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I came across this website today for One-on-One Safaris. If you visit their website: http://www.oneononesafaris.com/, you can see they have a picture of a live Mountain Nyala on the homepage, but the operation is based in South Africa and has absolutely nothing to do with Ethiopia. I guess the web designer just figured it's all the same.  Anyways, I thought some of you might get a kick out of that._______________________________________________________ Hunt Report - South Africa 2022 Wade Abadie - Wild Shot Photography Website | Facebook | Instagram | ||
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You're right about whoops...... that looks like a Tragalaphus Angasaii to me, otherwise known as the common nyala which does occur in SA.....   | |||
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steve, I can't tell if you're joking or not.  I am by no means an expert on Africa, but I am absolutely 100% sure that is NOT a Southern Nyala. It is definitely a Mountain Nyala._______________________________________________________ Hunt Report - South Africa 2022 Wade Abadie - Wild Shot Photography Website | Facebook | Instagram | |||
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No bwana, I'm not joking...... what makes you think it's a mountain nyala? Looks like a common nyala to me, albeit a very big one...... | |||
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Looks like a mountain nyala to me..... | |||
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Look at the legs. Orange legs means it is a Southern Nyala. Big one, but a Southern none the less. Also, note the mane. Mtn Nyala are not that hairy. Sorry, but the whoops is on you, not the web site. Mac | |||
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That is a Mountain Nyala (Tragelaphus buxtoni) and the photo is taken around the park hq in Dinsho Ethiopia. 100% sure! (I haven't taken the photo, but personally recognize the bull...) BTW, I should perhaps introduce myself; I'm a swede and have spent about 6 months in Ethiopia the last two autumns. I've done internship as a biologist and have therefore spent quite some time in Bale, where I conducted baseline surveys on behalf of the NP, Ethiopian wolf conservation programme and Frankfurt Zoological Society. I've lurked around on this forum for years and got helpful info when I booked my first (and so far only) hunt in Africa (Namibia with Vaughan Fulton). Safe hunting, /C-F Stolt | |||
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Now hold on a minute guys, according to ol' Ray: "A lot of the real experts are afraid to post here and most all the gun writers stear clear." So, unless you fall into one of these categories you guys shouldn't know what you are talking about!!!! I for one, come here just to lean from anyone. Peter. Be without fear in the face of your enemies. Be brave and upright, that God may love thee. Speak the truth always, even if it leads to your death. Safeguard the helpless and do no wrong; | |||
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It is not the best of photos to use for identification. The front legs got white at the back, a big white blotch below the chin and the horns are bent towards the back, it all points to a Mountain Njala. I miss the white on the front part of the hind leg, which points towards a Southern Njala. The rest of the coat is also not long enough for a S Njala with such long horns. Life is how you spend the time between hunting trips. Through Responsible Sustainable hunting we serve Conservation. Outfitter permit no. Limpopo ZA/LP/73984 PH permit no. Limpopo ZA/LP/81197 Jaco Human SA Hunting Experience jacohu@mweb.co.za www.sahuntexp.com | |||
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I didnt think Regular Nyala had the curl in the horns that the Mountain Nyala has. This one looks like A Mtn Nyala to me, (judging by a number of photos of both types I've looked up) but then given that I haven't seen either in the flesh... FB | |||
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Note no ventral mane - must be a Mountain Nyala. | |||
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Well we have the SA view. How bought we see what Ethiopia has to add. Mr. Elliot? Also, while we wait perhaps the SA crowd could focus on the flora. Maybe the evidence is there. | |||
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Nyala  Mountain Nyala  Throat patch on the Mountain Nyala, among other things. Jerry Huffaker State, National and World Champion Taxidermist | |||
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The horn bases don't look thick enough for a mountain nyala to me..... but I'm only basing that statement of photos I've seen of MN..... Also I fail to see why a SA outfitter would put what is an alien species to his area on his website? ......The fact it's such a lousy picture makes it even more difficult to be sure. Jerry, That's an adolescent common nyala you've posted there, the real big boys have tips that turn out....... | |||
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Jaco 1, Shakari 0, so far. | |||
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Probably the only one who knows the truth is the outfitter himself..... but he does have common nyala on his trophy list...... | |||
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Southern Nyala  Mountain Nyala  Not even close. Jerry Huffaker State, National and World Champion Taxidermist | |||
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Yes Mr. Huffaker I think we have a winner!!!  Mr Human come on down.  | |||
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No doubt about it that is a common, central, side hill dodger.. But it sure looks like a mountain nyala to me. | |||
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One more vote for definately Mtn. Nyala | |||
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Never seen a mountain nyala in the flesh but definitely does not look like a Southern one to me. First thing I noted on the website background was an absence of a hairy cheast and belly. | |||
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Wow! What an extraordinary bushbuck! | |||
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Tragelaphus Buxtoni gets my vote. Gray Ghost Hunting Safaris http://grayghostsafaris.com Phone: 615-860-4333 Email: hunts@grayghostsafaris.com NRA Benefactor DSC Professional Member SCI Member RMEF Life Member NWTF Guardian Life Sponsor NAHC Life Member Rowland Ward - SCI Scorer Took the wife the Eastern Cape for her first hunt: http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6881000262 Hunting in the Stormberg, Winterberg and Hankey Mountains of the Eastern Cape 2018 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4801073142 Hunting the Eastern Cape, RSA May 22nd - June 15th 2007 http://forums.accuratereloadin...=810104007#810104007 16 Days in Zimbabwe: Leopard, plains game, fowl and more: http://forums.accuratereloadin...=212108409#212108409 Natal: Rhino, Croc, Nyala, Bushbuck and more http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6341092311 Recent hunt in the Eastern Cape, August 2010: Pics added http://forums.accuratereloadin...261039941#9261039941 10 days in the Stormberg Mountains http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7781081322 Back in the Stormberg Mountains with friends: May-June 2017 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6001078232 "Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading" - Thomas Jefferson Every morning the Zebra wakes up knowing it must outrun the fastest Lion if it wants to stay alive. Every morning the Lion wakes up knowing it must outrun the slowest Zebra or it will starve. It makes no difference if you are a Zebra or a Lion; when the Sun comes up in Africa, you must wake up running...... "If you're being chased by a Lion, you don't have to be faster than the Lion, you just have to be faster than the person next to you." | |||
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They are both beautiful. Jerry Hoover | |||
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 Looks like a Mountain Nyala to me. Wish Rich Elliott would chime in. | |||
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Immature, white-throated, ring-necked kudu. RSA is swarming with them. Mike Wilderness is my cathedral, and hunting is my prayer. | |||
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I sent Rich a PM, so hopefully he'll stop by. _______________________________________________________ Hunt Report - South Africa 2022 Wade Abadie - Wild Shot Photography Website | Facebook | Instagram | |||
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Incidentally, Having done a bit of research on this the MN apparently is closer related to the Kudu rather than the Nyala...
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In "African Experience", Boddington mentions that Chris Kinsey has collected DNA from all spiral horns and that analyses of it suggests that the closest relative of the Mtn Nyala actually is the Bushbuck. However, it seems likely that the MN has occupied a niche similar to that of Greater Kudu, but at much higher altitude. Safe hunting, /C-F Stolt | |||
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Woops Steve, I'm late to chime in, but Oneonone has a photo of a mountain nyala on their website. I base that not on my intimate knowledge of this species, but the fact that all southern common nyala with horns (bulls), even young ones like shown in Jerry's first photo, have a very distinctive ventral (bottom) mane. To all others like L david Keith and Steve, scientific name convention is Genus species subspecies with genus starting with a capitol letter and both species and subspecies starting in lowercase. The name is always either printed in italics or underlined. The (rather poor) photo on the website is of Tragelaphus buxtoni In good hunting. Andrew McLaren | |||
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I'm stuck down here in Mexico with a borrowed 'pooter' When I call up the home page I don't get any picture. But if I did at this point in time it would look like a Dorado! Rich Elliott Languishing in the Baja. Rich Elliott Ethiopian Rift Valley Safaris | |||
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Well, I'm back in the USA office. When I call it up on my computer I see a very nice Mountain Nyala Rich Elliott Rich Elliott Ethiopian Rift Valley Safaris | |||
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Case closed. Thanks Rich.  _______________________________________________________ Hunt Report - South Africa 2022 Wade Abadie - Wild Shot Photography Website | Facebook | Instagram | |||
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The give away is the big white blotch on the neck of the mountain nyala compared to a fine white line of the nyala as well as the body posture and the thick neck basically looks like a nyala on steriods. Frederik Cocquyt I always try to use enough gun but then sometimes a brainshot works just as good. | |||
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Well the more I look at the pic the more unsure I become, so I guess I was probably wrong...... although I find it hard to believe that an outfitter who has common nyala on his trophy lis would post a mountain nyala on the homepage of his website......... | |||
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Well, I guess if that's settled, we have nothing left to do but have a contest: How much does he weigh? Gray Ghost Hunting Safaris http://grayghostsafaris.com Phone: 615-860-4333 Email: hunts@grayghostsafaris.com NRA Benefactor DSC Professional Member SCI Member RMEF Life Member NWTF Guardian Life Sponsor NAHC Life Member Rowland Ward - SCI Scorer Took the wife the Eastern Cape for her first hunt: http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6881000262 Hunting in the Stormberg, Winterberg and Hankey Mountains of the Eastern Cape 2018 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4801073142 Hunting the Eastern Cape, RSA May 22nd - June 15th 2007 http://forums.accuratereloadin...=810104007#810104007 16 Days in Zimbabwe: Leopard, plains game, fowl and more: http://forums.accuratereloadin...=212108409#212108409 Natal: Rhino, Croc, Nyala, Bushbuck and more http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6341092311 Recent hunt in the Eastern Cape, August 2010: Pics added http://forums.accuratereloadin...261039941#9261039941 10 days in the Stormberg Mountains http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7781081322 Back in the Stormberg Mountains with friends: May-June 2017 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6001078232 "Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading" - Thomas Jefferson Every morning the Zebra wakes up knowing it must outrun the fastest Lion if it wants to stay alive. Every morning the Lion wakes up knowing it must outrun the slowest Zebra or it will starve. It makes no difference if you are a Zebra or a Lion; when the Sun comes up in Africa, you must wake up running...... "If you're being chased by a Lion, you don't have to be faster than the Lion, you just have to be faster than the person next to you." | |||
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Steve The web design was probably done by a media/IT person that does not understand the difference between sex education and sex training - let alone Nyala subspecies ... Johan | |||
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But surely the owner would have checked his own site and noticed the error..... Ah well, I guess it's just one of life's great mysteries. | |||
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