We got back to the camp and celebrated for a while by the camp fire. It was great just to relax and know we accomplished our main goal of the trip.
Day 7
We checked the trail camera where that dead calf was by the road and a big leopard hit that bait. Paw prints were on the road. There was nothing left of that bait, so we removed the trail camera. We moved some baits that were not being hit to an open area closer to camp. We thought it would be great for hyena or bushpig. We set a camera up for the area and didn’t hunt it the first night. We checked the other areas. Wayne would set a trail camera up if there was leopard eating and take pictures along with measuring the paw prints. He would also document the GPS coordinates. He trying to track the population so adequate permits are given for leopard permits. There were genets on the baits. The bait we had gotten my leopard had honey badgers in the tree later in the hunt! I decided to pass on the honey badgers, I have 2 full mounts at home. I absolutely love them, but their is no more room at home. Some baits had female leopards eating on the bait.
We didn’t hunt super hard on day 7, because of our success the night before.