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I've seen several Sable in South Africa
First was in a barnyard because he had a sore foot that was being treated.
Second was while hunting a huge concession in the Karoo... it was 75,000 acres. Everything was running because they let South African hunters come in to cull for meat on weekends. They would drive around shooting at Everything from trucks. Except the huge sable bull we came across that just stood there. Upon closer examination, it was in a seperate small pen near the gate going in. Obviously off limits unless you were paying the price, which those locals were not.
Then I actually shot one, an old cull bull that was inferior genetics and was the only sable left. It took us a day to track him down because the gate was open and he was roaming a large area. It was priced like a zebra and i was there on a night hunt so why not? Gave us something to chase during the day.
My wife took a really nice sable in Tanzania, that was a hunt! Finding a good bull in the wild, millions of acres it could roam. Took luck as well as skill. Not much luck needed for a South African sable. But not too many people go to Tanzania for 3 buffalo and a sable. Especially as I believe the sable is on the 21 day license
I was leopard hunting in Mozambique planning to add a sable as there were big herds of them, completely wild. First day came across a herd of sable with a few eland mixed it. 40" sable or nice big eland bull, about 36"? Outfitter asked which I wanted to try for. I said I want both. OK he said, let's go after the eland because they are not very common here but we will see sable every day. So took the eland and never saw another 40" sable. But came across a 40" eland a week later! That's hunting!
First was in a barnyard because he had a sore foot that was being treated.
Second was while hunting a huge concession in the Karoo... it was 75,000 acres. Everything was running because they let South African hunters come in to cull for meat on weekends. They would drive around shooting at Everything from trucks. Except the huge sable bull we came across that just stood there. Upon closer examination, it was in a seperate small pen near the gate going in. Obviously off limits unless you were paying the price, which those locals were not.
Then I actually shot one, an old cull bull that was inferior genetics and was the only sable left. It took us a day to track him down because the gate was open and he was roaming a large area. It was priced like a zebra and i was there on a night hunt so why not? Gave us something to chase during the day.
My wife took a really nice sable in Tanzania, that was a hunt! Finding a good bull in the wild, millions of acres it could roam. Took luck as well as skill. Not much luck needed for a South African sable. But not too many people go to Tanzania for 3 buffalo and a sable. Especially as I believe the sable is on the 21 day license
I was leopard hunting in Mozambique planning to add a sable as there were big herds of them, completely wild. First day came across a herd of sable with a few eland mixed it. 40" sable or nice big eland bull, about 36"? Outfitter asked which I wanted to try for. I said I want both. OK he said, let's go after the eland because they are not very common here but we will see sable every day. So took the eland and never saw another 40" sable. But came across a 40" eland a week later! That's hunting!
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