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What game have you shot on Safari in Africa?
      #51917 - 10/03/06 04:13 AM

I'm interested in the collective memberships achievements when hunting in Africa.

What game animals have you successfully taken in Africa?



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Re: What game have you shot on Safari in Africa? [Re: NitroX]
      #51939 - 10/03/06 05:50 AM

i guess my list is too long to write out - somewhere over 100

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Re: What game have you shot on Safari in Africa? [Re: NitroX]
      #51948 - 10/03/06 06:21 AM

John,

I presume you mean species, and not how many we have shot of each?

for my part:

Damara Dikdik
Common Reedbuck
Blesbok
Kudu
Gemsbok
Eland
Blue Wildebeest
Warthog
Impala
Waterbuck
Hippo
Elephant

In other words, I have lots of species left that I can look forward to hunting in the future!


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Re: What game have you shot on Safari in Africa? [Re: NitroX]
      #51957 - 10/03/06 06:46 AM

My list is shorter :

Bohor reedbuck
Warthog
Western Buffalo
Roan
Lelwel Hartebeest
baboon
Derby eland
Yellow-backed duiker
Red-flanked duiker
Red river hog
Lion
Leopard

Birds don't count???????

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Edited by larcher (11/03/06 04:35 AM)

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Re: What game have you shot on Safari in Africa? [Re: NitroX]
      #51984 - 10/03/06 11:18 AM

Kudu
Nyala
Cape Bushbuck
Limpopo Blesbok
Southern Reedbuck
Common Waterbuck
Southern Impala
Gemsbok
Steenbok
Black Wildebeest
Blue Wildebeest
Red Hartebeest
Cape Eland
Kalahari Springbok
Burchells Zebra
Hartman's Mountain Zebra
Giraffe
Warthog

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Re: What game have you shot on Safari in Africa? [Re: NitroX]
      #51998 - 10/03/06 01:25 PM

Lion, Leopard, Cape Buffalo, Kudu, Zebra, Hyena, Duiker,Impala, Dove & Grouse

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Re: What game have you shot on Safari in Africa? [Re: NitroX]
      #52059 - 10/03/06 11:58 PM

Elephant
Buffalo
Leopard
Lion
Hippo
Kudu
Sable
Water Buck
Brindel Wildebeast
Livingstone Eland
Impala
Burchell Zebra
Wart Hog
Klipspronger
Bush Diker
Baboon
Steenbok
Boomslang
Puff Adder

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Re: What game have you shot on Safari in Africa? [Re: NitroX]
      #52073 - 11/03/06 02:21 AM

Here's some specific species and subspecies I've taken:

E. African roan
E. African impala
southern impala
E. African sable
Burchell's zebra
Hartmann's zebra
lion
leopard
Cape buffalo
Cape bushbuck
Masiland bushbuck
African wildcat
steenbok
Kalahari springbok
black springbok
klipspringer
Defassa waterbuck
common waterbuck
common reedbuck
mountain reedbuck
Bohor reedbuck
kudu
Nyasaland wildebeest
blue wildebeest
black wildebeest
tsessebe
vaal rhebok
grey duiker
Kirk's dik dik
Damaraland dik dik
blesbok
bontebok
hippo
nyala
topi
Lichtenstein's hartebeest
red hartebeest
Thompson's gazelle
giraffe
olive baboon
Livingston's eland
Cape eland
Patterson's eland

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Re: What game have you shot on Safari in Africa? [Re: NitroX]
      #52081 - 11/03/06 03:25 AM

Three trips (2000,2002,2005); all in South Africa.

Greater Kudu - 2
Gemsbok - 2
Impala - 6 (some were culls for the farm owner)
Warthog - 6 (some were culls for the farm owner)
Steenbok - 1
Bushpig - 1 (not a trophy; small one for eating)
Red Hartebeest - 1
Limpopo Bushbuck -1

Not a very extensive list but I sure had fun!!

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Re: What game have you shot on Safari in Africa? [Re: allenday]
      #52084 - 11/03/06 03:37 AM

Allen & Others,

An impressive set of lists so far.

My own is much more humble but still working on it and that is the fun part. However I need to stop shooting the same animals.

Cape Buffalo
Eland
Kudu
Blue Wildebeest
Zebra
Impala
Duiker (species?)
Warthog
Chobe Bushbuck
Limpopo Bushbuck
Waterbuck




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Re: What game have you shot on Safari in Africa? [Re: NitroX]
      #52094 - 11/03/06 04:17 AM

elephant
cape buffalo
giraffe
eland
waterbuck
kudu
wildebeest
zebra
impala
bushbuck
warthog
civet
baboon
guinea fowl
baobab tree
bees' nest


I would really like to add a hippo to the list as well as increase the ele count.

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Re: What game have you shot on Safari in Africa? [Re: NitroX]
      #52126 - 11/03/06 01:22 PM

Elephant
Buffalo
Zebra
Giraffe
Eland
Sable
Waterbuck
Reedbuck
Leopard
Kudu
Bushbuck
Impala
Oribi
Duiker
Steenbok
Klipspringer
Wildbeest
Tsessebe
Warthog

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Re: What game have you shot on Safari in Africa? [Re: zimhunter]
      #52145 - 12/03/06 12:39 AM

My list:

elephant
cape buffalo
hyhena
Chobie bushbuck
Limpopo bushbuck
eland
kudu
waterbuck
impala
blue wildebeast
Burchell's zebra

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Re: What game have you shot on Safari in Africa? [Re: JPK]
      #52183 - 12/03/06 09:46 AM

Here goes:

elephant
hippo
buffalo-Cape
lion
leopard
hyena
croc
kudu-E. African, Southern Greater, Cape, lesser
roan-E. African
sable
waterbuck-common
wildebeest-blue, black, white bearded, Cookson's
hartebeest-red, Lichenstein's
eland-cape, E. African
gerenuk
dik-dik-Kirk's
gazelle-Thompson, Grant's
lechwe-black, Kafue, red
tseesbe
oribi
impala
warthog
blesbuk
bushbuck-Chobe, E.African, Cape
zebra-Burchell's with/without shadow strip, Hartemann's
gemsbok
springbok
puku
reebuck-common, mountain
nyala






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Edited by markhyoung (12/03/06 09:50 AM)

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Re: What game have you shot on Safari in Africa? [Re: NitroX]
      #52198 - 12/03/06 02:46 PM

Nitro

I shoot the same ones too. I'm not trying for one of each.

Buffalo
Elephant
Hippo
Lion
Leopard
Gemsbok
Kudu
Burchells Zebra
Hartmann's Zebra
Hartebeast
Wildebeast
Impala
Sable
Warthog
Bushpig
Red Lechwe
Black Lechwe
Oribi
Reedbuck
BushbuckSpringbok
Kipspringer
Cheetah



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Re: What game have you shot on Safari in Africa? [Re: mickey]
      #52234 - 13/03/06 02:40 AM

I don't think there's anything wrong with shooting the same animals. I've done a great deal of that myself!

I've considered trying for "one of everything", but I finally gave up on that idea. There are places in Africa that I simply don't want to hunt, and there are a lot of animals that I have no interest in shooting. Besides, the idea of keeping up with the Level of Achievement Award guys gives me a headache!

But I could hunt kudu, eland, sable, roan, zebra, wildebeest, warthog, lion, leopard, and Cape buffalo year after year and never get tired of it...........

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Re: What game have you shot on Safari in Africa? [Re: allenday]
      #52237 - 13/03/06 03:14 AM

Myself I love shooting impala. I love the horns but unless I get a much bigger animal will probably not have many shoulder mounted. As I like flat skins and skull mounts these can still be taken.

I have only taken one warthog, as I have only ever had a chance at one worth taking but I would probably take them each trip. No bushpig yet but I like hunting swine anywhere.

As both of these animals are cheap enough that is not bad.

Only one kudu but I will certainly hunt them again.

And zebra skins make such nice rugs, so the three of them so far is only the start.

I love hunting busbuck so will hunt them again and again as well.

Cape buffalo are a herd animal and a great hunting quarry. Like water buffalo I would hunt them again and again if I am able.

The grand slam award ideas of checking off animals off a list doesn't do anything for me, I'm more there just to hunt.


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Re: What game have you shot on Safari in Africa? [Re: allenday]
      #52277 - 13/03/06 01:31 PM

I'm open for new animals it's just that, like you, I don't want to go everywhere.

If you could only hunt one animal, not a DG, what would it be?

I think it would be Hatrmann's Zebra in Namibia or Kudu. Both are very challenging if done on foot in the Mountains.



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Re: What game have you shot on Safari in Africa? [Re: mickey]
      #52288 - 13/03/06 03:08 PM

Boy Mick, that's a tough call. I think Kudu would have to top my list too. But, then again, I realy enjoy hunting big Gemsbok Bulls.

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Re: What game have you shot on Safari in Africa? [Re: mickey]
      #52327 - 14/03/06 12:37 AM

Mick,

I just tried and failed with the bongo. I agree to try it once again, not more.

The splendid game which eluded me, either being smarter than me or out of quota is the WATERBUCK.
I am really wondering if I'll get one in fair chase circumstances?

I feel happy for I hunted some interesting animals and nonetheless I still have to consider to hunt real paradises like Zim, Tanz, Zam and Botswana. No smal achievement that keeping paradisicac game countries in perspectives.

Considering shooting the same games again, my opinions are mitigated.
Warthog, baboon and buff : YES
Hartebeest, and Waterbuck (not shot yet) : NO for they are too......(not stupid) .......but confident.
For other games, I think, only if their trophies is indeed far better than the ones I got.
Rather than shooting the same games again, I prefer to hunt in another country, almost the same species but another subspecies, along with the joy of discovering a different country and different people.

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Re: What game have you shot on Safari in Africa? [Re: mickey]
      #52341 - 14/03/06 01:56 AM

Mickey, if I could only hunt one species of non-dangerous African big game, I'd go with kudu. I'm a born and bred western elk hunter, and kudu have always reminded me of Africa's version of elk.

My second pick would be eland.........

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Re: What game have you shot on Safari in Africa? [Re: allenday]
      #52447 - 15/03/06 02:54 AM

Gents,

This is kind of interesting because it shows what safari means to different people and what their different expectations may be for their own adventures. To me it is becoming clear that I'm kind of a collector at least within my budgetary restraints and if in most cases I can't kill a bigger trophy of a particular species than I have shot before I'm not interested in taking it. This is witnessed by my '03 safari in Tanzania where I shot no buffalo when I had 3 on license and multiple chances to shoot them. Took some crap for that one on AR. On the other hand I think I could be pretty happy if I could organize a trophy elephant or leopard hunt every year. With these 2 species as long as it was a mature male I would not care so much about the trophy quality. The experience itself would be reward enough.

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Re: What game have you shot on Safari in Africa? [Re: allenday]
      #52449 - 15/03/06 03:02 AM

Here's my list:

Southern Impala
Common Reedbuck
Common Waterbuck
Southern Greater Kudu
East African Greater Kudu
Gemsbok
Nyasa Wildebeest
Lichtenstein's Hartebeest
Red Hartebeest
Warthog
Steenbok
Burchell's Zebra
Hartmann's Zebra
Hippopotamus
Cape Buffalo
Lion
Leopard
Elephant

And I, unlike some of you guys, definitely DO want one of each!

But only one plains game animal for the rest of my life?

Keeping it affordable (i.e., ruling out the exotics, like the Lord Derby's eland, mountain nyala, sitatunga and bongo), I would have to agree that the southern greater kudu would be the one.

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Re: What game have you shot on Safari in Africa? [Re: markhyoung]
      #52480 - 15/03/06 03:37 PM

In reply to:

if in most cases I can't kill a bigger trophy of a particular species than I have shot before I'm not interested in taking it



I have the same philosophy when trophy hunting.

A friend of mine has the same outlook and has passed on Stone Sheep that most hunters would shoot.

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Re: What game have you shot on Safari in Africa? [Re: NitroX]
      #52486 - 15/03/06 06:17 PM

Southern impala
Northern impala
Gerenuk
Lesser Kudu
Roosevelt Sable
Burchell's Zebra
Livinsgton's Eland
Lion
Leopard
Cape buffalo
Cape bushbuck
Pocupine
Steenbok
Bushpig
Steenbuck
Klipspringer
Common Waterbuck
Common Reedbuck
Grant's Gazelle
Warthog
Greater Kudu
Nyasaland wildebeest
Blue Wildebeest
Cookson's Wildebeest
Tsessebe
Nile Crocodile
Jackal
Kirk's dik dik
Red Lechwe
Hyena
Topi
Hippo
Gemsbok
Fringed Eared Gemsbok
Topi
Lichtenstein's hartebeest
Elephant
Thompson's gazelle

I guess I didn't miss anyone

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