NitroXAdministrator
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22/04/09 03:32 PM
Re: When is a leopard a trophy?

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For info, what would be the usual weight of an average female leopard?





John, this info comes out of the revised Smithers, basically the "Bible" on Southern African mammals:

a) Matetsi Zimbabwe
Females 28.2-34.9 (n=7), average 31.5kg

b) Waterberg, Limpopo province, RSA
Females average 34.9kg (n=6)

c)Northern- Eastern adn Western Cape, RSA
Females average 21.2kg (n=9)

d) Kruger Park, RSA
Old adults
Females average 37.2kg (n=6)

Prime adults
Females average 37.5kg (n=6)


Then in a seperate study, for Northern Namibia they found:
mean weight between 18 leopards:
females 25kg.

In other words, a leopard female can weigh from 25 kg to 55kg (the heaviest I have personally hunted with a client)...




So a 45 kg female is more than representative and above average in weight. So even by a subjective measure of "trophy value" if the client knew he was shooting a female (or a small males), with that weight, then he did get a representative trophy leopard.



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