KMG Hunting Safaris 2025 Season Photos

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Many are always surprised when we tell them, just how aggressive Bushbuck are. Here is another superb Cape Bushbuck ram for our hunter during June in our free range areas. Although not the culprit in the photo, here is our head Professional Hunter, Nick Neuper who took one to the shoulder a couple of years ago. Doc said that he was lucky that it had hit bone, otherwise it would have gone straight through.
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This was the second 50"+ Cape Kudu bull for the week. This bull was hunted during the first week of June, which opens up our free range areas for Kudu among some of the other species. The quality in some of these open areas for Cape Kudu are truly exceptional. I am a firm believer that big areas yield big animals.
This particular bull was still pumped up after coming out of the rut, as can be seen from his big neck. Lovely ivory to go with it as well.

 

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For today, we'll do a little photo dump for the rest of our hunter's trip. The reason for the photo dump, is that there is one thing that is consistent in all of these photos. All of the photos are taken in the dark, yet only one of these animals were hunted at night, namely the Bushpig.

For hunters who ask about the effects of hunting over a big moon, this gives you a perfect example how the animals move during the last bit before dark, feeding into the night.
The big moon doesn't mean that you can't hunt. It just means that you need to adjust.

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One of the biggest Caracal, if not the biggest that our hounds have ever treed. After getting a call from a nearby sheep farmer that he had lost a couple of sheep overnight, we sent the hounds-man to the area. A full grown sheep ewe was found in the morning by some of the staff, and found the cat still on the sheep.
Our hounds-man got there with the predator pack no more than an hour after the discovery, and set the hounds loose on the trail. They showed interest immediately and set off on the scent.
After getting bumped off his kill, he probably wondered a couple of hundred yards and found some cover to lay low, possibly planning to return to his kill at dark. The hounds treed this massive male roughly a mile away from the kill, right on a cliff edge.
Upon spotting him in a low tree, we made our way slowly to find an open space to get a clear shot for the 22 Hornet.
It was extremely thick, and steep, but the Hornet made short work of the cat with our hunter bagged himself this unbelievable specimen.
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This was a serious Bushpig boar that we stalked in over bait. We drove as close as we thought would still be out of earshot from the bait site. After leaving the truck, we proceeded on foot. One of the challenging aspects of the hunt was to actually judge the distance from the pigs in the dark. I proceeded to range the trees which were sky lined, as we made our way closer. Once we got to around 100 yards, we kicked off our shoes and proceeded, only in our socks down the two track road. I kept on ranging the trees until we got to roughly 60 yards. Once I flicked on the night vision, I instructed my hunter to give me a second to identify the boar. He was feeding to the far right, and by this stage, I could see that the one sow's head was up, looking at us.
After instructions were given, it wasn't long before the shot rang. We never got a clear report back on a solid hit.
One of the difficult decisions was a jackal feeding on the bait pile with the pigs, but with this class of pig feeding, it was always only going to go one way.
Upon reaching the bait pile, we found the boar had gone a mere 10 yards before he expired. They offer one of the most underrated plains game hunts in Southern Africa.

 

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This was a serious Bushpig boar that we stalked in over bait. We drove as close as we thought would still be out of earshot from the bait site. After leaving the truck, we proceeded on foot. One of the challenging aspects of the hunt was to actually judge the distance from the pigs in the dark. I proceeded to range the trees which were sky lined, as we made our way closer. Once we got to around 100 yards, we kicked off our shoes and proceeded, only in our socks down the two track road. I kept on ranging the trees until we got to roughly 60 yards. Once I flicked on the night vision, I instructed my hunter to give me a second to identify the boar. He was feeding to the far right, and by this stage, I could see that the one sow's head was up, looking at us.
After instructions were given, it wasn't long before the shot rang. We never got a clear report back on a solid hit.
One of the difficult decisions was a jackal feeding on the bait pile with the pigs, but with this class of pig feeding, it was always only going to go one way.
Upon reaching the bait pile, we found the boar had gone a mere 10 yards before he expired. They offer one of the most underrated plains game hunts in Southern Africa.

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Do you ever hunt bushpig with dogs with clients?

 

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I may need one of those!

 

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Do you ever hunt bushpig with dogs with clients?

Yes, we do, but then there is also no targeting of a boar. You take what the dogs put up, unless its a young pig.
Its generally also the sows that are the really aggressive ones.

 

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I may need one of those!

We run multiple baits through most of the year. It certainly helps for us to know beforehand as we increase the bait leading up to your safari to try and ensure that they stick around.

 

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Hunting the same area the previous day for a Bushbuck ram, we found a nice ram with a flair at the top coming out the thickets roughly 700 yards away. We knew that it would be a close shot, and proceeded to work our way around. The grass was so tall that we would need to find him in a small clearing. It took us roughly 40 minutes to close the distance. Once we got to the same side as him, he had made his way into even thicker stuff, content with his surroundings.
Those who know Bushbuck, will know that they are never rushed and will take their time. We never saw the ram again at this instance, and decided to set up across the valley for a better view after lunch, and catch him on his afternoon feed.
While sitting into the afternoon, we spotted a Caracal on the prowl. It was a long way across the valley, especially on something as long and slender as a Caracal, but decided that we needed to take the chance. It was a very long way, and the shot did not find its mark, but also ended our chances for the Bushbuck ram that afternoon.
We decided to return the next day, and found the ram eating in his area again. Once again, we could not close the distance in time before he returned to the safety of the thickets. While waiting for him, my tracker radioed me to come to his position as he had found another ram with a ewe feeding across a short valley. We closed the distance to a respectable 170 yards, got on a very steady tripod system and bagged ourself this heavy ram.