Hello dmyers,
Great question, thanks for posting it.
I'm +1 with the others who have posted so far, especially the part about eland born in the wild are a whole different beast, as opposed to pen-raised ones.
The latter, when combined with a small property, surrounded by a tall fence, is sometimes called; Put and Take or Canned Hunting, (as is the case with any species, including pheasants).
Moving right along, eland is one of, if not the best eating, among all antelope species.
I'm feeble at transferring photos from one place in the forum to another.
But, if you open the photos posted with my screen name, there is a pic of the only eland I have taken in 5 safaris to Africa.
So with that, it is perhaps needless to say, I have never hunted the ones raised in pens, like some dairy cattle and then placed onto a small plot of land, only to await their certain demise.
I am not one to gripe about high fences, as long as the high fenced property is truly huge and the animals were born there, and spent their lives there, as wild animals.
In other words, my "nose-in-the-air" is regarding small parcels and tame critters that have pretty much no chance of evading the hunter.
I have seen video of such wretched animals trotting toward the hunting party, presumably expecting to be fed.
On the warthog topic, I am with you.
I'm always interested in them when I'm in locations where they occur in huntable numbers.
They make into excellent sausages for the grill.
One delicious version is called "borgurwurst" (or however you spell it).
Cheers,
Velo Dog.
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