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shakari
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Re: DEATH IN THE AFRICAN LONG GRASS!!
17/05/06 12:48 AM

Hoppdoc,

It's very difficult. You can build a wall of thorn branches like the Masai do to protect their livestock etc but it's bloody ugly and you need to move it every day to get the vehicles in and out...... so that doesn't happen. Most camps - and all of my camps have a night watchman armed with a shotgun and a whistle. We usually build him a machan/high seat in a central location so he can see all of the client accommodation at least. I like to keep it small, so he can't get too comfortable and fall asleep. Any nylon net of any sort would be frowned on by the game dept as it could be used for other things...... in fact, nets are specifically mentioned in the Tourist Hunting Regs of both 1974 and 2000 as banned items.

I've had Lions in camp a few times over the years but none as determined as these ones were.

I was in Burigi Tanzania next to the Rwanda border about 5 years ago and was sat outside my tent one lunchtime cleaning my rifle when a Lion walked past and strolled all the way through camp.......... He walked right past me at about 15 yards and just carried on going.....

It was actually funny as hell seeing all the staff climb trees etc with me desperately trying to put my rifle back together in time to do anything..... but he just kept on going in a straight line and we never saw him again.

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Steve "Shakari" Robinson
Kuduland Safaris (Africa) Ltd
info@kuduland.com
www.kuduland.com

Edited by shakari (17/05/06 12:54 AM)

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DEATH IN THE AFRICAN LONG GRASS!!	hoppdoc	15/05/06 12:00 AM
Re: DEATH IN THE AFRICAN LONG GRASS!!	hoppdoc	15/05/06 01:20 PM
Re: DEATH IN THE AFRICAN LONG GRASS!!	shakari	15/05/06 03:35 PM
Re: DEATH IN THE AFRICAN LONG GRASS!!	bulldog563	15/05/06 09:36 PM
Re: DEATH IN THE AFRICAN LONG GRASS!!	hoppdoc	16/05/06 02:08 AM
Re: DEATH IN THE AFRICAN LONG GRASS!!	shakari	16/05/06 04:42 AM
Re: DEATH IN THE AFRICAN LONG GRASS!!	hoppdoc	16/05/06 07:33 AM
Re: DEATH IN THE AFRICAN LONG GRASS!!	JPK	16/05/06 08:35 AM
Re: DEATH IN THE AFRICAN LONG GRASS!!	shakari	16/05/06 04:01 PM
Re: DEATH IN THE AFRICAN LONG GRASS!!	hoppdoc	17/05/06 12:21 AM
Re: DEATH IN THE AFRICAN LONG GRASS!!	shakari	17/05/06 12:48 AM
Re: DEATH IN THE AFRICAN LONG GRASS!!	JPK	17/05/06 02:39 AM
Re: DEATH IN THE AFRICAN LONG GRASS!!	NitroX	17/05/06 03:45 AM
Re: DEATH IN THE AFRICAN LONG GRASS!!	JPK	16/05/06 11:33 PM
Re: DEATH IN THE AFRICAN LONG GRASS!!	shakari	17/05/06 12:33 AM
Re: DEATH IN THE AFRICAN LONG GRASS!!	hoppdoc	17/05/06 06:39 AM
Re: DEATH IN THE AFRICAN LONG GRASS!!	bulldog563	17/05/06 10:44 AM
Re: DEATH IN THE AFRICAN LONG GRASS!!	hoppdoc	17/05/06 11:43 AM
Re: DEATH IN THE AFRICAN LONG GRASS!!	shakari	17/05/06 03:17 PM
Re: DEATH IN THE AFRICAN LONG GRASS!!	shakari	15/05/06 09:50 PM
Re: DEATH IN THE AFRICAN LONG GRASS!!	hoppdoc	15/05/06 10:42 PM
Re: DEATH IN THE AFRICAN LONG GRASS!!	shakari	15/05/06 11:45 PM
Re: DEATH IN THE AFRICAN LONG GRASS!!	Boomer	15/05/06 06:05 AM
Re: DEATH IN THE AFRICAN LONG GRASS!!	bulldog563	15/05/06 05:51 AM

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