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I was recently awarded 2 new areas in NW Namibia, namely Uukolonkhadi-Ruacana and Puros. U-R is very simmelar to Uukwaluudi, the other area I have up there, with the bonus that it has the Kunene river as a Northern boundary. Both U-R and Uukwalundi are mostly Western-Kalahari sand covered in scrub mopane, with small hills and pans that grows bigger as you continue North. Puros on the other hand, is totally different, a true desert, but with loads of wildlife. I thought AR members would enjoy some of the photos I took on a recent scout to the Puros area.  Not what you would expect in the desert, but actually plentyful, also on quota!  More typical what you would expect  Plenty of them around, even have a culling quota for them!  Same here...  Even kudu are present in this dry area.      Hope you enjoyed! Karl Stumpfe Ndumo Hunting Safaris www.huntingsafaris.net karl@huntingsafaris.net P.O. Box 1667, Katima Mulilo, Namibia Cell: +264 81 1285 416 Fax: +264 61 254 328 Sat. phone: +88 163 166 9264 | ||
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Nice pics and a good looking area Karl. The last pic is a very heavy ram, and one of my favorites! Thanks for sharing. David 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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Great pictures and very interesting looking areas. Are these consessions/communal areas or ranches? | |||
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Manne! That sounds lekker. Are Ruacana falls on your boundary? Puros - isn't there a large community conservancy there? Thats where Dr. Flip Stander has done much of his work on desert lions I believe. Need an appy for a couple weeks this winter  | |||
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kayaker, yes Puros the "village" (around 250 people call this area home) is right in the middle of this area, and it is exactly where they have done the reseach on the desert lions. In fact, you have a great chance to see some of them, as well as these guys:  There are also a few desert elephant around. Also, the Ruacana waterfall is on the boundary of the U-R concession. Cazador humilde, all three of these areas are communal concessions, with Puros the largest, and Uukwaluudo the smallest. Approxamate sizes are as follows: Puros 880 000 acres (unfenced) Uukolonkahdi-Ruacana 790 000 acres (unfenced) Uukwaluudi 350 000 acres (of which 15 000 acres are fenced, the rest is unfenced.) Karl Stumpfe Ndumo Hunting Safaris www.huntingsafaris.net karl@huntingsafaris.net P.O. Box 1667, Katima Mulilo, Namibia Cell: +264 81 1285 416 Fax: +264 61 254 328 Sat. phone: +88 163 166 9264 | |||
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So that's why you asked me if I was feeling adventurous. Very interesting looking place. Looks like I'd need to bring my long range rifles instead of my 375 H&H. Frank "I don't know what there is about buffalo that frightens me so.....He looks like he hates you personally. He looks like you owe him money." - Robert Ruark, Horn of the Hunter, 1953 NRA Life, SAF Life, CRPA Life, DRSS lite | |||
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Looks like Angola but it s not because it has animals. The terrain looks exactly like that when we drove up to Foz de Cunene from Ruacana. Very strange that we didnt see game excpet gemsbuck and springbuck but that was way out west from Ruacana. I did however on our way back see some fresh kudu tracks on one of the small dirt tracks, as well as a 3 hornbills two parents and a young one. And a duiker or two running as fast as they could. But that was it for wildlife on the other side of the Cunene. Frederik Cocquyt I always try to use enough gun but then sometimes a brainshot works just as good. | |||
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Frank, you will do fine with your .375 H&H, just maybe laod them with 270gr. Barnes TSX bullets, most shots will be under 250 yards, even in Puros. The other 2 areas are much more "vegetated", so there shots should be much closer. Here is a shot of a black faced impala that I took last year in Uukwaluudi, notice the much thicker vegetation. (Unbelieveble, but these 2 areas are less than 150 miles apart...)  Karl Stumpfe Ndumo Hunting Safaris www.huntingsafaris.net karl@huntingsafaris.net P.O. Box 1667, Katima Mulilo, Namibia Cell: +264 81 1285 416 Fax: +264 61 254 328 Sat. phone: +88 163 166 9264 | |||
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Thanks for the pics. Very interesting. I see it also has the Euphorbia bush but the terrain seems to host a few more trees and maybe a little more topo than Tsiseb conservancy. Do you have any pics of the U-R concession? "...Africa. I love it, and there is no reason for me to explore why. She affects some people that way, and those who feel as I do need no explanation." from The Last Safari | |||
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Karl: I think I saw in one of your other posts that you might put together a special cull hunt for this place. I'd be interested in something like that if it could happen before or after my 2009 Zim hunt. Looks like a great place. Would you consider letting hunters tent camp while on a cull hunt? Namibiahunter  . | |||
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That would be the only accomodation available to hunters... Jorge, unfortunately I only have some trophy shots taken right on the border between Uukwaluudi and U-R. The terrain is simmelar, more rocky in U-R, and sandy in Uukwaluudi. Karl Stumpfe Ndumo Hunting Safaris www.huntingsafaris.net karl@huntingsafaris.net P.O. Box 1667, Katima Mulilo, Namibia Cell: +264 81 1285 416 Fax: +264 61 254 328 Sat. phone: +88 163 166 9264 | |||
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Wow! Karl, thanks for the great pictures. Allen It's a Mauser thing, you wouldn't understand. | |||
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jorge, these picture should give you an idea of what the terrain looks like in U-R and Uu, the other 2 areas. (Both where taken in Uukwaluudi)Their annual rainfull is between 400 and 500mm per year, where Puros is less than 100mm per year (less than 4 inches...). The last picture was also taken at Uu, to illustrate the pans I am talking of.    Karl Stumpfe Ndumo Hunting Safaris www.huntingsafaris.net karl@huntingsafaris.net P.O. Box 1667, Katima Mulilo, Namibia Cell: +264 81 1285 416 Fax: +264 61 254 328 Sat. phone: +88 163 166 9264 | |||
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Nice and interesting looking area, it should be fun to hunt there. Thanks for posting all those lovely pics. Ahmed Sultan | |||
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That seems to be an interesting area Karl, and the Zebra cull would be a thing I appreciate for sure  | |||
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Hi Karl, Nice place! PM sent... Roland | |||
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To those that are interested, I just got a lion added on my quota in the Puros area. Agents are also welcome to contact me re. this hunt. Karl Stumpfe Ndumo Hunting Safaris www.huntingsafaris.net karl@huntingsafaris.net P.O. Box 1667, Katima Mulilo, Namibia Cell: +264 81 1285 416 Fax: +264 61 254 328 Sat. phone: +88 163 166 9264 | |||
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