Agree with Marius here. Be in the bush early... before sunup and as the bushbuck come out to sun themselves in the rising sun after a cold night in the thick bush, you have a great chance to see and then hunt them.Hi Erny,
Bushbuck are called Bushbuck for a reason, and not because they live in the plains.
If you are looking for the best time, I would say look at doing the trip in the coldest month for the area. In the Eastern Cape that would be July. On those cold crisp mornings, the Bushbuck can't stay out of the sun. If the sun hits them, it means we can see them. If we can see them, we can hunt them.
Take Care,
Marius Goosen
Like Reedy said since my hunt starts this Week I'm hoping for the first week of May along with the last week of April. I'm hoping Marius can prove himself wrong.I also hope a good month is May since I am going after one next week!
we pretty much had to kick the blue duiker s out of our way to get to the chobe bushbuck at takeri game reserve in early OctoberView attachment 149625
we pretty much had to kick the blue duiker s out of our way to get to the chobe bushbuck at takeri game reserve in early OctoberView attachment 149625
Beautiful animal for sure and looks to be of an age class that we should all be hoping to find if we're so fortunate as to have one in our sights.I started every day of my Eastern Cape Safari glassing east-facing slopes as the sun came up in early July 2012. We were very fortunate to have freezing or near-freezing temperatures each morning and we saw bushbuck every morning. We were eventually rewarded with this nice ram.
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now bluey i think that was on one of the colder days?? well maybe not for you.......
.............. I remember the first time I was in the East Cape I saw a good bushbuck right in front of us. No one could see it but me. He was a nice trophy eating in the brush....I had never seen one before but he looked big. ...............