Day 9:
We enter the blind in the dark this morning and sit for this no name cat, right as you could start to see good we identify a leopard in the tree. Nathan says there is a cat in the tree we just have to wait and confirm it is the right cat. My excitement is through the roof as this no name cat was sleeping in the bait tree the previous morning very comfortable. As the cat is walking down the bait limb to exit Nathan confirms it is our cat but he never stops and exits the tree. We wait and stare at the bait branch for hours, the cat never returns.
We head back to fly camp #2 and take a needed shower and nap. Sit this evening again with no activity.
Day 10:
We sit again for the no name cat this morning with no activity on the bait, we hear a leopard grunting this morning not too far away. When the truck picks us up we circle wide around the back of the mountain to try and get a bait animal on the way back to fly camp. The tracker snaps, there is impala and we exit the truck. We make a short stalk into the bush and I shoot an impala ram as a bait animal. Some pictures and back to fly camp for a nap, shower, and refresh for tonight’s sit.
We sit tonight and no activity on the bait limb, what a mentally exhausting roller coaster.
We enter the blind in the dark this morning and sit for this no name cat, right as you could start to see good we identify a leopard in the tree. Nathan says there is a cat in the tree we just have to wait and confirm it is the right cat. My excitement is through the roof as this no name cat was sleeping in the bait tree the previous morning very comfortable. As the cat is walking down the bait limb to exit Nathan confirms it is our cat but he never stops and exits the tree. We wait and stare at the bait branch for hours, the cat never returns.
We head back to fly camp #2 and take a needed shower and nap. Sit this evening again with no activity.
Day 10:
We sit again for the no name cat this morning with no activity on the bait, we hear a leopard grunting this morning not too far away. When the truck picks us up we circle wide around the back of the mountain to try and get a bait animal on the way back to fly camp. The tracker snaps, there is impala and we exit the truck. We make a short stalk into the bush and I shoot an impala ram as a bait animal. Some pictures and back to fly camp for a nap, shower, and refresh for tonight’s sit.
We sit tonight and no activity on the bait limb, what a mentally exhausting roller coaster.