Chasing The Tiny 10 South Africa - The Journey Begins

[Green Chile]

That night we celebrated taking the red duiker and the owner of Leadwood Ranch (who was a PH for many years) kept saying in his Afrikaans accent…what a fooken duiker! As we retold the story, someone’s phone pinged with an update from the wireless trail cameras on bait stations around the ranch. There was a flurry of Afrikaans and Dieter said, “He’s back…get your .416 quick and bring the thermal!” I ran to get it and jumped in the truck and Dieter practically peeled out of the driveway running through the gears.

We drove for a few minutes and then he shut off the lights and we coasted to a stop in the dark. We walk in quietly in the dark (no moon and overcast) for a few hundred yards and then slow WAY down. We are getting close and you can smell something…at this point, we are downwind. We creep in one step at a time and I get on the sticks and turn on my thermal clip on that I attached to my Z6i scope on the 416. As the thermal image settles, I can see them…4 of them but one is much larger. Distance is about 40 yards and the wind is in our favor…for now.

We wait for the 4 images to separate further and the shot rings out and there is an audible bullet strike. He is down. As we walk forward Dieter says…we have been trying to take him for a long time…at least 6 guys have tried but he is very old and smart. He has been showing up on cameras but without a reliable pattern. Congrats on a killer bush pig!

 

[AZDAVE]

Congratulation on the red diker. I give my condolences on the klippy, it hurts the heart when you loose an animal.

 

[slam8031]

Great stuff! I’m chasing a few next summer!!! This is great info -and a great report!!!

 

[Hunt anything]

If you think that’s a lot, start shopping Suni prices in RSA. $7-10k (trophy fee, doesn’t include daily rates) is the pricing I was quoted by 5 or 7 different outfitters over the last 2 years. For that amount of money I’ll go to Mozambique.

$3k on a Sharpe’s is a lot. I think mine was like $450 or $500 in Zim granted I was DG hunting and paying a much higher daily rate.

If I really get serious about the TT I’m going to go back to Coutada 10 or one of the other Coutadas around the Zambezi in Mozambique.
I looked back and in 2022 when I was thinking about them I contacted the outfitter I hunted with in 2014 and the prices ranged from $1500 to $1700 for red duiker, blue duiker, suni, oribi and grysbok.