Hyena?

[sgt_zim]

Thanks folks. Seems to be a lot of folk that find it an exciting hunt and worthwhile. Will consider it for sure depending on cost of ‘tag’ and my own funds,(depending on how the week is progressing with regards to the plains game etc)

I take it TOPS are pretty straightforward with regards to export ? I was hoping for a black wildebeest anyway. I’m planning to dip and pack and I’ve heard CITES takes about 3 months to leave? Whereas the standard stuff is pretty quick.

With ongoing import ban chat every 6 months I’m keen to get stuff back asap - ridiculous but just the way it is.

Some people call hyena "the poor man's leopard."

 

[Nyati]

Immaculate. Did you have cleaned in Africa or dip and packed mounted at home taxidermist?


Is that really next to a Griz? Looks so big!

Dip and pack, my taxidermist did the mount.

 

[wildfowler.250]

Some people call hyena "the poor man's leopard."

To be honest, it probably comes with a lot less judgment from the family as well!

Certainly calling them in sounds exciting. A little like fox control in the uk

 

[wildfowler.250]

Dip and pack, my taxidermist did the mount.

Thanks! I was tempted to have dipped and packed and could even do the skulls myself,(do a lot of deer anyway). But I got told that they have to boil the stuff so much you may as well get it finished over there.

That been said, would be really disappointed if it was broken bones, varnished or painted so would almost prefer to do it at ‘home’

 

[KAROO WILD Safaris]

I would seriously rethink this. Although the chance is small, there is no antidote to rabies. If you contract it, its pretty much a one way ticket.

Second that, been quite a few rabies outbreaks in SA recently. Even reports of infected cape fur seals attacking surfers off Cape Town.

 

[Happy Myles]

A very worthy quarry is the Stripped Hyena. Reclusive and nocternal, yet only legal to hunt during daylight hours. It is a loner and smart. Takes planning and strategy . A real prize trophy.