Ladies and Gentlemen,

We put up a congoni for lion, and left it one afternoon. The next morning, we drove over to have a look if any lion came to dinner.

When we got to about 300 yards from the bait tree, we saw this hyena standing in the grass looking back at us.

A 300 grain Walterhog bullet went through its heart, and we went to have a look at it.











First thing we noticed was the many wounds it had on its body. And as we turned it over, we found that it had one of its ears bitten off! Further inspection revealed that it also had one toe missing from one of its hind legs!

He might have survived all these mishaps, but today, his luck ran out.

[ 09-15-2003, 13:44: Message edited by: Saeed ]

Damn they are ugly. Looks as if they were built from left over parts.

Great Pics. Africa is not a forgiving place.

Wow ... what an ugly creature.

Their chosen niche and their "beauty" must be much of the reason they are so loved.

By the looks of him, this was a mercy killing.

I've passed on several. Never could figure out what the hell I would do with the stinking thing after I had killed it.

Saeed

Nice pictures
You seem to like the members of the Savanna cleaning patrol

I think that Hyeenas are pretty interesting since they are soo uggly and laughs is the same way as my brother

Do you have any close up pictures on Walthers relatives?

/ JOHAN

JOHAN,

This one is one of Walter's cousins, once removed

I think it must be tough to be a hyena by the looks of that one. Anybody know what the life expectancy of one of them is?

Saeed

Something is wrong with Walthers family pictures??

/ JOHAN

You would be suprised, a big Hyena makes a very nice Shoulder mount, if taken in June or July when they are still well furred! Harry ( Mims Reed) had one in his shop (HUNTERS HEADQUARTERS) that changed my mind about them. It was very nice, and was the result of a camp robber, shot by Harry's friend. He said, "well Hell, if I have to pay a trophy fee for that thing, I'm going to take it home!" the mount was a real attention getter on the wall of that gun shop! I don't think I would mount the one Saeed shot, however!

[ 09-16-2003, 23:57: Message edited by: MacD37 ]

That hyena of Saeed's has a lot of "character". It is not a run of the mill trophy.