With all this show and tell going on how about some cats big and small?

Here's my son's leopard from our TZ hunt in 2005:

My 2005 lion.

You read my mind again UEG jorge

Just trying to stay one step ahead. . .

Beautiful Lion Use Enough! Where did you hunt him?
Here's my Leopard from last years hunt in Zambia. .375 H & H using one 285 grain Speer Grand Slam. Was dead before he hit the ground.

Lioness - October 2005

PH Thierry Labat of Roger Whittall Safaris and a large Save Valley tom, taken on Humani, 2006



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30ott6: He was hunted right on the Kruger border in a large reserve area where the fences are down with the Park. The area had elephant, rhino, cape buffalo, etc. that would move in and out of the area from the Park on an almost daily basis. Quite amazing to see. He and three other males came in to the hippo hind quarter baits that we had hung. He was the largest coming in at between 605 and 610 lbs, and was quite aggressive. Unfortunately, the reserve that we hunted has now been sold as of last December and no hunting is allowed on it at all. I understand that it is now part of a larger eco-tourism concern. My goal this year is a big tom leopard, like yours and the one that David Hulme has posted! I will be hunting Namibia for leopard, with dogs.

Thanks Use Enough! Man, a 600+ pounder. You were at the right place at the right time.

Good luck on the Leopard hunt. Sure is fun! If you will be hunting with Vaughn Fulton, please tell him I said hi.

John

Here is an excerpt from a story i wrote concerning a few hairy hunting incidents that took place last year. The piece concerns the above leopard, and PH's Roger Whittall, Thierry Labat and Brent Leesmay.



A big tom leopard had been wounded the previous evening, and Roger, Thierry and PH Brent Leesmay were called in to help. Dense does not even begin to describe the bush where the trail of the leopard led into. This is Turgwe riverine – denser than dense and dominated by the infamous lantana bush with its cruel, clinging thorn. Roger brought in his two dogs – Bang and India – and soon they were hot on the trail. The hunters were not too hot on the trail though, with the lantana, reduced visibility and the prospect of facing an enraged leopard at any second being the major progress hindrances. Thierry and Roger were out front, with Brent a few metres behind – always good to have a tail gunner they say. The men had just entered a smallish clearing, when Bang the pointer ran across their front, nose to the ground and obviously on scent. Bang entered compact bush to the right, and then, after a couple of barks, came hurtling out with a yelp. The men knew that the dog had seen the wounded cat. Poised for action, Roger and Thierry scanned the bush-line ten yards off. A fallen tree trunk at eye level hampered efforts to see, and Thierry leant down to try and look underneath said trunk. And then the leopard charged. When I asked Thierry from how far it came, he said: ‘God knows – there was just bush and then there was leopard, mere metres from us, grunting and streaking over the ground at a speed I’ve never seen in an animal before.’ When I asked him how long, he said: ‘Two seconds is a long time….’
Standing side by side, Roger and Thierry fired simultaneously – instinctively, without aiming, for there was obviously no time. Roger was carrying his trusty Holland and Holland .465/500 double, and Thierry had his .458 Lott. Incredibly, both shots hit the leopard hard, which is just as well because the cat’s momentum crashed it into the legs of Roger Whittall, knocking him to the ground. The leopard lay threshing about and dying not one metre from Roger, and he leant over and discharged the second barrel into it at point blank range, ending the affair.
‘I’m just thankful that I carry my rifle and not a shotgun on leopard follow-ups,’ says Roger Whittall. ‘Both Thierry and I hit that leopard solidly and, I believe, killed it instantly. By the time it careered into me, it was probably stone dead. A shotgun wouldn’t have stopped that cat – it was coming through the grass like an express train, and the wound it sustained the previous evening seemed not to be hampering it at all.’
Interesting reflections by one of this country’s most highly experienced big game hunters.

Very good story!

Great cats guys. Sorry, I don't have any cats to share yet!

This is a terrible pic. Night Shot was a poor choice here. Anyway I know leoaprds are supposed to be very tough but this one came on the first evening in the blind in Tanzania. Same exact thing happened in Zambia. In Zim we sat both morning and night and I shot my leopard on the second morning. Given those results I have to believe that the area has alot to do with your success on leopards.

Mark

Mark

Lordy! Where?

My best trophy ever
Zimbabwe 2004
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That's a good lookin cat as well!

Nice cats everyone!

Kino, your leopard is wonderful, looks like he has a big head.

My old guy, he has a very scared up face and was blind in one eye, it was clawed through sometime in his life. He reminded me of a pirate. You can also see this leopard on Buzz Charlton's ele video.

I shot him an hour before dark not far from the banks of the Zambezi in Chewore North (the place of magic!).

Zambia, 2006. Ruger RSM, .416 Rigby with Barnes 400 Gr TSX in handloads. Shot about 1/2 hour before dark off of a hippo bait. We saw this lion twice during the daylight before taking him.

Zimbabwe 2005. 300 Win Mag, 168 gr. TSX

Dang, those are all good cats!!! Congrats to all!

taken in Botswana(Kalahari) with 12 gauge load of SG at 5 yards when he charged after being bayed up by the dogs

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Here's my son's leopard from our TZ hunt in 2005:

Spring, you need another son to help you hunt animals in Africa?

Those are all some really nice cats. I cant wait till I can get over there and get me one or two.