The blue duiker hunting was well organized. I hunted with Lauren as well as her father, who is a PH.
The foliage, as you can see in photo, is thick islands of extremely dense forest with grass pasture in between.
The dogs would work an area and when they hit a trail they'd start bawling....and damn it is exciting to hear them sound off. I may have started shaking like a ten-year-old on his first deer. Lauren and her dad would put me in a specific spot and point out one of two areas the duiker would likely follow when pressured enough by the hounds. They'd done this before many times. The duikers want to stay in the brush, but to escape the hounds, they need to break out of the cover.
When they do so, they come out at about 200 miles an hour...or they run out and may stop a second to see what is happening.
I borrowed an amazing classic side-by-side 12-gauge. It was easily one of the neatest firearms I've held. It also shot true when I did my part.
I missed one on the second stand, but killed one on the fifth stand.
Very neat hunt and unique trophy. Blue duiker are truly of of Africa's great forest prizes.
The foliage, as you can see in photo, is thick islands of extremely dense forest with grass pasture in between.
The dogs would work an area and when they hit a trail they'd start bawling....and damn it is exciting to hear them sound off. I may have started shaking like a ten-year-old on his first deer. Lauren and her dad would put me in a specific spot and point out one of two areas the duiker would likely follow when pressured enough by the hounds. They'd done this before many times. The duikers want to stay in the brush, but to escape the hounds, they need to break out of the cover.
When they do so, they come out at about 200 miles an hour...or they run out and may stop a second to see what is happening.
I borrowed an amazing classic side-by-side 12-gauge. It was easily one of the neatest firearms I've held. It also shot true when I did my part.
I missed one on the second stand, but killed one on the fifth stand.
Very neat hunt and unique trophy. Blue duiker are truly of of Africa's great forest prizes.