Most impressive trackers?

Phillip, from sitting at a fire with Johnny. He seems like he would be great to hunt with.
 
I have been blessed to have been on 20 safaris.
I have spent 61 days in the forest with at least 25 days just me and the pygmies, they are truly amazing!
I have also spent 10 days at Tholo in Botswana just tracking eland. The San trackers are also amazing but I thought the terrain made easier tracking.
I have 3 safaris in Zim with Nigel Thiessen, 1 in Matesi and 2 in the Bubye. This terrain with very high grass interspersed with trees and brush is the hardest terrain for tracking that I have seen. Nigel's 2 trackers, Smart and Robert are by far the best team I have been with. A team is far superior to 1 tracker!
 
I've seen a lot of talented trackers in Zimbabwe, but the pygmy trackers in the rain forest on my 2 trips were simply amazing!
 
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Pygmy trackers in the African rain forest. I couldn’t even see the ground through the vegetation, humidity, and lack of sunlight and here they are tracking bongo, buffalo, forest sitatunga and other game.

The Kalahari trackers were good but my vote is now with the Bantu/Pygmy jungle trackers. Happy hunting to all, TheGrayRider a/k/a Tom.
 
Most will laugh at me, but a true tracker has a spiritual connection with the animal he is tracking.

Now and then you will see a great tracker will grab a hand full of buffalo dung in his hand, not to tell the temp, but to control the speed the buff walks. Tighter the squeeze the slower the walk. Eventually he will say he will lay down now.

Laugh at what I say, your privilege.
Many other stories out there.

Lon
 

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I am Philippe from Center of France. I plan to hunt Zambezi with Zana Botes in 2026, Oct after a couple of days for PG in Namibia in his lodge. I will be with my wife. She is not really a huntress and we promised to go visit Vic Falls. I imagine to go to Caprivi by car , hunt there 7 days (for buff) and go by car to Vic falls (PH will bring back my rifle) . sorry I am required to write 2 messages
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