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Leonard
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Posted: 21 November 2005 11:57 PM |
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In my opinion, there are many desirable antelope trophys. The Sable is near the top and so is Kudu. Gembok is very reasonable and impressive, a Bongo would be right near the top, also. A really big Impalla is hard to discount. Baboon can be difficult, I wanted one, but didn't get close enough for a decent shot.
Warthogs, not an antelope, of course, but plentiful and popular with trophy hunters. I spent a whole day at a water hole, shot three as a favor to the land owner.
I didn't kill a huge amount of game in thirteen days, 3½ of which were spent in Kruger, game viewing; but if I had to say which animal I was most pleased with, it would be a very nice black wildebeest. They call it the poor man's Cape Buffalo, but that's fine with me. I will never have the money to hunt lion or buff, nor do I have the desire, if I did. Maybe a leopard? Wanted a caracal, no luck, but killed quite a few jackal.
Good hunting. LB
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greysmoke
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Posted: 22 November 2005 07:11 AM |
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Hi Leonard
Would like to hear more about your hunting trip!
What region did you hunt, what species?
Hope to hear all the nice details....
All the best
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dakotasin
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| Joined: | 8 February 2005 |
| Location: | Dizzy City, Wyoming USA |
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Posted: 23 November 2005 02:54 PM |
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right now, africa seems to be nothing but a pipe dream to me. if i ever go, it would be a plains game only kind of an affair - i have zero desire to go after buffalo, elephant, or any cats - well, maybe leopard, but that's it.
i think a sable makes one of the prettiest mounts, and i'd like to bust one of those 'jackrabbits w/ horns' out there (duitker??) as it would be a great, unique mount.
i'm just not sure i could justify the several thousand dollars it would take to go there for hunting, especially when there are so many species here i haven't even taken a crack at that are on my want-list (sheep, black bear, at the top of the list).
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Leonard
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Posted: 23 November 2005 04:01 PM |
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The flight, booked online after several days of watching various trips available, come and go. At first, it was looking like $1800/2000, and that was the cheap seats, and I needed one for the wife. But I managed to book two for $13XX each and felt lucky. When my PH came to hunt Arizona with me a couple months later, it only cost him $6XX, in reverse. Figure that one out, if you can? I think it is similiar to being able to buy cheap drugs in Canada or Mexico, whatever the traffic will bear?
But. While you are planning all those stateside hunts, you can do quite a lot of African game and be back home in two weeks, and probably for less money. For sure, less money if you are looking at grizzly and elk and trophy mule deer. Taxidermy, over there is less money, and if you ask me, just as well executed, except they need to learn a few things about using light weight materials.
The worst part of an African hunt, by far is getting there. Twenty-nine hours, L.A. to Johannesburg with 5 hour lay over in Amsterdam, or a red eye into Atlanta and then a 14+ hour flight. Figures about the same, travel wise, start to finish, w/ a room in Atlanta.
I don't work for their Chamber of Commerce but African hunting is a bargain compared to other places I have been, including Mexico.
Good hunting. LB
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buffybr
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| Joined: | 31 October 2006 |
| Location: | Bozeman, Montana USA |
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Posted: 6 November 2007 06:51 PM |
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I see it's been a while since the last reply to this thread, but I'm a newby, so here's my 2 cents...
I think the top of most hunter's list (it was on mine) is the Kudu. Like our Elk, a mature Kudu bull makes a majestic mount. A Gemsbok makes a striking mount, with the contrasting black, white, and grey face and those long black horns are nothing like our native North American animals.
A Sable bull also makes a very impressive mount and is a highly saught after trophy, especially after a hunter has made several trips to Africa.
But I think the prettiest of the African antelopes is the Nyala.
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PhilLozano
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Posted: 6 November 2007 08:55 PM |
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Nyala are very cool looking.
Personally, I can't decide. Nyala, Lesser Kudu, Gerenuk, Sable, Roan, all very nice looking animals.
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