NAMIBIA: Leopard Hunt In Namibia

[Hunting Hitman]

Love the chess match that is Leopard Hunting. Wishing you favorable winds and clean kills.

HH

 

[ArmyAV8tor]

I agree with your Zebra filet assessment. One of my all time favorites. Let's hope the cat stays hungry!

 

[Betterinthebush]

I love these kind of threads. The “ will call” type that keep reeling in the reader for info as time and “giggle giggles” allow.

 

[LWood]

Congrats on the zebra. Good luck with Mr spots!

 

[AZDAVE]

may the hunts gods smile on your leopard hunt.

 

[Doug3006]

We’re still having trouble loading pictures on AH. Today we ran baits. Mr. Kitty was back again and demolished the bait. He’s arriving with clockwork precision….same time every morning and evening. He seems to have moved in! We’ll hunt him tomorrow. @Jeff505 took an old Spingbok with his 375 H&H. Use enough gun as the say. Pictures forthcoming.

 

[PARA45]

Exciting moments. Hopefully Mr. Spots showed up for you guys. Keep it coming.

 

[DieJager]

Anxiously waiting for the next installment.
Good luck!

 

[RogerHeintzman]

Good luck with Mr. Spots.

 

[PARA45]

Anxiously waiting for the next installment.
Good luck!
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Shouldn't you be busy writing your report? You know, many patient E Tap Foot:) AH members are anxiously waiting for the next chapter.

 

[Jeff505]

Able to finally get some pictures to load, these are the Hartmans Zebras for leopard bait, we kept the hides and back straps.

 

[Jeff505]

Dougs leopard.

 

[DieJager]

Wow, what a stunner! Great leopard too.
Just kidding. What a trophy. Waidmannsheil!

 

[375er]

Dougs leopard.


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WAY TO GO DOUG!!!!!

 

[Doug3006]

The day of the leopard…..

We had a bait that a large Tom was hitting every day. The trail cam photos showed him arriving about 4am and leaving just about sunrise. So we built a blind and came back at around 2am to sit him out.

Around 3am, another leopard was sawing behind us. Werner said he didn’t think it was our cat. It is sure an eerie feeling knowing an apex predator is nearby in the dark.

Like clockwork our Tom arrived at the bait at 4am and started to feed. He fed and lied down alternately for the next hour or so. He made a big mistake not leaving before legal shooting time. I was amazed how big he was. We had hung the bait about neck high. When he stood, his head was above the top of the bait. I waited for him to stand on all fours and shot him high on the scapula. He dropped to the shot.

He weighed 150 lbs on the farm scale and was 6’ 8” in length, nose to tail tip.

As you would imagine, I’m one happy hunter.

 

[375er]

The day of the leopard…..

We had a bait that a large Tom was hitting every day. The trail cam photos showed him arriving about 4am and leaving just about sunrise. So we built a blind and came back at around 2am to sit him out.

Around 3am, another leopard was sawing behind us. Werner said he didn’t think it was our cat. It is sure an eerie feeling knowing an apex predator is nearby in the dark.

Like clockwork our Tom arrived at the bait at 4am and started to feed. He fed and lied down alternately for the next hour or so. He made a big mistake not leaving before legal shooting time. I was amazed how big he was. We had hung the bait about neck high. When he stood, his head was above the top of the bait. I waited for him to stand on all fours and shot him high on the scapula. He dropped to the shot.

He weighed 150 lbs on the farm scale and was 6’ 8” in length, nose to tail tip.

As you would imagine, I’m one happy hunter.

Well done Sir!!!

 

[USN]

Congrats! Nicely done

 

[Jeff505]

A few more pictures from Doug.

 

[Doug3006]

Not being one to waste time in camp, I took a nap and then headed out for an afternoon hunt. We saw a lone Springbok ram and put a stalk on him. Two hundred yards was as close as we could get. He lied down and I got on Werner’s Stable Stix (I will by a pair when I get home.) I shot him just at sunset as you can tell by the picture.

 

[PARA45]

Beautiful Tom, congratulations!!!!!