| David_Hulme |
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| 29/09/07 09:35 AM |
A Day in Chewore, in pictures and words
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The following sequence comes from Ray Vandever's recent big game hunt in Chewore. I hope you enjoy it
Dave
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][IMG]A cloud-delayed Chewore dawn creates illusionary effect
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][IMG]Wild-dog at dawn
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][IMG]A herd of buffalo bunches up on the fringe of the Chenje airfield
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][IMG]An elusive grysbok (chiteke) is glimpsed momentarly, before it darts away into entangled jesse flanking the Maura River
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][IMG]More seldom seen antelope. This time roan, towards the top end of the Maura
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][IMG]What we always believed to be our most promising bait is hit by a large tom, and all angles are covered in preparation for a pre-dawn walk-in the following morning....
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][IMG]Back down the Maura. Midway along that scenic river's course, we come across this small group of buffalo. Note the super bull and the one horned old cow.
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][IMG]Elephants flee our intrusion, although one cow is not so sure she should be fleeing
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][IMG]Shortly after the trackers and gamescouts chased and failed to apprehend several poachers whom we suprised at a spring. A couple of shots were fired and spears recovered. In this picture are two Parks gamescouts, Ray Vandever and tracker Oriah. They look like they are about to start a revolution, African style!
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][IMG]Siesta time
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][IMG]Ever on the death watch.
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][IMG]If the Skoal tobacco company would like to use PH Richard Tabor in an advertisement, they should be advised that I am the man to speak with
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][IMG]Jason Bromley, our eager young apprentice, is saving up to buy an ammo belt
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][IMG]An afternoon walk down a wending tributary of the Maura brings about this encounter with a startled female klipspriger
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][IMG]More buffalo are spotted on a rocky ridge, as we make our way back towards Mana-Angwa in the late afternoon. That jongos bull will be an excellent trophy for a hunter one day. Or a satisfying feed for a pride of hungry lions!
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][IMG]This sandgrouse chick almost became a road kill. That would have been unlucky, as the traffic is not too heavy in Chewore
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][IMG]Never too tired to share good humor with good friends. From the left: senior PH and elephant hunting legend, Magara Dirapenga, PH Richard Tabor, the journalist and PH Peter Wood