Hyena hunting

[Frostbit]

Frostbit, I love you hyena mount, it sure is life like!

Thank you!! Jerry did a great job of altering the form to match a photo found on the web of a Hyena on a hippo carcass. He just substituted a smaller ribcage.

 

[Diamondhitch]

The Hyena I'm talking about is a Brown Hyena (not importable into the USA I'm afraid) and he is on bait right here on my ranch. No teasing - here is a pic from my trailcam taken last month. I've been hunting away from home so haven't downloaded pics from the last month but he's been coming in religiously since May...

Do you have bait out or is he coming in to the water? I wish I could help "rid you of this problem" LOL

 

[ChrisT]

Do you have bait out or is he coming in to the water? I wish I could help "rid you of this problem" LOL

He-he, yes I'm sure between you and Christine you'd just LOVE to help rid us of this problem Derek...

The picture comes from my stealth cam at the waterhole but I have bait out as well - which is the real reason the Hyena has been coming in. BTW, please tell Christine the Honey Badgers, Civets and Genets and even a Leopard have been having a ball at the bait too...

Cheers,

 

[Diamondhitch]

He-he, yes I'm sure between you and Christine you'd just LOVE to help rid us of this problem Derek...

The picture comes from my stealth cam at the waterhole but I have bait out as well - which is the real reason the Hyena has been coming in. BTW, please tell Christine the Honey Badgers, Civets and Genets and even a Leopard have been having a ball at the bait too...

Cheers,

LOL I will, next time we visit Im sure the Honey Badgers are in for it!!! (the whole woman scorned thing you know)

 

[vhsaf]

Hi MJ75,
We have a great area North of Etosha National Park in Namibia that we have been 100% for the last 3 years on Spotted Hyena. Please check out our website - King Nehale Conservancy - for more information, prices and pictures of the areas. Accommodation is primitive but neat and clean. Day trips into Etosha N. P. can easily be arranged.
I did catch the part where you mentioned that you will hunt in SA but a 5 day side trip to NAM will be well worth it.
Please feel free to e-mail us with some questions, to get contact details of clients that hunted in King Nehale with us or for a detailed quotation.

 

[daggaboyblog]

I'm just starting to plan my next hunt in RSA ans I'm thinking of hunting a hyena. Have any of you guys hunted hyena before? If so, how did your hunt go? It's the spotted hyena I'm wanting to hunt. Pictures would be appreciated.

MJ75 how'd you go with your hyena hunting plans? I've ad a few safaris now and hyena is always high on my trophy priorities! I'm a huge fan of hyenas and other predators and the photos below we're taken in Botswana (Moremi and Savuti), South Africa (Kruger) and Zim (Hwange). All ver beautiful animals.

In 2009 we set aside 10 days for a dedicated hyena hunt - dragging, baiting and calling. We had a Brown on bait but divided our time between a couple of areas and missed him every night. I was very lucky to call in a Spotted Hyena along the Matlabas River on day 8.

In August of this year when you started this thread I was busy on a hunt where our target species were Spotted and Brown Hyena. I was hunting with Siegfried Osmers from Dalerwa who is a member of this forum.

We started our safari on a game reserve near Hoedspruit and as we cruised along I caught the flick of a round ear in the long grass about 80 yards away - I immediately recognised the ear - Spotted Hyena! Once we were well down the track I had the guys stop the vehicle and we stalked back to our sleepy friend. One shot from the .300 Weatherby and it was done.

The Brown Hyena we hunted on private property in Musina. We dragged an impala that had been killed by feral dogs and placed baits out in a couple of locations. The Brown had us pegged from the first night and seemed to know what the deal was so he would visit the bait and walk away, only to return after we left and come right up tithe blind. His tracks indicated that he would walk down wind of us and stand watching us from behind the blind; what amazing creature to think he was watching us when we thought we were about to pull the wool over his eyes. One night for the briefest of moments I saw his face and those long pointed ears behind the bait through my scope - frightening stuff!

We spent our last five, very long nights in an elevated blind over a waterhole. Rotting carcasses gagging us on a head wind, smouldering cans full of zebra shit choking us from behind in our steaming hot claustrophobic box. I was struggling with the lack of sleep and then freezing by dawn when we would leave the blind for a short nap.

On that fateful night, following a scorcher of a day that hit 39ï½°C (102ï½°F), we were settling in for another long night as we entered our fourth hour in the blind. We heard an animal drinking at the waterhole below; the heat had driven the Brown to drink! So under the bright light of a waxing moon, not any moon, but a genuine blue moon, I put a shot in the shoulder of that Brown Hyena from a ver awkward angle. He dropped but growled but a second shot finished it. I was almost sick from exhaustion and excitement and happiness and sadness. Success after many attempts!

I think that deliberate hunting of the hyenas is a grossly under rated safari option and really something hunters should give serious consideration to. Very challenging sport.

 

[teenhunter]

I'm just starting to plan my next hunt in RSA ans I'm thinking of hunting a hyena. Have any of you guys hunted hyena before? If so, how did your hunt go? It's the spotted hyena I'm wanting to hunt. Pictures would be appreciated.

to shot an hyena is one of my dreams,tried to hunt them on 3 safaris and didn't see one:banghead: i'm definitely not lucky with hyenas:thumbdown: i hunted them with baits and calling in the night

 

[joester]

I hunted the Bubye Conservancy in Zim. July 2012 ( Chamalaya Camp, booked thru John Sharp, but hunted w/ Jr. PH) specifically for a hyena and had the OK to use an electronic caller. We called at night using hyena pack howls ( Foxpro predator calls has this & other African sounds on chip). We saw maybe 20 hyena and I killed a big male on night two. Had lions and leopards come into call as well . My wife and I had a blast, we took other species as well, incl. her #1 desire, a nice kudu. Highly reccomended!

 

[BRICKBURN]

What type of calling has anyone tried on a Spotted Hyena??

 

[joester]

There are two main calling styles. One is to use a prey-in-distress call (the Foxpro "baby bushpig" is great for this) The downside is that anything with sharp teeth can respond to the call, esp. lions & leopards. Such apex predators, although fun to watch (from the land cruiser!) will keep hyenas at bay. Choice #2 are hyena social calls, a combo of grunts, squeals, and, yes, laughs. Works like a charm but we did have lions come in twice. Foxpro has this chip but I reckon other makers do as well. Sight in for 100 yds and keep vehicle as hidden & far back from remote speaker as you can. They'll come charging in with back hair bristled to defend their territory. But they are not dumb. Use all the predator-calling tricks of playing the wind, concealment, etc. Good luck!

 

[BRICKBURN]

There are two main calling styles. One is to use a prey-in-distress call (the Foxpro "baby bushpig" is great for this) The downside is that anything with sharp teeth can respond to the call, esp. lions & leopards. Such apex predators, although fun to watch (from the land cruiser!) will keep hyenas at bay. Choice #2 are hyena social calls, a combo of grunts, squeals, and, yes, laughs. Works like a charm but we did have lions come in twice. Foxpro has this chip but I reckon other makers do as well. Sight in for 100 yds and keep vehicle as hidden & far back from remote speaker as you can. They'll come charging in with back hair bristled to defend their territory. But they are not dumb. Use all the predator-calling tricks of playing the wind, concealment, etc. Good luck!

No Lions where I'll be hunting, Leopards. It would not bother me to see a Leopard up close though.
I figure they are shy enough that once I'm detected they would be off.
One more toy to through in the bag.

I'll start the search for Foxpro and others.
Wonder if the screaming jackrabbit works?
I'll also start the search on the legality of using calls for hunting in KZN. Don't know that one.

Any links to the Hyena calls and Baby bush pig?

 

[joester]

If you look @ Foxpro website under 'African Calls" you'll find a # of good ones. They can make you a custom chip for about $50. A good call in KZN might be an adult goat-in-distress. Hyenas are pack hunters and are looking for a super-sized meal, any quadruped squeal sound should be good.

 

[NUys]

Spotted Hyena are not the easiest to hunt - clever and cunning!

See below 2 photos of a single animal which is regularly visiting some of our bow blinds late at night.



Malcolm Thomson

 

[NUys]

Hi BRICKBURN,

No Lions where I'll be hunting, Leopards. It would not bother me to see a Leopard up close though.
I figure they are shy enough that once I'm detected they would be off.
One more toy to through in the bag.

I'll start the search for Foxpro and others.
Wonder if the screaming jackrabbit works?
I'll also start the search on the legality of using calls for hunting in KZN. Don't know that one.

Any links to the Hyena calls and Baby bush pig?

I have been a PH in KZN for some 13 years now and, to my knowledge, there is absolutely no problem with using calls for hunting.

Malcolm Thomson

 

[akeate]

Spotted Hyena back to the US question

After having caught the African hunting bug in August, I have a spotted hyena hunt mixed in with some plains game coming up in about a month, actually a month from today but who's counting? My question is on the spotted hyena.

The spotted is not listed as a CITES animal but I am concerned about the importation of the mount (having the taxidermy done there) with US FWS. I don't want to run into any problems.

Does anyone know the process for this particular animal? Do I need to submit an application to USFWS of some sort? I have googled, called and still haven't gotten anywhere. I want to make this as painless as possible. I am going to ship all of the animals from my last hunt and this hunt at the end of this year so I will have a bunch of animals coming back and I would hate to see it run into problems because I haven't covered all my bases.

I appreciate any help. I spend WAY too much time reading everything on this site and appreciate the experience and advice that's been given.

 

[Buff-Buster]

You shouldn't have any problem getting the mounted spotted hyena into the states. Good luck on your hunt and be sure to post a report with lot's of pictures when you get back!

 

[SNIPER59]

So is it possible to import either a brown hyena, or a spotted hyena into Canada??....are they CITES animals??

 

[BRICKBURN]

So is it possible to import either a brown hyena, or a spotted hyena into Canada??....are they CITES animals??

Yes you can import them into Canada.
My Spotted Hyena (if I am so lucky as to acquire one) will be coming back here.
Not CITES.

The Brown Hyena is not classified in CITES appendices.

 

[BRICKBURN]

Hi BRICKBURN,



I have been a PH in KZN for some 13 years now and, to my knowledge, there is absolutely no problem with using calls for hunting.

Malcolm Thomson

Well Malcolm we are certainly going to have to see how it goes then. Exciting.

 

[Anbessa Gedai]

to shot an hyena is one of my dreams,tried to hunt them on 3 safaris and didn't see one:banghead: i'm definitely not lucky with hyenas:thumbdown: i hunted them with baits and calling in the night

I hear ya! . . sometimes a spot of bad luck turns into a STREAK OF BAD LUCK that just won't end!
Consider Ethiopia if hyena is still high on your list. I made a detailed post on another string which provides more details . . . . Ethiopia has plenty of them! Here's a link to that post if you haven't already seen it . . .


http://www.africahunting.com/huntin...ena-how-many-have-hunted-one-5.html#post88448

Good hunting!