Greetings from Zambia

[Black Lechwe]

Hi all,

I have browsed this site for a long time, but only getting to registering now. I have gleaned a lot of useful information from it, and hope I can contribute something useful too.

I live and work in Zambia's Bangweulu Swamps, which I am sure more than a few of you will have visited as the only area to hunt Black Lechwe and Bangweulu tsessebe in their native range, and a prime area for sitatunga.

I work for an African conservation organisation that is not anti-hunting. Even so, I will be using this site in my private capacity.

Oh, and that's NOT a Kafue lechwe in my picture!

 

[JustinC]

Welcome to AH!

I'm sure you will be asked to share any photos you have with the community...

Regards

 

[Albertaguy]

Welcome!

 

[Royal27]

Welcome!

 

[siml]

Welcome and enjoy.

 

[PeteG]

Welcome to the site

 

[AfricaHunting.com]

Welcome to AH Black Lechwe! Glad you decided to join and looking forward to your participation and contribution...

 

[Black Lechwe]

Thanks for the welcome everyone... and I'll definitely be posting pictures.

 

[BRICKBURN]

Welcome to AH.
As a Spiral Horn addict you can share all the pictures you can find of those Sitatunga.

Look forward to your input.

 

[spike.t]

hi welcome aboard

 

[Witold Krzyżanowski]

Welcome to the great forum Black Lechwe. Good luck.
Witold

 

[Black Lechwe]

Welcome to AH Black Lechwe! Glad you decided to join and looking forward to your participation and contribution...

Jerome, do you have any more info about this photo in the historical gallery? What are these antelope?

 

[AfricaHunting.com]

An old postcard from a scene in Congo, the one animal in the middle for me is a young Waterbuck, the two on each side Puku.

 

[AfricaHunting.com]

Does anyone have an idea what antelope this could be? A roan?

Kind of hard to tell but I think it is an African Forest Buffalo also known as Dwarf Forest Buffalo.

See similar below…

African forest buffalo (Syncerus caffer nanus) is the smallest subspecies of the African buffalo. It is related to the Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer caffer), West African savanna buffalo (Syncerus caffer brachyceros) and Central African savanna buffalo (Syncerus caffer aequinoctialis). However, it is the only subspecies that occurs mainly in the rainforest of central and western Africa with an annual rainfall around 1,500 mm.

The African forest buffalo is a smaller variety of African buffalo. Cape buffalo weigh anywhere from 400 to 800 kg (880–1760 lbs), whereas African forest buffalo are much lighter, weighing in at 250 to 320 kg (550–705 lbs). Weight is not the only differentiation, however; this subspecies has reddish brown hide that is darker in the facial area. The shape and size of the horns distinguish forest buffalo from other subspecies. African forest buffalo have much smaller horns than their savanna counterparts, the Cape buffalo. Cape buffalo horns often grow and fuse together, but forest buffalo horns rarely fuse.

 

[spike.t]

An old postcard from a scene in Congo, the one animal in the middle for me is a young Waterbuck, the two on each side Puku.

agree with jerome on those.

 

[ActionBob]

Welcome, looking forward to hearing and seeing more of your area!

 

[Witold Krzyżanowski]

I like old hunting pictures.
Witold

 

[Diamondhitch]

Welcome to AH. The more pics the merrier

 

[enysse]

Welcome to AH!

 

[Wheels]

Welcome to AH.

Look forward to seeing photos from your area.