NAMIBIA: My Leopard Hunt Begins

[Royal27]

Of course we had no permit or tag for leopard

Which of course the leopard knew, which is why you saw him like that! I had a leopard less than 10 feet from the door of the bakkie in Zim, same thing.

 

[ActionBob]

Great advice red leg, a zebra makes such a stunning mount and there is an amazing variety of things that can be done with one.
I was told it is the absolute best cat bait because the cats love the yellow fat.

 

[BWH]

Keep the faith @johnnyblues

 

[CAustin]

Johnny that's a good Rec for sure.

 

[dory]

Finding lots of spoor of big cats traveling to water holes while hunting. They seem to have no interest in the baits right now. Not good news. Keep on trying. While driving this morning my PH slammed on the brakes and said big kudu. We jumped out of the truck sticks in hand and my 300 wsm. My ph pointed to the kudu 225 yards away. My first shot hit him a bit low but you could tell he was sick. He stepped out and I shot him in the shoulder, he ran 20 yards and dropped. I have my first African trophy. 53/52 inches of free range kudu.

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Nice nice bull Johnny !
Love his curl.......nice .
Cheers Dory .

 

[johnnyblues]

We've had zebra out for a while cats not touchingly anything unless they've killed it themselves . They have zero interest in baits right now. So what I've decided is to hunt hard for the next 2 days for zebra, eland and oryx. We have confirmed an active bait that a mature male is hitting on the main Schoenfeld farm for which we are licencesd to hunt.

Trail cam shows he's not a monster but a good cat. So on Monday we will hunt there for the remainder of the hunt. Wish my luck fellas! Gonna go right down to the wire.

 

[Biddleman]

Good luck! Give em hell!!

 

[dory]

Not bad updates from a guy who recons he cant write .
Get that tom Johnny .

 

[Red Leg]

We've had zebra out for a while cats not touchingly anything unless they've killed it themselves . They have zero interest in baits right now. So what I've decided is to hunt hard for the next 2 days for zebra, eland and oryx. We have confirmed an active bait that a mature male is hitting on the main Schoenfeld farm for which we are licencesd to hunt.

Trail cam shows he's not a monster but a good cat. So on Monday we will hunt there for the remainder of the hunt. Wish my luck fellas! Gonna go right down to the wire.

As I am sure you are discovering, any mature cat is a "great" cat! Best of luck.

 

[bluey]

nothing wrong with taking it right down to the wire johnny...
the best goals ,are kicked ,right on the siren ,mate
youre fair dinkum , getting one hell of and experience , keep the updates coming , all over the world ,we are hunting this old tom with you ......

 

[stug]

You will appreciate your leopard much more than if you got him on the first day. Good luck with the rest of the trip.

 

[Redruff]

Good luck Johnny!

R.

 

[Diamondhitch]

Good news you have a cat to concentrate on, good luck! Certainly getting your moneys worth.

 

[ChasingHemingway]

Go Johnny Go! Get that leopard and keep the posts coming! Sending thoughts and prayers

dt

 

[ActionBob]

Good luck Johnny!

 

[gizmo]

Go get him buddy

 

[johnnyblues]

As I am sure you are discovering, any mature cat is a "great" cat! Best of luck.

Yes sir you are right. Any leopard is a great leopard. He is one very worthy adversary.

 

[johnnyblues]

nothing wrong with taking it right down to the wire johnny...
the best goals ,are kicked ,right on the siren ,mate
youre fair dinkum , getting one hell of and experience , keep the updates coming , all over the world ,we are hunting this old tom with you ......

Thank you sir. When you put it that way I'm touched.

 

[johnnyblues]

Day 7. Wind howling like I was hunting in Kansas. Nothing moving about. Tuff morning. Going to sit by a waterhole shortly for the evening hunt. My PH says it's a good spot for eland and oryx. We will see. Wind still blowing hard. Man I've has a little of everything it seems. Could have kill female oryx many times but that's not what I want. Eland is an unbelievably hard trophy to acquire here. Smart and elusive. Wish me luck! Thanks everyone for your encouragement it means a lot to me.

 

[kathy]

Good luck johnny, yes Eland Bull has also bee a unbelievably hard trophy for me , three trips and still no shot at one (bow hunt) . Forrest