Huntable Species Quiz

25 July 2010, 07:16

According to a (fairly

) reliable source, only five species of game animal are legally huntable in at least ten of the following twelve countries: Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, CAR, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Anyone care to venture a guess (without looking it up)?

Combined subspecies don't count (ex: reedbuck).

(Hope I didn't miss any and my math is right.)

25 July 2010, 07:45

stevie

My guess:

warthog

lion

leopard

hippo

croc

25 July 2010, 08:01

Steve Ahrenberg

Stevie,
I think you right except maybe hippo, can't hunt them in Bots. and I don't think CAR or Cameroon either. I may be incorrect.
Steve

25 July 2010, 08:19

pinotguy

No Leopard in Benin or Burkina Faso.

Pretty sure Croc is not on license in those two countries either. (Could be mistaken on this though.)

25 July 2010, 09:16

Equinsu Ocha

I'd guess:

buff

reedbuck

warthog

waterbuck

bushbuck

25 July 2010, 09:29

JBrown

Bushpig

Warthog

Buffalo

Jackal

Lion

Jason

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25 July 2010, 09:51

Steve Ahrenberg

Jason's are back on quota in CAR?

25 July 2010, 10:06

Kyler Hamann

Nganga,
That's about the hardest I've ever laughed about a post on AR.

Thanks

25 July 2010, 11:46

JBrown

quote:
Originally posted by JBrown:
1. Bushpig

2. Warthog

3. Buffalo

4. Jackal

5. Lion

I fixed it!

25 July 2010, 12:21

BrettAKSCI

quote:
Originally posted by Nganga:
Jason's are back on quota in CAR?

I know I must be sick!!!! I was thinking the same thing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Brett

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25 July 2010, 19:15

dwarf416

Ngana. You can hunt hippo in norther cameroon. The second chapter is just brilliant. When are you going to publish the book.
No lion in Botswana this year

25 July 2010, 21:52

Steve Ahrenberg

Diego,
Thanks, I'm working on it right now as we speak.The conversion over to "pages" is slow and inserting photos is tedious. I'm thinkin around July 4th 2011?

Steve

25 July 2010, 22:06

shakari

Here's a (fairly

) reliable source that might help:

http://www.shakariconnection.c...-species-a-to-c.html

http://www.shakariconnection.c...-species-d-to-e.html

http://www.shakariconnection.c...-species-f-to-h.html

http://www.shakariconnection.c...-species-i-to-n.html

http://www.shakariconnection.c...species-o-to-si.html

http://www.shakariconnection.c...species-si-to-z.html

We're also in the throes of rebuilding the site to make it easier to navigate, give it a new look and add a LOT more info.

When that's launched you'll also find other countries/info added.

25 July 2010, 22:45

ddrhook

when he say's (we) he means Susan is doing the work he's getting half the credit

25 July 2010, 23:13

shakari

quote:
Originally posted by ddrhook:
when he say's (we) he means Susan is doing the work he's getting half the credit

Well someone has to supervise...... and make the coffee!

28 July 2010, 09:37

JBrown

quote:
Originally posted by SteveGl:
According to a (fairly ) reliable source, only five species of game animal are legally huntable in at least ten of the following twelve countries: Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, CAR, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Anyone care to venture a guess (without looking it up)?

Combined subspecies don't count (ex: reedbuck).

(Hope I didn't miss any and my math is right.)

Are you going to tell us the correct answer?

28 July 2010, 12:54

zimFrosty

quote:
Originally posted by Nganga:
Jason's are back on quota in CAR?

TOOOOOO GOOD. Question is, does anyone know a taxidermist who will mount him??

28 July 2010, 19:46

SteveGl

quote:
Originally posted by JBrown:
quote:
Originally posted by SteveGl:
According to a (fairly ) reliable source, only five species of game animal are legally huntable in at least ten of the following twelve countries: Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, CAR, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Anyone care to venture a guess (without looking it up)?

Combined subspecies don't count (ex: reedbuck).

(Hope I didn't miss any and my math is right.)

Are you going to tell us the correct answer?

I was waiting for a few more guesses and then I forgot about it. I will say this though. All three guessers got warthog - that's one. Stevie got two others and JBrown got one other. Scottyboy just got the warthog, so you you can eliminate the buff, reedbuck, waterbuck and bushbuck.

I'd say that 3 of the remaining 4 are guessable. But if you get the 5th one, you really know your stuff (or you looked it up).

29 July 2010, 04:14

JBrown

Which of these countries don't have buffalo and waterbuck on quota?

My new list: warthog, baboon, duiker, buffalo, and waterbuck.

And I don't understand the combined subspecies exclusion. Lion, leopard, hippo, croc and warthog are the only animals I can think of with a single subspecies common over most of Subsharan Africa. But not all are huntable everywhere(lion and hippo are out in Botswana right?) But I am wrong more often than not.....

So what gives?

29 July 2010, 05:41

SteveGl

Well, I’m going by the breakdown used by that source - which lists a total of 168 separate huntable species or subspecies. When you combine subspecies, the list gets a lot longer, but some of the subspecies are so different from one another that I just decided to keep them all separate. Take baboon for example; as you surmised, you can hunt one or another subspecies of baboon in every one of those countries, but they’re way different from one another, so I kept them separate. The Chacma can only be hunted in 7 countries. Same with waterbuck – at least one subspecies in every country, but even the most widely available, the Common Waterbuck, can only be hunted in 7.

When it comes to buff, you may have a point. Aside from our own very popular “Cape Buffalo”, the site has the Central Savannah Buffalo, North Eastern Savannah Buffalo, and Western Savannah Buffalo all listed as separate and distinct subspecies, but I’d be willing to bet that they’re all really just cape buff in a different region – so I may have to give you that one. (Forest Buff is separate).

This is getting to be more work and less fun than I figured.

Croc – 8 countries.
Leopard – same 8 countries.
Duiker - no comment.

Hell, I think I’m giving it away.

29 July 2010, 08:59

Equinsu Ocha

I only got one?? I looked at the countries and my list again and I must say I am a bit suprised..

I suppose I was spliting hairs, as CB likes to say..

29 July 2010, 16:28

JBrown

quote:
Originally posted by SteveGl:
Well, I’m going by the breakdown used by that source - which lists a total of 168 separate huntable species or subspecies. When you combine subspecies, the list gets a lot longer, but some of the subspecies are so different from one another that I just decided to keep them all separate. Take baboon for example; as you surmised, you can hunt one or another subspecies of baboon in every one of those countries, but they’re way different from one another, so I kept them separate. The Chacma can only be hunted in 7 countries. Same with waterbuck – at least one subspecies in every country, but even the most widely available, the Common Waterbuck, can only be hunted in 7.

When it comes to buff, you may have a point. Aside from our own very popular “Cape Buffalo”, the site has the Central Savannah Buffalo, North Eastern Savannah Buffalo, and Western Savannah Buffalo all listed as separate and distinct subspecies, but I’d be willing to bet that they’re all really just cape buff in a different region – so I may have to give you that one. (Forest Buff is separate).

This is getting to be more work and less fun than I figured.

Croc – 8 countries.
Leopard – same 8 countries.
Duiker - no comment.

Hell, I think I’m giving it away.

I think the whole thing falls apart when we start to discuss what is and is not a valid subspecies.

I would be just be happy to know what five you had in mind when you started this mess.

29 July 2010, 18:15

SteveGl

quote:
Originally posted by JBrown:
quote:
Originally posted by SteveGl:
Well, I’m going by the breakdown used by that source - which lists a total of 168 separate huntable species or subspecies. When you combine subspecies, the list gets a lot longer, but some of the subspecies are so different from one another that I just decided to keep them all separate. Take baboon for example; as you surmised, you can hunt one or another subspecies of baboon in every one of those countries, but they’re way different from one another, so I kept them separate. The Chacma can only be hunted in 7 countries. Same with waterbuck – at least one subspecies in every country, but even the most widely available, the Common Waterbuck, can only be hunted in 7.

When it comes to buff, you may have a point. Aside from our own very popular “Cape Buffalo”, the site has the Central Savannah Buffalo, North Eastern Savannah Buffalo, and Western Savannah Buffalo all listed as separate and distinct subspecies, but I’d be willing to bet that they’re all really just cape buff in a different region – so I may have to give you that one. (Forest Buff is separate).

This is getting to be more work and less fun than I figured.

Croc – 8 countries.
Leopard – same 8 countries.
Duiker - no comment.

Hell, I think I’m giving it away.

I think the whole thing falls apart when we start to discuss what is and is not a valid subspecies.

I would be just be happy to know what five you had in mind when you started this mess.

You got it Jason. I've got to leave town today anyway.

Warthog - all 12 countries
Hippo - all except Bots
Lion - all except Bots
Common Oribi - all except Bots
Common Duiker - all except Bots and Tz

I thought it interesting for a couple of reasons. 1) I've hunted in a few of those countries and never once heard Oribi mentioned. Never even saw one. But if there so widely huntable, you'd think they'd get more mention. 2) With all the concern about Lion, I was suprised that they can be hunted everywhere but Bots.

Anyway it's all at Steve(Shakari)'s website - links above.

Steve - one thing I'd like to see on your new website is the animal weights - even better, a link to full descriprion, range, habits etc.

Later,
S.

29 July 2010, 22:14

Frostbit

quote:
Originally posted by Nganga:
Jason's are back on quota in CAR?

Put down the keyboard and slowly back away......

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30 July 2010, 00:30

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quote:
Originally posted by zimFrosty:
quote:
Originally posted by Nganga:
Jason's are back on quota in CAR?

TOOOOOO GOOD. Question is, does anyone know a taxidermist who will mount him??

That's why I keep well away from taxidermists. I don't want to chance it.