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What are you top five African trophys?

For me it's:

1. Lord Derby Eland
2. Mountain Nyala
3. Giant Forest Hog
4. Hymadrayas Baboon
5. Nubian Ibex
 
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D99,

Do you mean taken or hope too?

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1&2. Kudu and Impala - they both symbolize Africa to me. Everyone should have at least one.
3. Leopard - The most elusive of the big 5.
4. Cape Buffalo - I hope to find a grand old boy next year in Zimbabwe.
5. A 40+ inch Sable; I can only hope someday---.
 
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These are ranked as trophies I would like to collect.

1. Lord Derby Eland
2. Elephant
3. Bongo
4. Lesser kudu
5. Grant's gazelle

The first two I am sure about, the last three could easily change to others based on my mood.


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I would choose without hesitation as my number one African Trophy: A Black Leopard. My friend had one in his trophy room from Ethiopia that he had taken back in the 60's.

2. Mountain Nyala
3. Free ranging Mature Male Lion
4. Bongo
5. Abyssinian Ibex


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1. Lion (again)
2. Leopard (again)
3. Bongo, new world record Big Grin
4. Mountain Nyala #1 or #2 will do.
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Since I am planning my first safari in May, the whole experience will hopefully be my number one trophy. Right now I rank the animals I hope to take as follows:
Kudu
Impala
Warthog
after that I think I will be happy for now.
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Cliched yes

1. ele
2. buff
3. leopard
4. lion
5. Tanzanian ally cat.


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1. Lion
2. Elephant
3. Leopard
4. Buffalo
5. Sable


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1.buffalo
2.buffalo
3.buffalo
4.buffalo
5.leopard

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Considering that I've only hunted plains game, some of these are just my perception from what I've heard or read, but here goes:

1. elephant
2. eland
3. leopard
4. kudu
5. lion

That being said, I would be perfectly happy going back and hunting eland, kudu, mtn. zebra, springbuck and gemsbuck again, again and again.


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1. Elephant
2. Buffalo
3. Kudu
4. Sable
5. Daytime Leopard

As to numbers 1 & 2, I love to hunt them because they are big, you have the anticipation and task of tracking long distances, but always with the unsettling knowledge that if you screw up, you might well become another squishy stain on the ground.

3. Nothing looks more "Africa" than a 54+ inch Kudu... and hunting them is affordable.

4. I once saw a wonderful sable standing on a hill, with the glow of the early-morning sun rising behind him. He began to prance back and forth across the ridge top like a rooster on a fence, periodically shaking his head and blowing great clouds of vapor from his nose in the chilly half-light. We glassed him for ten minutes or so until it became light enough where we could see three lions below him about 50 yards with their stares fixed on the black beautiful thing upon which they apparently had fatal designs. We were hunting buff, so we re-started the Cruiser and bumped down the hill and into the valley. Predator and prey departed in different directions. When we got to the top where the sable had been, we found tracks of a dozen or so females and young that had been just out of sight, over the hill, during the bull's huffing and puffing. Putting human characteristics on the sable, I was kind of proud of Big Daddy, protecting his family. I want to find a great old bull, past breeding age, put him on my wall and remember that day.

5. Leopards are usually hunted from blinds and I'm not good sitting still but the beautifly, slinky s.o.b.'s make it worthwhile.


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Elephant
Lion
Leopard
Buffalo
Hippopotamus (only on land)

There is no hunting that can compare to dangerous game hunting.


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Actually...I would say the top five are the big five:
Leopard
Buffalo
Lion
Elephant
Rhino
If I had it all to do over again......this is what I would do, and the order that I would do them. I think it would be so classic to have a trophy room with just these five trophies. Nothing else.
 
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For me, I agree with RBHunt. I've really enjoyed taking them all. But then there's croc, hippo, roan, sable and kudu that I've taken as well. Gosh, come to think of it, then there's the little stuff too, like grysbok, klipspringer, suni, red duiker, steenbok. . . .That's a hard one!
 
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1. Elephant trophy bull over 60#
2. PAC, Tuskless, Cull elephant
3. 54# plus kudu with worn tips.
4. Bushbuck next to limpopo with 16"Horns + (Have one already but just love them)
5. Warthog 13" + tusks I did shoot 1-2 that size years ago and neve kept the trophy ad sold all the tusks. Now can only find them for my clients I also want a chance at one again.

I sound like a hunter walking around with a tape measurer but that would be my top five doesnt mean I would stop shooting before getting there if it takes more than a couple of animals to get to my goal. thumb I'm willing to sacrifice them.


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1. ele
2. gerenuk
3. lesser kudu
4. Robert's or Grant's gazelle
5. a 42"+ sable bull
 
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1. Leopard
2. Buffalo
3. Eland (big blue bull)
4. Hippo (on land)
5. Waterbuck (over 30")


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1. Buffalo - these suckers are genuinely and always dangerous - unlike their remote cousins that are used to plow with. A charging Cape Buffalo comes at you with the intention of killing you.

2. Sable - a regal animal with lost of poise and just looks so absolutely proud.

3. Kudu - alongside zebra, personfies African wildlife and the savannah.

4. Nyala - magificent and graceful antelope, shy, not violent and just a real beauty.

5. Leopard - cunning and clever and therefore often very hard to hunt and to me, probably the most beautiful animal there is.


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bongo,sable,leopard,lion,croc,over 16foot


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1. Kudu nice representitive
2. Bushbuck
3. Eland
4. buffalo
5. Mother in law


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The top five as I dream of them...

1) Bull Elephant (preferably as a PAC)
2) Buff
3) A REALLY BIG Bushbuck
4) Kudu
5) Mature Lion Tracked like they do some places.

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Fallow Buck

If the price was right would a PAC ele bull hunt be someting that you would be interested in?

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Well some taken and some hoped for.

Mt Nyala HF
Leopard T
Lesser Kudu HF
Nyala T
Bongo Dreamed about
 
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For me it would probably be:

Bongo
Lord Derby Eland
Zebra Duiker
Royal Antelope
Forest Sitatunga.

I've always kind of liked the rarities and after hunting Cameroon, I have a huge desire to go back for some more.

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Mac, I agree the last three on your list would make my list 8, but they are really tough to find.
 
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I guess I need two lists? Already taken and those still elusive ones.

Taken: Elusive:
Cape Buffalo Leopard
34" Waterbuck Croc
Nyala Hippo
40" Gemsbok Sable
Kudu Bontebok

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wOW,not easy but.....
taken Elephants,buffalos, bongo, Grysbok,kudu
Dreamed and miserably missed Leopard (huge). Don´t laugh it was very difficult to miss such a magnificent animal from such short range. Not all the hunters can be so stupid. EekerThat was my face after missing.
Dreaming Mature lion open range, Forest sitatunga,Forest buffalo,mountain Nyala and hippo on land


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1. All of the above.
2. Baboons - lots of them.
 
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LDE by tracking
elephant in jesse
bongo taken by tracking (not in machan)
lion taken in Bots by tracking (no bait)
leopard taken in daylight

Notice that I didn't say anything about the size of the trophy. Everyone wants an oversized critter but it's the manner it is taken in that means more to me as long as it is mature. The experience IS the trophy. It's also important to me that I am hunting with a PH that I enjoy their company.


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Obviously, the "Big 5 (or 6)" represent Africa to me, but I won't have the opportunity to hunt them all in my lifetime.

Of those that I have hunted (or hope to), I would say:

1. Cape Buffalo
2. Kudu
3. Gemsbok
4. Waterbuck
5. Impala

I hate to leave my favorite, the Blue Wildebeest off the list, but the five listed above say "Africa" to me.

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Elephant
Lion
Black Rhino
Leopard
Bongo

never taken any of them but I can dream
 
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Ones that I have already done:

Elephant
Buffalo
Sable
Kudu
Leopard
Vaal Rhebuck

Ones I can afford but haven't done as yet:

Gemsbuck
Springbuck
Limpopo Bushbuck
Chobe Bushbuck

Ones I would like but can't afford:

Mtn. Nyala
Bongo
Big Masai Buffalo
Lesser Kudu
Grants Gizelle

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"TOP FIVE AFRICAN TROPHIES IN YOUR MIND?"

Well I assume you mean what are the top five in my opinion, not the top five I have taken! If that is the way the question was meant to be answered, then:

#1 ELEPHANT BULL

#2 LARGE MALE LION

#3 CAPE BUFFALO

#4 CAPE BUFFALO

#5 BIG LEOPARD

Though I have taken some plains game, only dangerous game really interests me! The reason for #3 and #4 are because I have little interest in RHINO, and took dry land HIPPO in it's place!


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1-KUDU
2-ELAND
3-SABLE
4-ELEPHANT
5-LEOPARD

I have been lucky enough to take all of them, some more than others. Would have liked a Lion but only a female as I admire their beauty and prowess more than the male.


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1. A heavy maned lion. I personally think it is the most difficult of the Big 5.

2. Mt Nyala. Because of their limited habitat and great beauty makes them very desireable. Also Ethiopia has always seemed pretty exotic to me.

3. Bongo. Same as the first 2 reasons for the Mt. Nyala. Also the rain forest is a pretty exotic place also. The real Tarzan jungle if you will.

4. A white rhino hunted on Mkuze Game Reserve. Not the cow in pasture hunt by any means.

5. Elephant of 60+ pounds. Shooter eles are not difficult to find but a big one may take some serious looking.

These are all possible with enough money and time but none are slam dunks.

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I'll play;
1) lion
2) elephant
3) cape buffalo
4) leopard
5) hippo
would put black rhino first if they were legally hunted in a fair chase situation.
 
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1 - Lord Derby Eland

2 - Bongo

3 - Tssesebe (sleeper)

4 - Bontebok

5 - Red Lechwe
 
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1. Lion - male - not off baiting...

2. Elephant - bull - PAC...

3. Buffalo - Dugga Boy - lots of old battle wounds...

4. Kudu - bull - the length doesn't...

5. Nyala or Sable. It is a toss up.

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1. Have any of you guys seen Adam Clements wife? Please take that as a compliment Adam, no disrespect meant.
2. 60+ lb Elephant
3. Tracked Lion
4. Lord Derby Eland
5. Bongo



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