Leopard on bait

[GA Hunter]

My PH from last year captured these shortly after I got back home. He put the bait out just for fun. Not sure he expected to catch this great daytime footage. Enjoy.

 

[IvW]

Nice footage. Mature but still a bit young male.

 

[CAustin]

Nice!

 

[rinehart0050]

Very nice. Where was this filmed?

 

[GA Hunter]

Pongola Game Reserve. It's hard to walk very far on the property without coming across some sort of leopard sign. My PH said that they had a very close encounter with that guy the previous day.

 

[GA Hunter]

Followed this fellow for quite a ways down the road.

 

[cpr0312]

Thanks for sharing!

 

[IvW]

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Followed this fellow for quite a ways down the road.

Great that you put the cartridge next to the track. Good yardstick in order to determine the cat's size and the sex.

This is the left front paw print and the main pad is about 67.5 mm left to right, this will again indicate that it is a mature but young male. Not sure that it is the same cat as in the footage but it could well be as it would be a match to the size of the caat in the footage. He has the potential to become a big leopard if it is the cat in the footages print.

Some huge leopard in that area and a bit further up at Magudu. Shot two super cats not to far from there couple of years ago.

Thanks again for sharing.

 

[petrusg]

@GA Hunter thanks for sharing, where do you hunt in Pongola Game Reserve? Know Kemp Landman pretty well and have hunted with him many times.

 

[GA Hunter]

@GA Hunter thanks for sharing, where do you hunt in Pongola Game Reserve? Know Kemp Landman pretty well and have hunted with him many times.

I've hunted the entire property at one time or another and have been based at the Mvubu lodge each time. If I had to pick a favorite area it would be a toss up between Sondaba and Nkwazi. Sondaba is the area with the "mountains" and Nkwazi is the area over past the large fishing lodge on the lake.

It's a wonderful place and the Landman's are great people.

 

[jeff]

I did some bowhunting at Pongola Game Reserve and thought it was great place!