Safari2. Nuanetsi is great for big leopards but its a 50/50 shot as to if they come in during day light and then its normally the last few minutes. I have shot 2 cats down there this year and both were at last light without a spotlight but the other out of the other 5 shot, only 2 others were in daylight. It also has not been hunted in 4 years and by 2014 it will have been hunted for 3 years then. It is possible but I personally think the Valley has a higher possibility than private land or cattle ranches to get a leopard during daylight.

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Originally posted by Mark Vallaro:
Safari2. Nuanetsi is great for big leopards but its a 50/50 shot as to if they come in during day light and then its normally the last few minutes. I have shot 2 cats down there this year and both were at last light without a spotlight but the other out of the other 5 shot, only 2 others were in daylight. It also has not been hunted in 4 years and by 2014 it will have been hunted for 3 years then. It is possible but I personally think the Valley has a higher possibility than private land or cattle ranches to get a leopard during daylight.

Thanks for the update..I knew they were taking some good ones but obviously not up to date on the daylight hunting situation.

Mark..since I have your ear..what is the buffalo situation in Nuanetsi?

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Originally posted by Brett Adam Barringer:
Assuming the Save doesn't fall to pieces what's the chances of a day time leopard? From speaking to people who have hunted there it sounds like day time lion are hard enough let alone leopard. Thoughts?

Brett

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Hi Jim The buffalo at Nuanetsi have 350 000 hectares to roam in and are busy moving around the area and have not found a nice spot to call home yet. We will only see next year after the rains where they have stopped. There are between 800 to 1000 buff at the moment but due to thick bush we can't get a good count. The average this year was just under 39" wide. We took a 42", 43" and the biggest was a 45" this year. I think it will be tough to start with due to thick brush but we will get them. It should be a good hunt and lots of plains game down there. We get 25 tags a year there.

Sorry I made a mistake. The whole ranch is 350 000 hectares. Game section or the southern section is 150 000 hectares. The buffalo are on the southern section.

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Originally posted by BigBBear:
Jim, to get this back on topic rather than a "welcome to" but a daylight hunt in the valley is pretty tough as the leopards are harrassed quite much. I think the advice here is pretty sound and the best daylight cats are either with dogs (not cheap), or in Tanzania and it does take a 21 day which is more even. Frik and Luis Muller, Bruce Watson and Cliff Walker all hunt Rifa and I am not sure but I think cats must be daylight there. They do have a huge success rate and I can help you contact them if you want to talk. Better have a scope on something accurate rather than my old A/N. Also, the recommendation for CMS is always sound but I do not knwo the daylight factor there. Buzz could tell you more.

good to hear you are going back over.

Larry

Hi Larry,

Thanks for the advice. I would rate my .375 as "accurate". Still love shooting your old A&N though. Perhaps a tusker will fall to it in the future.

Cheers
Jim

I may have to hide your .375.......

Brett

Then I'll go with my 300 H&H. If you hade that I'll go with the tupperware 7mm Mag. Hide that I'll go with borrowing Bait Babe's 7 x 57. There's always my deadly accurate .416 Rigby too but a bit of overkill on a Leopard.

No double on a Leopard for me.

Jim,
I think you should go back to royal Kafue and complete the royal kafue slam with leopard and elephant!
Maybe in combination with kafue flats ( or Bangweulu) !

Dennis

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Originally posted by Mark Vallaro:
Sorry I made a mistake. The whole ranch is 350 000 hectares. Game section or the southern section is 150 000 hectares. The buffalo are on the southern section.

Thanks Mark...Last question..is the "Game Section" fenced?

It's tough to beat Mark's advice. I was in Chewore North in July, and saw two leopards taken by his fellow PHs. I was told that it would take a bit of bad luck to not score on Mr. Spots on a 14 day hunt. A 15-year old young lady shot a beauty on her second day--at 7:20 in the morning!

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Originally posted by Caracal:
Jim,
I think you should go back to royal Kafue and complete the royal kafue slam with leopard and elephant!
Maybe in combination with kafue flats ( or Bangweulu) !

Dennis

Very very tempting Dennis!!

I suspect, barring calamity, Mr. Baldry, Bait Babe, and I will share a campfire again some day.

Cheers
Jim

Jim,

An interesting thing that I have observed and learnt from Dusty, the ecologist that is doing a very in depth study on leopard on Sango in the SVC, is that a large number of leopard feed in the early day light hours. I have seen a substantial number of cats photographed on our trail cameras in day light, mainly mornings. The fact that we are legally allowed to hunt at night means that most ( 95% ish ) of the leopard are indeed taken at night. Everyone who I have hunted with in SVC, has only been interested in getting a nice leopard, regardless of it being at night. I believe that should you only want to get a cat during daylight ours, even if it's in the SVC, one would have to adjust his method of hunting and it would certainly be very possible. I guess what I am trying to say is that you have as good a chance of getting a leopard during daylight hours, if thats what you are aiming for, on Sango for example than you do in a lot of the daylight only hunting areas of Zim. Use the right guy in the right area and the odds increase. Happy hunting.