Cheetah Hunting in Namibia

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More Cheetah pictures form AH Photo Gallery...

 

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Some trail cam pictures...

 

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Taxidermy full Cheetah mounts...

 

[BRICKBURN]

Cheetah don't respond to baiting but if you happen to come across a freshly killed antelope by Cheetahs, the chances of them coming back to eat their kill is very high, even if they have seen or smelled you.

Here is an early morning find... a fresh young Blesbok kill by Cheetahs.

This is a very fortunate situation and a well placed simple makeshift hide should be quickly put together on the spot for an opportunity to see them return to their kill within a pretty short period of time.

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Here is to hoping I am so lucky. Getting some pictures would be incredible.

 

[AfricaHunting.com]

Hunting Black Buck with Cheetah in India 1882

Hunting Black Buck with Cheetah in India 1887

Hunting with Cheetah 1859

Wood Engraving Cheetah Hunting in India 1872

Hunting with Cheetah

Hunting with Cheetahs near Baroda India 1875

Wood Engraving Hunting Antelope with Cheetah India 1876

Hunting Black Buck With Cheetah 1890

 

[Ozondjahe Hunting Safaris]

We had two hunters from Canada this year for Cheetah, the first hunter took his Cheetah on encounter on the 5th day of his hunt and the other unfortunately missed his cat and did not get a chance at another...

 

[Ozondjahe Hunting Safaris]

This year we have had the privilege to host two members from AH for Cheetah, @Riksa and @Hank2211. I'm thankful that they shared their hunt with us here on AH, you will find their hunt report at the following links:

@Riksa: NAMIBIA: Cheetah hunting, Ozondjahe Hunting Safaris 27.3.-11.4.2015: http://www.africahunting.com/thread...ondjahe-hunting-safaris-27-3-11-4-2015.22330/

@Hank2211: SOUTH AFRICA: NAMIBIA: Wintershoek/Ozondjahe 2015 Hunt Report: http://www.africahunting.com/thread...wintershoek-ozondjahe-2015-hunt-report.23132/


Here is @Hank2211 beautiful Cheetah...

- Weight - 116.8 pound / 53 kilogram
- Weight (gutted) - 101.4 pound / 46 kilogram
- Size from nose to end of tail - 8.33 feet /2.54 meter
- Size from nose to back of the skull. 7.48 inch / 19 centimeter

 

[Rob404]

A picture from my visit to the DeWildt Cheetah rescue Project

 

[hansv]

A safari is more than a hunting trip if youre in the right place.

 

[Ozondjahe Hunting Safaris]

Ozondjahe has worked with Dr. Laurie Marker since the beginning of the Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF) (http://cheetah.org) in the early 1990's for the conservation and preservation of Cheetah in Namibia and over the years has captured for CCF hundreds of Cheetah for their research and census program. We have also worked for many years with AfriCat Namibia (http://www.africat.org). See below a Cheetah Conservation Fund Newsletter from May 1999 mentioning our close collaboration with CCF.

 

[johnvdw]

 

[Hoas]

Cheetah Hunt in Libya

 

[hansv]

Cheetah on the hunt

Cheetah kill

 

[Leopard Legend Hunting Safaris]

 

[Spooksar]

That first guy is sure good looking

 

[Fastrig]

Probably going to get majorly flamed by some for saying this, oh well, here we go anyway. Would personally love to hunt all the big cats. Been on my bucket list of hunts since I started hunting 40 plus years ago. HOWEVER, with some species having very small populations left in the wild, i.e. cheetah 7000-8000 in total, have you all asked yourself why the heck am I hunting them at this point? Why not go after something like a leopard where populations are in the hundreds of thousands if you are after one of the big felines and give the stressed species a bit of a break until their numbers increase? Not saying that these species should never be hunted again, that's tree-hugger/PETA mumbo-jumbo, but when numbers get as low as they are how about actually being hunter-conservationists and practice what we preach by voluntarily giving the species a break from trophy hunting until their numbers get back to some semblance of normality? I'm going after a leopard at some point, it's on my bucket list and they have a healthy population, but lions, cheetahs, tigers, or any other species teetering with stressed populations are off until that changes. Know I'm not the only hunter that feels this way, but for those that might not please consider this, if we collectively want to save our sport/passion from the politicians and fringe groups, we'd ALL better start thinking a little more along these lines or risk getting shut down at some point completely.....remember, there are MANY that would love that.

 

[Royal27]

Probably going to get majorly flamed by some for saying this, oh well, here we go anyway. Would personally love to hunt all the big cats. Been on my bucket list of hunts since I started hunting 40 plus years ago. HOWEVER, with some species having very small populations left in the wild, i.e. cheetah 7000-8000 in total, have you all asked yourself why the heck am I hunting them at this point? Why not go after something like a leopard where populations are in the hundreds of thousands if you are after one of the big felines and give the stressed species a bit of a break until their numbers increase? Not saying that these species should never be hunted again, that's tree-hugger/PETA mumbo-jumbo, but when numbers get as low as they are how about actually being hunter-conservationists and practice what we preach by voluntarily giving the species a break from trophy hunting until their numbers get back to some semblance of normality? I'm going after a leopard at some point, it's on my bucket list and they have a healthy population, but lions, cheetahs, tigers, or any other species teetering with stressed populations are off until that changes. Know I'm not the only hunter that feels this way, but for those that might not please consider this, if we collectively want to save our sport/passion from the politicians and fringe groups, we'd ALL better start thinking a little more along these lines or risk getting shut down at some point completely.....remember, there are MANY that would love that.

I won't flame you at all. I do however; think your point is misguided. Looking at the number of animals alone does nothing to determine if hunting should be allowed. If that were true then Markhor would have never been hunted again and would very likely be extinct in the wild as of now. BUT, hunting was allowed and shocker, the number have skyrocketed!!!

Look at Giraffes as the perfect example. Where they are hunted the numbers are increasing, but due to the steep decline in non-hunting areas the overall population is declining. Funny how that works....

The key is SUSTAINABLE offtake and adding VALUE to the animals. Cheetahs should be hunted in more areas, not less.

https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Trop...vation+tool+in+saving+Markhor:DFO-a0407555838

 

[BRICKBURN]

@Fastrig
Namibia has a sustainable population of Cheetah.

CITES permits are limited to a number per year BASED ON SCIENCE!

Not whether some bunch of FB PETA hero's is whining loudly this week.

Choose not to hunt, that's up to you.

As @ROYAL just said.

Have a watch.
HOW THE BAN ON LION HUNTING KILLED THE LIONS.

 

[Fastrig]

I won't flame you at all. I do however; think your point is misguided. Looking at the number of animals alone does nothing to determine if hunting should be allowed. If that were true then Markhor would have never been hunted again and would very likely be extinct in the wild as of now. BUT, hunting was allowed and shocker, the number have skyrocketed!!!

Look at Giraffes as the perfect example. Where they are hunted the numbers are increasing, but due to the steep decline in non-hunting areas the overall population is declining. Funny how that works....

The key is SUSTAINABLE offtake and adding VALUE to the animals. Cheetahs should be hunted in more areas, not less.

https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Trophy+hunting,+a+successful+conservation+tool+in+saving+MarkhorFO-a0407555838

There is a point where a species does face a tipping point, and it's far from just hunting that causes that. Loss of natural habitat, human expansion, loss/reduction of traditional food sources, etc. all play a part. Your example of the giraffe is apples and oranges when it comes to a comparison with the cheetah. The giraffe's aggregate population has never hit the low levels the cheetah is experiencing today. There are an estimated 110,000 giraffe in Africa, and that number is down from even 15 years ago (20%-30% even being conservative), so let's be honest in saying that 110,000 remaining giraffe isn't anywhere close to the 7000-8000 remaining cheetah from a comparative numbers perspective. While I'm all in favor of managed game harvest, you normally harvest when a species is at manageable base population levels. Having said that, cheetah offspring have a high mortality rate, as do many of the big cats, so as the base population dwindles there are fewer breeding pairs to offset any harvesting that may be allowed, so it becomes a catch 22 without a large enough base population to offset harvest allowances and offspring mortality (it's pure math). The cheetah, like the tiger, is certainly at a point where WE as hunters-conservationists need to take a breath/pause, for a period of time, and support letting the base populations recover a bit, that's what I'm trying to say. I'm also not the only hunter saying this as I've read a number of articles from hunters who have hunted the big cats saying the same thing.

I appreciate you not flaming me, LOL. I do not do that when having a philosophical discussion like this. I would like to ask, would you hunt a tiger today, or five years ago would you have, knowing their numbers are so few in the wild that they truly are on the brink of extinction? If not, then why not? Tiger populations are up, by a couple of thousand to around 3700 in the last ten years, but that is only through severe intervention where hunting them would land you in a dark hole for the rest of your life. 3700 tigers vs 7200 cheetah isn't all that much different, so where would you draw a line on the cheetah numbers? For what it's worth, I do take some of the population number estimates with a bit of a grain of salt, but even if we say they are off by 20%, the cheetah and tiger numbers are still pretty bloody low, under 9,000 animals where only 100 years ago the numbers were in the six figures. And their decline IS because of humans, that isn't debatable, so at what point do we check ourselves with these beautiful creatures? Interesting discussion but with the numbers we are looking at, I do think it's time to have that conversation.

 

[Fastrig]

@Fastrig
Namibia has a sustainable population of Cheetah.

CITES permits are limited to a number per year BASED ON SCIENCE!

Not whether some bunch of FB PETA hero's is whining loudly this week.

Choose not to hunt, that's up to you.

As @ROYAL just said.

Have a watch.
HOW THE BAN ON LION HUNTING KILLED THE LIONS.

I don't think you are reading my post in the proper perspective. I'd suggest you read my response above. I'm not saying we should never hunt these animals again but that when a population gets so low in the aggregate that a given species is facing a tipping point collectively, then maybe it's time to take a pause and help the populations recover a bit before we resume or begin a managed harvest program.

As to your lions post. 100 years ago there were over 200,000 lions in Africa. Today, they are essentially extinct in 26 African countries where they once lived and the total population is down to between 25,000-39,000 animals. Those numbers are quite a bit higher than the cheetah and probably sustainable at those levels with managed harvesting vs offspring mortality rates. Also, using a micro-system as an example vs the whole of Africa isn't a sustainability model as it only takes a down-turn in that micro-system to push the aggregate down to endangered levels.