Gary Reeder
some pics of Baviaan, down on the Eastern Cape
Thursday, May 30, 2019, 12:44

The Baviian hunt was a very special hunt as we got to try 3 different types of terrain. John asked us if any of us wanted to go over to the east coast of the lower Cape right on the ocean for a few days and try some unusual animals. Puffy and i jumped at the chance. The area was very dense, almost like a jungle. The brush was very thick and the shots were close and quick. We also got to hunt at night for Cape Grysbok. We hunted Caracal, the African Lynx, along with Cape Grysbok, Bushbok and we hunted the Blue Duiker, a little critter the size of a large rat but never had any luck with it. These pics are from that area on the east Cape about a half mile from the ocean..the little Cape Grysbok looks small but they were actually monsters of the species and mine and Puffs ranked in the top 3 in the record book.

The Caracals were hunted with dogs as the brush was as thick as a jungle. But Puff and I both took very good Caracals.Both record book animals.

We spent 3 days there and then drove over to the western edge of the eastern Cape where the shots really let us know how good we were with our handguns. The ranges were extremely long as some of these pics show. A 250 yard shot with a handgun is not the easiest shot in the world, especially when you are sitting on the side of a steep hill with no rest. The first week was in Baviian and the pics showing the long rolling hills were Baviian and then we traveled up to Rooiport on the edge of the Kalahari Desert for the second week.

an old PH showing Sean and Ray his rifles