Results from 2012 Zimbabwe hunt

[Rob]

Here is a table of the animals that I saw while there.

Basically I sat down every evening and estimated how many of each kind of animal I saw and recorded it in a table.
Notes:
-Baboons, Vervet Monkey were not included as we saw so many of them.
-I heard Leopards on at least 5 occasions but did not see them so they are not listed.
-There were approx. 1 billion Impala so they are not coutned either.
-There were a lot more zebra and wildebeest seen by others than I saw.  Since I did not hunt them till the last day, I was not in the area they hung out, so I did not see too many.
-Some of the Elephants may have been duplicate sightings, but there were ALOT of elephants there!

[lhrbull]

Rob where at did you wind up hunting if i recall correctly the SAv got shut down just before you left. Where ever you hunted looks like it held some very high quality animals.

[carpsniperg2]

Great bunch of animals

[BOWHUNTER45]

WOW Definitely burned some lead  Those Buffalo are huge 

[gramps]

Thanks for sharing all the info' about this whole adventure.  You have set the standard for planning a trip like this.
I really like the wart hog!!

[ShaneTyTrey]

Awesome adventure, thanks for posting!!!

[DeerThug]

So what does a baboon taste like/  Just curious....

[Rob]

There was no eating of Baboon. 

In general, most folks over there seem to consider them vermin and would like as many shot as possible.  I know that a troop of Baboon can destroy an expensive thatch roof in no time.  They are kinda like really really smart coyote or raccoon I guess.

When we were in Namibia the PH told us to shoot as many as we could and we would only be charged for ones we wanted to bring home.

We did not shoot any in Namibia because initially I had no interest in doing so, and by the time I started to think I might want to, I realized that they were well conditioned to stay the heck away from us.  Best shot we had was a 500 yard running shot.

There were a lot more of them in Zim and we had many more shot opportunities.

For the one I shot, I plan to have the skull done as a desktop mount, and have the hide made into a small rug.  The skulls are pretty dang cool looking.  The eyes sockets are very interesting, and teeth are amazing.  Here is a photo of one.

[rock]

 Sorry if this is dumb question , but are you getting mounts done on all of them or only select ones?

[Rob]

not a dumb question.

I am still thinking on everything, but this is what I am thinking for now:
Pedistal mount for buffalo
Pedistal mount for Wildebeest
Rug for Zebra
Full Body for Klipspringer
wall pedistal or full body for the Bushbuck
Thinking full body for the Vervet
Wall mount in rocks for the warthog
and just having a soft tan done on the baboon.

[DeerThug]

Ok so I have to admit that is cool.  Just a different hunting experience than I would be used to.  Hard to imagine being able to hunt for that long with multiple species.

Know  of a colleague that went to S Africa.  Baboons were shot off of center pivots in Ag fields.  Imagine baboons in Othello tearing crap up...   So i get it if they are like coyotes here...  but would have been interesting to cook one up...   just saying

[kiler]

Zebra's are trippy..... no i'm not high

[sled]

Looks like a bad ass time!

[Rob]

They call Zebra "Disco Donkey's".  I like that!

The smell of the Baboon was enough to turn my stomach!  I had to make an effort not to gag.  I can't imagine eating one.  I'd eat a Coyote first!  Heck, I'd eat 10 Coyotes first!

Can't believe no one commented on my Vervet Monkey...  I am fond of asking folks if they want to see my blue monkey balls...

The wife says the Vervet goes into the closet when her parents come to visit!  (I guess then it will be the evil monkey in opur closet!).  I might have a powder blue tuxedo jacket made for him...

[DeerThug]

So this is a serious question.

Did you have to shoot a stallion zebra.  reason i ask is a few years ago we ran into a deer hunter north of Spokane that had just returned from safari.  He came and shared our fire and had great stories.  When they got into zebra the PH told him to shoot the stallion.  other wise it was like a way bigger few.  He just shot the biggest one and got lucky. 

So can you tell a male and female zebra apart?