Honey Badger Don’t Care vs 3 Leopards

[Andrew Short]

 

[Green Chile]

That’s one of my fav HB videos. Also anything about Stoeffel the HB is excellent!

 

[Andrew Short]

That’s one of my fav HB videos. Also anything about Stoeffel the HB is excellent!

Couldn’t agree more!

 

[geoff rath]

As tough as... are they on the "protected" lists? I fancy hunting one, if I could get back to Afrika. ..Imagine a dual mount, honey Badger Vs Leopard...

 

[Green Chile]

No they are not off limits but they require a permit in some areas. I took one in SA last month and they had very limited permits in that area...2 per year I think. I've seen them on quota in other countries as well. They are rarely encountered in daylight and I baited mine at night.

 

[Dewald]

They are incredible animals. If any of you ever hunt in central or northern Namibia and combine it with a trip to Etosha national park, you often see them during the day there. There are often a few resident in Halali camp in the park.

 

[Green Chile]

That would be incredible to observe one during the day. I’ve always thought of them as being 500 pounds of kick ass in a 20 pound sack.

 

[Altitude sickness]

While we were hunting Buffalo we ran a few bait stations for Honey Badger. I secured the permit months before. It was a poor man’s leopard hunt. Ended up with two hitting the Impala bait.

Chose to use my wife’s crossbow instead of my compound bow. Right before dark they both showed. The one I shot ran into a nearby burrow and died. Lucky the Jack Russel went in to see if it was dead. And drug it out to chew on it.

 

[Altitude sickness]

A pack of wild dogs had the local animals stirred up and they were also on the bait

 

[Altitude sickness]

Had his hide made into a rug and bronzed the skull

 

[Green Chile]

HB with a crossbow...how cool is that?! I have a 10 pt crossbow that would handle that. The wild dogs is something I haven't seen yet. Very nice.

One interesting thing about HB's is how much they stink! Whew...nasty.

 

[Major Bonkers]

If you shoot it, I hope you eat it.

 

[Altitude sickness]

I wanted it with my bow. But the kill zone is pretty small and I didn’t want to wound it. The crossbow was perfect. At the shot he hit the ground making horrendous scary snarling sounds. I had a second when I thought. Um, what if he comes this way :>))))

 

[Altitude sickness]

Good name, Bonkers

 

[PARA45]

@Altitude sickness, BTW, beautiful kudu sconce. If I may, where did you get them, or did make them out of a kudu you shot?

 

[Altitude sickness]

Thanks, My first trip to the eastern cape. The PHs cousin made them for me. I just remembered. We gave his wife and kids a lot of things they didn’t get down there. And they made us a lot of things.

 

[PARA45]

Thanks, My first trip to the eastern cape. The PHs cousin made them for me. I just remembered. We gave his wife and kids a lot of things they didn’t get down there. And they made us a lot of things.

Thanks you for the info. My wife took one look at them and said I want a pair. LMAO!!!! I'll have to figure out a way to get creative.

 

[Altitude sickness]

They would be easy to make. I forgot about the details of that hunt where we got the sconces from. It was my wife, Daughter and I
We did not really enjoy the PH himself. But the lodge owner and their extended family were amazing. We left them pretty much everything but our rifles. And when enjoying cocktails at night the taxidermist/family member kept adjusting the taxidermy prices and deals.
My wife and daughter both shot Nyala. So he said I’m doing them both full body mounts for what I quoted for shoulder mounts. We settled on one half mount and one full body.
The later it got. The cheaper my bill got and the more the crates were going to cost. And the work was actually good.

 

[Datchew]

i simply don't understand how that creature can take multiple head/neck bites from leopards (LEOPARDS!) and keep going.
Tough as nails.

 

[Green Chile]

How about 2 of them playing tug of war with your body as the rope! That HB wounded all 3 of them and then calmly high stepped out of there without looking back. That's bad ass. They are almost mythical. When we brought mine back into camp all the local workers came out to see it and the tracker carried it in like we found a unicorn. It was really cool to watch.