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Originally Posted by Flagg
Shame about the Tahr......it's one of those species you REALLY have to work hard to earn....sometimes even for those with the unlimited budgets who Helo lift in above them.
I REALLY enjoyed my time in SA. Most of the time was in the Eastern Cape.
The last two on my list are Gemsbok and Buff to hunt and eat.
It would be nice to have both a Gemsbok rack and Buff(cow for cost) horns on the wall, but happy with meat in my belly!
Probably the best momento from that trip is the photos of tracking a leopard rolling up on a baboon troop.
Incidental contact with spoor while walking the ground glassing for the gemsbok I never got and other plainsgame.
We had time to burn so we pursued the leopard/baboon tracks just to see what happened(I have a strong interest in man/animal tracking) and it was like a chainsaw ripped through the troop...likely a day or two prior based on ground sign aging.
What a great trip.....and learning things like swinging a white rag over your head around the Wildebeast.
I very much look forward to getting back again someday.
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Gemsbuck do best in the dry west semi-desert or desert regions and are cheaper there too. I used to do a Springbuck hunt every year out Kimberly way and we shot the odd Gemsbuck there as well. I haven't been for a couple of years and got an invite today for the end of the month. I am hunting in the north next week, so I probably wouldn't be able to desert the family so soon again. THe Bushman in the west are super trackers and working with them is always a learning experience.
There are cheap buff available in Mozambique, but one has to work very hard for them and the malaria risk is a bit off-putting too.