Eastern Cape

21 June 2011, 03:09

MattMck

Eastern Cape

I understand an often quoted critisism of hunting in SA is that it is not comparible to free roaming parts of Africa such as areas of Botswana, Tanzania, Zim, Namibia etc. Are there areas of the Eastern Cape that could be considered comparable in regards to hunting however?
Thanks guys.
Matt

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21 June 2011, 05:55

L. David Keith

Matt, much of RSA is privately owned. However, there are some farms that have joined in conservancy's that encompasses vast acreage. Some can total tens of thousands of acres, and some of these are only low fenced (live stock fences). Hunting such areas can be rewarding and with some, difficult to navigate. If your hunting and not riding around all the time, your experience can be very good. The Eastern Cape also offers a great variety of game as well. I have hunted two mountain ranges for Vaal Rhebok and have yet to shoot one. The hunting is tough as the terrain, but one day...
Cheers,
David

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25 June 2011, 02:01

Tom In Tennessee

I have killed the East Cape indigenous species....all but my Vallie and Klippie were taken on Conservancies with no fence higher than a cattle fence and it was hard rewarding hunting. The Vallie was on a high fence private farm---two adjoining properties of only 100,000 ac or more and I worked harder for it than any except the Klippie taken on the same property..