Spotted Hyena Hunt

[DERIAN KOEKEMOER SAFARIS]

Good day AH members.
Wanted to ask this question to get a better understanding from you as a hunter.

In South Africa we are very limited to Spotted Hyena tags and our hunting areas is some if not the best and highly populated Spotted Hyena areas in South Africa ( LOWVELD ).

My question is, is it worth for you as the hunter to come just for a Hyena or do a combo hunt with plainsgame? or combo it with a Dangerous Game hunt?

We always do pre baiting starting of the hunting season on all our areas to determine how many and the ages of the Hyenas that gives as a good idea what is huntable, for this reason we have a 100% success rate.

looking forward to hearing your feedback on this.
Kind Regads
Derian

 

[Fatback]

If I was going to hunt a spotted hyena in RSA, I’d want it to be part of a package or at least have a reasonable opportunity at other animals. I understand that the permitting process in RSA makes them more expensive to hunt there than in other countries.

 

[AZDAVE]

After 9 safaris my list is smaller and more specialized. I would come and hunt Hyena on a 5 day hunt or a combo 10 day DG and hyena.

 

[ryno111]

I have a hyena hunt in RSA in August (full moon). I’m pairing it with smaller cats (serval, caracal, genet, civet, badger, etc…). It wouldn’t be worth it to me for a hyena only.

 

[Hyde Hunter]

I would like to hunt Hyena either one but to me I can't justify the the trophy fee

 

[Hunt anything]

Just a hyena no, but I would definitely hunt a hyena! They are on my shrinking list of animals I want to hunt in South Africa. I would want to pair it with other nocturnal critters along with bushbuck and any tiny tens in the area that I don’t have.

 

[samson7x]

I’m definitely interested in hyena but the trophy fee in SA is a bit of a turn off. I would rather do a combo hunt for them.

 

[Datchew]

Great question.

I juggled this exact question over the last few months with my PH. I'm going on a 8 day cape buff hunt and originally planned to add a hyena, but as it's nigh hunting, more difficult, and likely I would run out of time if I didn't get a buffalo in the first few days, I decided to move it to another future safari.

I would not make the trip solely for that hunt, but I would add on time (10-12 day hunt) to add it to a DG hunt like hippo or croc in the future.