KMG Hunting Safaris 2025 Season Photos

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One of the best decisions we ever made as an outfit came in 2019 and that was to start focusing on the age of animals over the score. This was a clear direction that we wanted to take as a collective group of Professional Hunters that represent KMG Hunting Safaris, on your safari. Focus on the age, and the scores will take care of themselves.
The fun part of this decision is seeing more and more of these types of animals popping up across the different species.
This old Blue Wildebeest bull, apart from the teeth being worn down to the gums, has started to lose some of the hair on his face as well.

 

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Always nice to see, no matter how destructive they are.

Do you think this is a male or female?

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Short video clip of the same Leopard posted yesterday. Should give up a few more clues...

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What an old warrior of a Common Duiker. These are such underrated hunts for one of the Tiny 10 of Africa. One of our Professional Hunters hunted this ram on one of the parcels of land that falls within the free range area during July of this year. We only got access to hunt Common Duiker on this parcel two years ago after much negotiations with the owners, providing information and constant feedback on the strong population that they carry. The population and quality is exceptional, but still needs to be managed in order to be able to utilize this parcel for many years to come.

 

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Rule #1 A big Warthog should always be on the list.
Rule # 2 If not, refer to rule number 1.

Beautiful pig, Frankie!

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This old boy was obviously right handed.

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We are so blessed to hunt these awesome areas. My opinion is that these areas are some of the top Bushbuck areas, I believe, in Africa. The population is simply incredible. Often, it requires long hours behind the glass, checking little valleys which gives you a good feeling or where you saw a ewe disappear on a previous hunt. There are few plains game animals that gets our heart jumping as a Bushbuck ram does. Seeing that white stripe on his arched back, standing motionless on a cold morning as he suns himself, is a feeling only the Eastern Cape can offer.

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This was a hunt that tested patience, trusting the work that you had put in, and wit. Our two hunters booked a safari with us, both wanting a Bushpig. We generally have 8 baits running in season. Every bait had a boar on, as we only allow our hunters to shoot the boars.
The eight baits, all with boars, on soon turned to two, with the other baits getting hit sporadically or at early hours of the morning. Through the events of the evenings, swirling winds, twigs breaking and pretty much everything else one can think of, we had to continuously adjust our approach to the hunt.
What seemed like a slam dunk, soon turned to a chess match, finally outsmarting the first pig of the two on night 4.

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One of the toughest plains game animals to hunt in the Eastern Cape, the Chacma Baboon. I have hunted them in many parts of Africa, and nowhere have I found them to be as cunning as in the mountains of the Eastern Cape. Eye sight second to none, with intelligence good enough to reason.
Our hunters each booked a safari consisting of a Bushpig, Baboon and a Cape Bushbuck. Each hunt presenting its own challenges. The guys are off to a good start, which needed some out of the box thinking to make it happen.

Many say that they have no desire to hunt a Baboon. What are your thoughts? Send it or nah?

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While the guys were playing cat and mouse with the second Bushpig, they decided to use the time during the day for a Bushbuck ram. This ram was hit slightly low, and after leaving him for a good amount of time, Professional Hunter and client pursued him into some tall grass where he was last seen.
After a careful approach, the ram jumped up mere feet from them, heading down into the thick valley.
During June/July, our area is known for the local Bushbuck over hounds driven hunts, which has been part of the culture for decades. Bushbuck are pushed by means of hounds, as well as a team of beaters. Only males are target animals, as are Warthog, Bushpig, Common Duiker.
Being "Bushbuck season" the landowner had a pack of hounds ready for the next outing in the following days, and a decision was made to "release the hounds" in the direction of the ram.
They picked him up rather quickly, giving tongue, and bringing the ram around, closer to where hunter and PH were situated, where he disappeared in the tall grass again. As our Professional Hunter approached, the ram came on a full charge, with our PH stopping the ram with his sidearm. If you don't carry a big stick, carry lots of bullets. These rams aren't here for a tickling contest.

 

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As the games of cat and mouse with Bushpigs continued from the previous night's escapades, the men continued using their time, taking what the bush gave them. Another group hunting Common Duiker in one of our Bushbuck areas, laid eyes on an old Bushbuck ram with one horn. The broken horn had about two inches of base left, polished over time.
With Donnie, still looking for a Bushbuck ram, a ram with such character was music to his ears and asked to see if we could have a glass for this specific ram in the valley where he disappeared.

In the meantime, the other team ran into this guy. No ways to pass up on him.

 

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The previous night the Bushpigs were better than us again. For every move they made, we made a move and every time they seemed to have an answer. Almost like we had a mole amongst the group slipping them our game plan. Giving up is not an option in our camp. We still have time.
After leaving at first light, hunter and PH made a big loop getting the sun behind their backs. They sat above the valley where the one horned ram was seen for approximately 2 hours before he showed himself. This ram had a massive body, as can be seen by the size of his neck. These one horned rams are known to kill other rams since they can produce so much more pressure onto a single point of impact. An animal with loads of character. One can only wonder what a glimpse of this animal's life looked like.