SOUTH AFRICA: Did Someone Go Hunting With Rance Game Farms In Eastern Cape?

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Anyone been there ? Seen pics of a MONSTER Kudu taken from there. Just curious if anyone has insight into the game, PH, and overall experience.
 
This the monster Kudu?

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Hunting kudu in the Eastern Cape can get tricky. The Eastern Cape Kudu, a sub-species (I think) of the Southern Greater Kudu, is a smaller bodied animal, as a rule, and sometimes, the horns, which are also generally a bit smaller the the Southern, can appear proportionally larger on the smaller bodies animal. A PH with experience with both types of kudu can tell them apart easily. I can't.

Having said that, the picture Brickburn posted seems a monster!
 
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Found the pic...not sure if the guy wants his pic on the web so I cropped it out. LOL...promise it is legit. Longest one was 59"

Yes, that is the correct link above and this was taken from one of their two farms.
 
Hank2211 said:
Hunting kudu in the Eastern Cape can get tricky. The Eastern Cape Kudu, a sub-species (I think) of the Southern Greater Kudu, is a smaller bodied animal, as a rule, and sometimes, the horns, which are also generally a bit smaller the the Southern, can appear proportionally larger on the smaller bodies animal. A PH with experience with both types of kudu can tell them apart easily. I can't.

Having said that, the picture Brickburn posted seems a monster!
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The home range for the Eastern Cape Kudu is only a small pocket that is quite a bit further east and up the coast a bit. I'm confident there wouldn't be any around this location.
 
The EC in the old days was not know for big kudu, if you got a 52 inch kudu you were lucky. A lot of kudu are being relocated from the North down to the EC, in a hope of improving the lengths of the kudu, this has not helped. It has a lot to do with the minerals in the soil.
 
85Tecate said:
The home range for the Eastern Cape Kudu is only a small pocket that is quite a bit further east and up the coast a bit. I'm confident there wouldn't be any around this location.
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I stand corrected: The Eastern Cape Greater Kudu range is almost right on top of the location of the Rance Safari locations according to the SCI map. I highly doubt the picture above is of a 59" Eastern Cape Greater Kudu though.
 
Here we go again:) EC vs Limpopo Kudu:D I will say again, a Kudu ear is more or less 12 inches long, do the math.
 
I know them very well. They are one of our neighbors. Great guys.
 
Hi, i hunted on johns farm in 2013 and theres some seriously big kudu on the farm, my brother hunted a 56 inch kudu and we saw plenty that were bigger, a friend of mine was over last year and managed a 60 inch kudu, superb place to hunt , all the best Graeme
 
Never hunted or heard of that outfit, if its a High fence farm chances are that the Kudu are imports and are Greater Kudu Your East Cape Greater Kudu for the most part are free range I say for the most part because I seen one get spooked and jump the fence right in to the high fence area. the one you see in my avatar is a Monster in my book 51 1/8 inches free range Eastern Cape Kudu. Good luck on your hunt.
 
I'll be there in June of this year...will post a report then
 
woods1126 said:
View attachment 40828 I just got back from an Eastern Cape, free range hunt. Here's mine:)
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That is an Awesome animal who was you hunting with? The markings are outstanding! Do you have a pic showing the side of the face? Love those spots.
 
I was hunting with Mankazana Safaris. I'll look Bob, and post if i find any photos of
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the side of his face. Here is one of the back. He did have a lot of stripes. Thanks, Kevin
 
woods1126 said:
I was hunting with Mankazana Safaris. I'll look Bob, and post if i find any photos ofView attachment 40839 the side of his face. Here is one of the back. He did have a lot of stripes. Thanks, Kevin
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Great Trophy! What are your plans for the mount? I'd have a hard time cutting a shoulder cape from that kudu after seeing those markings.
 
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