounds like you definitely do not know anything about baboons and the damage and havoc they cause, intelligent to an extent, but talk to people that are from there or been there and have seen it, and you will change your mind.Quote:
Originally Posted by johny
Also sounds like you have been reading too many stories put out by PETA groups .
Gemsbok
http://i.imgur.com/MvUgPVJ.jpg
East Cape Kudu
http://i.imgur.com/ZTrf6tb.jpg
Warthog
http://i.imgur.com/j7bSm7k.jpg
Some client photos,
Impala
http://i.imgur.com/ZyXtp7q.jpg
Bushbuck
http://i.imgur.com/6M6gpW3.jpg
Zebra
http://i.imgur.com/mdbbX26.jpg
Nice animals. KMG, do these animals go to locals, what becomes of the meat from your game?
canadaman30, some of the meat is served in the lodge to our hunters. Some is then consumed by our own staff and workers. Some is turned into biltong (South African style jerky). Anything left after that is sold into market. In South Africa game meat can be purchased in the supermarket much like we would buy beef or chicken. The animals on your land are your property unlike here. This system encourages land owners to keep game for trophy hunting (income for the hunt) and selling of the meat (income from meat sales). This system can make it more profitable to keep your land wild, rather than domesticate it for sheep and cattle.
Cool thanks for sharing KMG. Great photos
Red Hartebeest
http://i.imgur.com/Y38CfzP.jpg
Warthogs
http://i.imgur.com/m0XbmHs.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/rBSh8Bg.jpg
Rob I love seeing your post's.
What would you consider to be the most challenging hunt of all species you have posted pic's of.
Big Gunner, I would have to say (if limited to just the pics in the post above) baboon would be one of the hardest. They have great eyesight and tend to keep a watchful eye out over the troop at all times. Baboons actually wreck perfectly executed stalks on plains game animals by sounding the alarm should you get to close. Most baboons are taken while out hunting something else. Targeting baboons by walk and stalk with no baiting is quite challenging.
For me though, one of the toughest hunts I had was a Barbary Sheep I hunted in South Africa. The mountain terrain combined with their sharp eyesight made it a very difficult hunt. You want to be in shape before you do that one, much like any mountain hunt I suppose.
http://i.imgur.com/frVXHUl.jpg
Eland
https://i.imgur.com/xCRnAc6.jpg
Mountain Reedbuck
https://i.imgur.com/nOMS6zX.jpg
Nyala
https://i.imgur.com/tdZgDDl.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/Te6uqeh.jpg
Black Wildebeest
https://i.imgur.com/rgw0uN0.jpg
Sable
https://i.imgur.com/OVM7Fpj.jpg
Nice, zebra looks awesome
Some more client photos
https://i.imgur.com/Bb4IhfC.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/FxEbJqK.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/bd07rWe.jpg
Some more 2017 Clients
Sable
https://i.imgur.com/Vb9Ybm1.jpg
Impala
https://i.imgur.com/KBTitrb.jpg
Warthog
https://i.imgur.com/W1KcQ8X.jpg
This years hunters ... season is just about done for us!
https://i.imgur.com/pvMNYhg.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/yEFewxT.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/uq0DJRl.jpg
2017 Hunters
Blesbok
https://i.imgur.com/c61QvVM.jpg
Impala
https://i.imgur.com/ENoUUEF.jpg
Fallow Deer
https://i.imgur.com/KhtCPQn.jpg
Awesome pictures. I'd love a Kudu someday.
Kudu and eland are awesome, but a gemsbok would be my #1. Beautiful. Thanks for posting.
Black Wildebeest
https://i.imgur.com/18tXdAB.jpg
Waterbuck with an unusual recovery
https://i.imgur.com/4tZZ58E.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/ZFzD8tG.jpg
And one of my own hunts this year...
https://i.imgur.com/ltfm5w1.jpg
Bushbuck
https://i.imgur.com/mgrCQti.jpg
Black Wildebeest
https://i.imgur.com/zFdAe0b.jpg
Blesbok
https://i.imgur.com/DNTBNr1.jpg
Africa wastes nothing
https://i.imgur.com/VLJGMa4.jpg
Awesome pictures thanks for posting themQuote:
Originally Posted by KMG Canada
Here is baboon skull what looks like
One of my favourite skulls
Attachment 36525
Skull, very nice skull mount. The canines are incredible and usually longer than a lion's canines. Where did you get this one?
I have been collection skull for over 25 yearsQuote:
Originally Posted by KMG Canada
i have over 250 kulls
I buy them most of the skull on eBay
Hartebeest
https://i.imgur.com/yjs4YfO.jpg
Impala
https://i.imgur.com/0xYmlI8.jpg
Blesbok
https://i.imgur.com/CNbbmav.jpg
Giraffe
https://i.imgur.com/E909ssD.jpg
Kudu
https://i.imgur.com/JGoENQF.jpg
Red Hartebeest
https://i.imgur.com/83Nl7kJ.jpg
Mountain Reedbuck
https://i.imgur.com/tkYHJHr.jpg
Impala
https://i.imgur.com/pIWrevB.jpg
Eland
https://i.imgur.com/FvmYai8.jpg
Waterbuck
https://i.imgur.com/VihyDZo.jpg
Kudu
https://i.imgur.com/vBTz3t3.jpg
Ostrich
https://i.imgur.com/OVcWeLI.jpg
More hunter pics and just a thanks to everyone who stopped by the Toronto Sportsmen Show last week at our booth, always good to catch up and put faces to names on the forum!
Nyala
https://i.imgur.com/nkj2oyg.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/PPuuTT5.jpg
Warthog
https://i.imgur.com/JgttvTz.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/VF2N8Fh.jpg
Kudu
https://i.imgur.com/C3nvNLQ.jpg
Black Wildebeest
https://i.imgur.com/zO87hcz.jpg
Sable
https://i.imgur.com/bj13Ndo.jpg
Jackal
https://i.imgur.com/KOJ51Kc.jpg
Nyala
https://i.imgur.com/xiNHPW9.jpg
Springbok
https://i.imgur.com/pseK0Cs.jpg
Warthog
https://i.imgur.com/ZHEvZeB.jpg
Kudu
https://i.imgur.com/BEHZoDT.jpg
Impala
https://i.imgur.com/9HR2RzM.jpg
Still posting last years photos, although we have been out hunting pretty much solid for the last two months.
Bushbuck
https://i.imgur.com/Xq5avEm.jpg
Caracal
https://i.imgur.com/V0DbYz0.jpg
Baboon
https://i.imgur.com/noDygkD.jpg
Bushpig
https://i.imgur.com/IBhky6o.jpg
Blue Wildebeest
https://i.imgur.com/FNSRKV4.jpg
Kudu
https://i.imgur.com/bFQ3oER.jpg
Impala
https://i.imgur.com/I5uJXxG.jpg
Gemsbok
https://i.imgur.com/N44z1GQ.jpg
Rob - really appreciate you posting your photos. Love looking at them
My favorites are the Sables. Beautiful animals.
Love the picture of the Jack Russells climbing over the one in the water. Spunky little fellas.
Would 30-06, 7mm mag., 300 win mag be enough for most of those animals or do you need more?
What would be the most common caliber your clients bring over?
Thanks again. Really enjoy your posts.
Thanks Roper, those calibers above would all be great for a plains game hunt and are typical of what we see brought over with our hunters. I usually tell our hunters that if dangerous game isn't on the menu that a .270 and up will do fine. As for a most common caliber that would be tough as we see all kinds as the hunters come from Canada, United States, Europe and other countries as well. We see a lot of what you mentioned above .300 win mag, 30-06, 7mm and .308 seem to be amongst the most popular, but overall probably the various .300"s are the most common. If a hunter is after dangerous game as well the most popular tends to be the .375 H&H.
Springbok
https://i.imgur.com/BXfo0ul.jpg
Baboon
https://i.imgur.com/xeHKPE9.jpg
Gemsbok
https://i.imgur.com/MvUgPVJ.jpg
Kudu
https://i.imgur.com/ZTrf6tb.jpg