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Re: Botswana Leopards, Crocs and Elephants
      27/06/07 03:58 PM

Hi John,

I've honestly never seen an area with as much Leopard activity as this one......and there were plenty of similar sized spoor to the cat we took. - One must be about 15% bigger one his one front paw and the other front paw is missing the toes. - Probably got caught in a snare at some time...... but that bugger just ripped the baits down and took them off to eat elsewhere. Incidentally, during the 2 week cat hunt, we saw Leopards twice in the daytime and found two fresh (and I really do mean fresh) natural kills.

The Elephants are in large family herds with lots of babies and the bulls are sometimes with them and/or sometimes in small groups. - mostly between 2-4. They move up and down the Tuli Block but seem to visit each area for a few days and then move on. Seems to be about a 5-7 day cycle. We currently have permission to hunt the Elephants on 4 adjoining areas and are working on expanding that number.

Regarding the flatdogs, the largest one I hooked into, I had on for 45 minutes but it was vitrually impossible to turn him with the tackle I was using..... lotsa fun though.

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



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* Botswana Leopards, Crocs and Elephants shakari 27/06/07 06:24 AM
. * * Re: Botswana Leopards, Crocs and Elephants xausa   30/06/07 03:28 AM
. * * Re: Botswana Leopards, Crocs and Elephants shakari   30/06/07 04:09 AM
. * * Re: Botswana Leopards, Crocs and Elephants shakari   01/07/07 12:59 AM
. * * Re: Botswana Leopards, Crocs and Elephants armbar   01/07/07 02:08 PM
. * * Re: Botswana Leopards, Crocs and Elephants shakari   01/07/07 03:35 PM
. * * Re: Botswana Leopards, Crocs and Elephants armbar   02/07/07 03:05 PM
. * * Re: Botswana Leopards, Crocs and Elephants NitroXAdministrator   27/06/07 02:37 PM
. * * Re: Botswana Leopards, Crocs and Elephants shakari   27/06/07 03:58 PM
. * * Re: Botswana Leopards, Crocs and Elephants SAHUNT   27/06/07 04:36 PM
. * * Re: Botswana Leopards, Crocs and Elephants NitroXAdministrator   27/06/07 11:36 PM
. * * Re: Botswana Leopards, Crocs and Elephants shakari   28/06/07 12:49 AM
. * * Re: Botswana Leopards, Crocs and Elephants SAHUNT   28/06/07 03:41 AM
. * * Re: Botswana Leopards, Crocs and Elephants Bramble   28/06/07 05:09 AM
. * * Re: Botswana Leopards, Crocs and Elephants shakari   28/06/07 05:36 AM
. * * Re: Botswana Leopards, Crocs and Elephants NitroXAdministrator   29/06/07 02:02 PM
. * * Re: Botswana Leopards, Crocs and Elephants shakari   29/06/07 03:33 PM

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