Hi all,

I've seen some photo's of the Lesser Kudu and think it looks like a very interesting animal to hunt. Sometimes a Really big Kudu can look unweildy but these little ones seem to be much more "Dinky". (I also wouldn't know where to put a Kudu!!)

I also have heard about "Dwarf" Buffalo? Am I mistaken on this?

Also are there any other "minature" types out there? and where is the best place to hunt the above? What would be enough gun for a little bufflett?

Thanks,
FB

Fallow, The lesser Kudu is a bit expensive to hunt compared to the GS Kude or Cape Kudu. There are many small antelope to hunt in RSA. Bush Duiker, Steenbok, Klipspringer are the less expensive and then you have the Blue Duiker, Red Duiker, Cape Grysbok, Orbi and Livingston Suni which carry trophy fees from about $800 to $2400 USD. Also you have the Damara Dik-Dik in Namibia for a fee of about $900/1000 usd and the Sharpes Grysbok in Zim. for a very low fee say about $250. Other nice small ones are Southern Mt Reedbuck, Vaal Rehbok and the three Springbok.

Hi Die Ou Jagter,

The small antelope all looked like fun while I was RSA but I didn't get the opportunity to bag any. There were heaps of Steenbok, and a few Duikers about, but mainly in the lights when were were drivng home from wing shooting.

What I was more interested in was small versions of big game hence the kudu or Pygmy Buffalo.

Incedentally what is the fee on a lesser Kudu?

Rgds,FB

FB,

The expense of a lesser kudu isn't so much the trophy fee. They're costly because they're only available on a 21 day license.

FB

The problem with the lesser kudu is in Tanzania where you find him you need a 21 day license. We offer them on a 16 day hunt but once you have paid the 21 day government fees plus the daily fees etc. for a 16 hunt you are looking at enough money to put on several greater kudu safaris further to the south.

In Ethiopia you can also hunt them and they are excellent quality but once again I think you will find they are only avaialble on a 14 day schedule and your total price will be very high in comparison to plains game in RSA, Namibia, Zim.

The smaller varieties of buffalo that are available are in central Africa and also involve a spendie hunt. Bakino Faso or Benin might be the least expensive. I think you can get pricing from searching the web for Club Faune that has operated there for quite awhile.

Regards,

Mark

Thanks Guys,

This was really academic but I had no idea the lesser Kudu was so expensive...

I'll have to settle for keeping on trying to get a big one then!!

By the way Mark,
Did you get my E-mail?
Rgds,
FB

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Originally posted by Fallow Buck:
Hi all,


I also have heard about "Dwarf" Buffalo? Am I mistaken on this?

Also are there any other "minature" types out there? and where is the best place to hunt the above? What would be enough gun for a little bufflett?

Thanks,
FB

The so-called Dwarf Buffalo are indeed smaller than the Cape Buffalo, and look very different. These are jungle Buffalo, and are quite dangerous to hunt. They are smaller in size only, and are far more agressive than the Cape Buffalo. Addtionally, the act much the same as lions, in that they bunch up into small groups, and if one is wounded, you have all of them to deal with. This is compounded by the fact that they usually are taken in very tight cover of the rain forest/jungle, so are mostly shot at very close range. I would use no rifle smaller than I would use for Cape Buffalo. These are very expensive as well, because of the logistics involved, in hunting them. Etheopia has the NILE Buffalo, which is a small version of the Cape veriety, but is still quite large, and requires real cartridges as well. I would think the Nile Buffalo would be cheaper to hunt than the Dwarf buff of west Africa. I guess you could just shoot a calf Cape Buffalo!

I know what you mean about the little guys, and one hunt that might interest you is a "SMALL CATS" hunt in RSA. Someone down there is offering a short hunt for the four small cats, and if I remember correctly it is quite cheap, and I believe only a five day hunt, with dogs. A nice little 22 Hornet rifle would be nice for this hunt.

I think up in Central Africa there are also a forest elephant and rhino as well although I am not sure if they are hunted these days.

regards,

Pete

Lesser Kudu can still be hunted on a 15 day safari in Ethiopia. They are found in both the Omo Valley and in the Danakil Desert.
SCI #'s 1 & 2 come from the Omo Valley.

We hunt Nile Buffalo in the Sala Concession north of the Omo VAlley and will soon have a new area the abounds with them (but it's a secret!) I suspect the cost is about the same as the NW variety.

If you want ot get really little....there's always the Guenther's dik-dik!
Rich Elliott

What about the Royal antelope and Bates Antelope - I don't know if they are huntable anywhere.