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Craig told me it was over 60 days hunting before he got his first leopard...62 or 67 days...something like that. He has NO patience for sitting so I'm sure it was quite the ordeal. I'm switching to dogs and no ranch cats on the next attempt. Also switching countries to Moz.

Here we had a large female...but females in heat bring in males Here we passed on an immature male as we knew what the large male looked like... Here is the target that we ran out of time on...

The 2nd blind is a neat trick that I think should be used more often. On our ranch cat hunt, we used a shooting blind and then cleared (and I mean really cleaned out) a path back about 75 yards behind it to what we called the resting blind. We had a sensitive microphone at the bait that could...

Excellent. We look forward to the future hunt report!

I did find more Nosler, Barnes and Hornady 470s...softs and solids.

Fantastic! Nice bull.

I recently sold a lot of 470's. I don't think I have more but if I find some, I will contact you directly.

Leopards can be really tricky...educated ranch cats even more so. I know the feeling and wrote about it at length in my Zim hunt report last year. I almost feel sorry for guys who get their cat in 1 sit. It's just not a relatable story for other leopard hunters. All the bait checking...

It's a little different than most but I really like the Dakota model 10 in a smaller barrel contour without iron sights for stalking hunts. It's lightweight but balanced well and carries much better than a Ruger #1. Well balanced single shots are amazing rifles. One inch scopes have benefits...

Thanks Dave for your replies. I knew you had some experiences with them. I've had a few random encounters but might get more specific/intentional to experience that side of it. My civet/genet/honey badger is coming back to me soon. Each are different and interesting in their own ways. By...

My next attempt on leopard is in ‘27 but I might make a late season run this year for the little cats and more T10 I don’t have yet.

I would love to see any taxidermy of the small cats but particularly any with activity or jumping.

Thanks for the responses. The little wild cat doesn't interest me as much from a taxidermy perspective. It looks like someone's pet although they are little ninja killers. The serval and caracal are world class athletes.

Yes, they are flanged mag for the NE. I didn't read your topic correctly.

I'm thinking of the serval and caracal primarily, although there is a smaller wild cat. Did you take it by chance or did you target it with dogs or what was your approach to it? They are taken randomly of course but I would like to target them more specifically. Share some photos and...