Spooksar
AH elite
- Joined
- Jun 3, 2013
- Messages
- 1,149
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- Location
- Beaverlodge Alberta
- Media
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- Member of
- SCI, Dallas Safari Club, NFA ,CSSA NRA, CCFR
- Hunted
- South Africa, Namibia, Canada (BC, Alberta Nunavet) Texas, New Mexico
May 1-3 Left Grande Prairie Ab at 3:45 PM, flew Calgary, London, Johannesburg then Windhoek. Picked up and then drove to the farm on the Huab River, about 4 1/2 hours.
May 4th- Sight in my rifle [Sako 85 in 370 Sako/ 9.3 x 66 depending where you live]. then we spend the rest of the day checking baits. no new Leopard sign
May 5th-Checked baits there was a big Tom on one of the baits. We set up a blind that in its self was very interesting. We then went and shot a Zebra to replenish the baits. went back to camp for lucnh and a snooze.We where in the blind at 4:00 PM until 7:00 AM no Leopard
May 6th- I was so tired that I slept while L'wyk and his crew went out and checked baits and replenished them. That will teach him about poking me in the ribs and telling me I'm snoring. Again we whre in the blind at 4:00 PM till 6:30 no leopard.
May 7th- Checked baits no new hits so we rested up and decided not to go into the blind. That evening we decide to see if I could get a Dik Dik. We where successful I used L'wyks 22 Mag one shot through the heart.
May 8th Checked bait we had a hit on another spot, set up a blind. Once again a ineteresting set up. We spent from 4:00 PM til 6:30 AM in the blind, no Leopard
May 9th- Checked baits and again stayed in the blind, still no Leopard. I started calling this Leopard the one hit wonder, he never did come back.
May 10th- Happy Birthday to my son, he just turned 21 today, and this is the first birthday of his I missed. Happy Mothers day to my wife. Also Happy Birthday to L'wyks wife Julene. Checked baits nothing new. went after a Hartmans Zebra to replenish baits, found some but couldn't get a shot. Back to camp and celebrated the birthdays.
May 11th- Decide instead of a Hartmans Zebra we would use a Rare Black Namibian Bait Zebra AKA Donkey for bait. Set baits and checked baits no Leopard. Went out in the afternoon to try for a Black Faced Impala. We managed to get a very nice one.
May 12th-Checked baits nothing. went out in the evening to try for Klipspringer, spotted a pair on a Kopje. L"wyk didn't want me to use my rifle with soft points, So I used his 338 Win Mag with Barnes TSX bullets. 175 yards and up hill with a strange rifle and 1 shot put it in the bag.
May 13th- Checked baits no Leopard. Whike checking baits drove by a waterhole, there was a Kudu walking away. L'wyk said that the Kudu was sick and to shoot it which I did. Turns out that the Kudo had Rabies. There had been a Lion killing Horses on a fram that belonged to the mother of L'wyks PH, as we weren't having any luck with Leopards, we went up amd spend the night in a blind for Lion. No loin.
May 14th- Came back and checked baits nothing. We decide to spend the evening in a blind by a waterhole calling Jackels. We had lots of Jackels respond but where having problems with the call. Got the call going and L'wyk starts whispering in my right ear. between the call and the fact that my hearing in that ear is not good. I didn't make out he was sayin Cheetah use the big gun. I stand up with the small Mag and put 1 shot in the heart. We couldn't find it in the dark, mainly because we where looking in the wrong spot. Came out the next morning and found it 60 yards from where I shot it.
May 15th- After finding the Cheetah we checked bait, nothing on the baits. BBBUT close to a bait that had a couple of females on it. We found the tracks of a big Tom, there had been a big cat on the bait just before I got there. L'wyk thought it maybe the same cat. So instead of going to Windhoek hat afternoon we decided to sit on the bait that afternoon. The Tom never came in but we did see 2 females. Here are some more pictures
May 16th- Leave at 6:30 AM and make my way home
Conclusion- Even thou I didn't get a Leopard i had a very wonderful time. I got some respectable animal, met some very nice people, ate well. I'd like to thank L'wyk and his wife for been very good hosts. The one upside of not getting a Leopard is I have to go back. and it will be with Leopard Legends. I hope you enjoy the post and I'm sorry if my writing isn't perfect, I'm a Millwright not a writer, LOL Peter
May 4th- Sight in my rifle [Sako 85 in 370 Sako/ 9.3 x 66 depending where you live]. then we spend the rest of the day checking baits. no new Leopard sign
May 5th-Checked baits there was a big Tom on one of the baits. We set up a blind that in its self was very interesting. We then went and shot a Zebra to replenish the baits. went back to camp for lucnh and a snooze.We where in the blind at 4:00 PM until 7:00 AM no Leopard
May 6th- I was so tired that I slept while L'wyk and his crew went out and checked baits and replenished them. That will teach him about poking me in the ribs and telling me I'm snoring. Again we whre in the blind at 4:00 PM till 6:30 no leopard.
May 7th- Checked baits no new hits so we rested up and decided not to go into the blind. That evening we decide to see if I could get a Dik Dik. We where successful I used L'wyks 22 Mag one shot through the heart.
May 8th Checked bait we had a hit on another spot, set up a blind. Once again a ineteresting set up. We spent from 4:00 PM til 6:30 AM in the blind, no Leopard
May 9th- Checked baits and again stayed in the blind, still no Leopard. I started calling this Leopard the one hit wonder, he never did come back.
May 10th- Happy Birthday to my son, he just turned 21 today, and this is the first birthday of his I missed. Happy Mothers day to my wife. Also Happy Birthday to L'wyks wife Julene. Checked baits nothing new. went after a Hartmans Zebra to replenish baits, found some but couldn't get a shot. Back to camp and celebrated the birthdays.
May 11th- Decide instead of a Hartmans Zebra we would use a Rare Black Namibian Bait Zebra AKA Donkey for bait. Set baits and checked baits no Leopard. Went out in the afternoon to try for a Black Faced Impala. We managed to get a very nice one.
May 12th-Checked baits nothing. went out in the evening to try for Klipspringer, spotted a pair on a Kopje. L"wyk didn't want me to use my rifle with soft points, So I used his 338 Win Mag with Barnes TSX bullets. 175 yards and up hill with a strange rifle and 1 shot put it in the bag.
May 13th- Checked baits no Leopard. Whike checking baits drove by a waterhole, there was a Kudu walking away. L'wyk said that the Kudu was sick and to shoot it which I did. Turns out that the Kudo had Rabies. There had been a Lion killing Horses on a fram that belonged to the mother of L'wyks PH, as we weren't having any luck with Leopards, we went up amd spend the night in a blind for Lion. No loin.
May 14th- Came back and checked baits nothing. We decide to spend the evening in a blind by a waterhole calling Jackels. We had lots of Jackels respond but where having problems with the call. Got the call going and L'wyk starts whispering in my right ear. between the call and the fact that my hearing in that ear is not good. I didn't make out he was sayin Cheetah use the big gun. I stand up with the small Mag and put 1 shot in the heart. We couldn't find it in the dark, mainly because we where looking in the wrong spot. Came out the next morning and found it 60 yards from where I shot it.
May 15th- After finding the Cheetah we checked bait, nothing on the baits. BBBUT close to a bait that had a couple of females on it. We found the tracks of a big Tom, there had been a big cat on the bait just before I got there. L'wyk thought it maybe the same cat. So instead of going to Windhoek hat afternoon we decided to sit on the bait that afternoon. The Tom never came in but we did see 2 females. Here are some more pictures
May 16th- Leave at 6:30 AM and make my way home
Conclusion- Even thou I didn't get a Leopard i had a very wonderful time. I got some respectable animal, met some very nice people, ate well. I'd like to thank L'wyk and his wife for been very good hosts. The one upside of not getting a Leopard is I have to go back. and it will be with Leopard Legends. I hope you enjoy the post and I'm sorry if my writing isn't perfect, I'm a Millwright not a writer, LOL Peter
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