http://huntnetwork.net/modules...ankyou,old%20Boy.pdf

Here is the link from our 2005 trip to Zim for leopard. The story was published in African Hunter and I thought some of you might enjoy the read.

Outstanding!

Thanks for sharing.

Rick outstanding read. What memories.

Mike

Kathi that was an awesome hunt and I enjoyed the article very much! All of those eyes shining back might make one have a chill. Are you about to get me set for my trip to Zim in May, 2011?

Great hunt and wonderfull article. Thanks for posting.

Fantastic hunt! Close range confrontations with elephant, lion & leopard packed into about 10 days!

Thanks for sharing

Very cool read. Thanks for sharing.

Kathy, thanks!! That is an unbelievable story.

Do you have any additional photo's that you can post here? I would love to see more, especially of that skull/teeth.

I have done a bit of Leopard research in the past, and although I am no expert, I can tell you that that Leopard is most likely 9 to 11 or even 12 years old which is ancient for a wild Leopard. Look at how worn down the lower canines are...they are almost nubs. Due to old age (like us!) teeth become brittle and this is most likely why the uppers are broken.

It proves what an efficient predator/scavenger the Leopard is...messed-up teeth, lame foot and all, his body seems to be in fine condition.

Also, that is a HUGE skull size! Do you know what he weighed??

See, you got me all worked-up!!

Thanks for the post, Kathi. It reminds me that leopard is on my wish list.
We'll visit soon about March flights.

Excellent account and fantasticd leopard!! Kathi, I loved your zebra too!

Congratulations! D. Nelson

Hey Kathi..how about the weight??

Leopardtrack,

172 pounds scaled weight.

Wow! Just another "dull" hunt. Thanks for posting.

I do plan to stand up and take a bow for defending Kathi when she was under attack for painting "gloomy" pictures of Africa in her absolutely realistic reports of what the interior African bush can be like. (In only one brief month, I saw it) I am delighted to read that her husband uses the word "shumba" (the word I learned for lion) Now comes my apology and opportunity to "eat crow". (For non- Americans -it means that I was very wrong about something) I always suspected (and heard) that bait hunting in Africa over leopard could be very "tricky" as we Americans say (meanng that anything could go wrong - I heard about snakes coming along) - where I owe an apology is because on a different thread I practically treated lion hunters over bait as almost like shooting fish in a barrel. After reading this post about what can come up with a bait stand for a leopard - I now realize how stupid I was in announcing that anyone who shot at lions over bait was not really out hunting Leo.