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This is kinda small and doesn't show other details, but it does show where the "Red Line" VCF runs in Namibia and Bots. www.nnf.org.na/RARESPECIES/Inf...S/Fg10-VetFences.gif | |||
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HQ you pronounce it Ot - jan - dowe, it's very difficultto describe it in words it's a river that runs through my ranch into the Omaruru river. The meaning comes down to it for shallow water under the rock serface. The only place you will find Blue wildebeest free roaming is in the Caprivi which is above the red line as we call it. Roy | |||
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Hey Stonecreek, glad to see you had on blue jeans on your hunt and in your picture with the black wildebeest. In 3 trips to hunt in Africa, all I ever hunted in was blue jeans and I shot some 30 plus animals on those trips in spite of those who said blue jeans (and they are pretty good thorn protection too) would not work. LOL! as I recall from my 2008 hunt in Namibia, the property I hunted on had both low fenced and a central high fenced (some 7000 acres) areas. I shot both a blue and a black wildebeest on this trip and while I don't recall on which part of the property I shot the blue on, I know most definately the black was shot from a small herd located OUTSIDE the high fenced area. I remember this quite well because of watching the running and jumping antics of this herd of black wildebeest before they calmed down enough to allow me a shot. | |||
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6 foot bonnox. It must be folded at 90 degs, length-wise. 3 foot wired to the bottom of the boundary fence. The 3 foot now lying on the ground must then have lengths of re-bar, either bent over or with a "hook' welded on, hammered into the ground, to hold the bonnox down. If the ground allows, the bottom 3 foot can be buried. A big labour expense. Of course all gateways have to have a decent concrete strip laid.  | |||
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 So it is practically impossible then. | |||
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NAH!! Just bloody expensive! The other problem caused by mesh sizes is that the little fellows like the blue duiker and Cape grysbuck are hammered. Even mesh with a 50mm gap, can kill them as they get their heads through, but because of the angle of their horns, cannot retract themselves and therefore die a lingering death. The old 4 inch "soft jackal mesh" also is the cause of the slow death of many a warthog. When they try to force their way through, their tusks are caught up in the mesh and they cannot escape. | |||
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I didn't find that any of the game we hunted was particularly fashion-conscious, so blue jeans worked fine. In fact, our guide requested that we bring him two pair of genuine American Levis, which we happily did. Ironically, the only Levis I could find to take him were sewn in Egypt! "A Return to Africa", if you will. | |||
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