larcher
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I found this video, taken by the PH Christophe Morio of a successful hunt for bongo, buff, leopard.
It sure gives the genuine atmosphere of hunting in this incredible country
hunting in CAR february 2013
I marvel that Morio could organize hunts in a country ruled by rebels who gave down the gov a couple of months ago. It's havoc and armed nuts teeming everywhere.
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"I don't want to create an encyclopedic atmosphere here when we might be having a beer instead" P H Capstick in "Safari the last adventure."
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larcher
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"I don't want to create an encyclopedic atmosphere here when we might be having a beer instead" P H Capstick in "Safari the last adventure."
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Claydog
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Enjoyed the video, those boys were pretty exited over Les Bongo.
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DaggaBoyBlog
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Loc: Sydney, Australia
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A wonderful adventure. I have a safari booked with CAWA and they are still operating even after spending most of 2012 in prison in Bangui following an LRA massacre of a group of gold miners in a remote part of the concession. Still, they're back in the bush and back in business.
Christophe guides for CAWA these days - not sure that he runs CAR hunts under his own Safaris Morio? We've spoken a couple of times and my angle is to hunt with him.
He has a blog an a website for anyone interested:
http://www.huntersguidesafaris.com/en/
http://safarismorio.canalblog.com/
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DaggaBoy Blog - Hunting adventures of an ordinary bloke... http://www.daggaboyblog.com.au/
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lancaster
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the bongo is one of the nicest animals on this planet
the australians should take them for the NT instead of the lechwe
great video,great trophys, thanks
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Norwegian hunter misses moose, shoots man on toilet
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bringing civilisation to the barbarians
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HendrikNZ
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Loc: New Zealand
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LDE is my dream hunt!
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larcher
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Fine, but reason must prevail. No guaranty that you can spot Bongo or GF Hog...or sitatunga.
Bongo is a very shy animal and is very difficult to observe. In the video one can see quite a few ones in the saline. Giant Forest Hog too. In my opinion, this saline is a sancturary. I know another PH, Bongo man, Jacques Lemaux, whose motto is "protect the saline" it's the best place to spot and judge the animals. Shooting ruins an invaluable observation station.
Morio's area is a blessed one. How many people can pretend having seen a leopard in daylight, out of parks of course. Red buff aren't a frequent occurence as well.
Not so with LDG eland that are far numerous, sometimes as frequent as buffalos. Though a PH can affirm having n herds of buffalos, it's trickier for eland troops that move no end, the old males travelling less.
In short, a decent hunter can bank on shooting an LDE and a black buffalo. Fair chance for leopard and lion. For Bongo, the area should have animals, and even more old males, and eventually known more or less open spots where they stay or circulate. Same for the rarer GF hog.
Bongo could be gotten with hounds, but that's used in the South, in equatorial forest.............where there are no LDE.
Picking a good PH with a top biotope (litte disturbed) is the best recipe. Christophe Morio is one.
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"I don't want to create an encyclopedic atmosphere here when we might be having a beer instead" P H Capstick in "Safari the last adventure."
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