Hunting lions in the Kalahari wilderness

The African lion is the best known, most respected, and feared member of the Big Five. The Kalahari lion weighs less than his better fed kin to the north but his temper and meanness mark him as the lion to avoid in the savannah grass. There is no man who has encountered the Kalahari lion and not been awed by his sense of presence and menace. He owns the desert savannah. His head on charge is heart stopping. He closes the distance between you at breathtaking speed, huge head held steady and framed by heavy shoulders and a flowing mane. He will target one man, but all will swear his eyes were on them alone. He’ll see you long before you see him. He is not going to welcome your walking through his territory and still less when he realises you are on his track. He’ll avoid confrontation but if you stay on his track he will challenge you. Realise you are more than a prey animal, you are in fact a challenger and a puny looking one at that. The female of the species is quite different. Anticipate a cunning and wily adversary and remember its her instinct to hunt. It’s she who bellies down in the grass and moves in short measured movements - ever closer to her intended prey. She does not show-off but identifies the threat and acts instantly. Crouched deep in the grass she watches, mostly unseen. When she is spotted its often only her ear tips that betray her presence. There aren’t many who have the experience and ability to spot her tiny grass coloured ears amongst the tree and bush studded grass and remains of long dead trees strewn about the grassland. Mature lions have little fear of man and are especially aggressive during the hours of darkness. The night is theirs, its their hunting time and they have all the advantages of night vision and local knowledge. Since your hunt will be conducted in the daytime its unlikely you’ll become prey to an attack, but vigilance is essential and may safe a life. The keen photographer leaving camp on foot to photograph the night sky or even the camp itself, is already in lion country.
He’s the scourge of the desert savannah You enter his territory on foot And look everywhere but he’s invisible It’s now ‘man to man’ in the long grass
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Hunting lions in the

Kalahari wilderness

The African lion is the best known, most respected, and feared member of the Big Five. The Kalahari lion weighs less than his better fed kin to the north but his temper and meanness mark him as the lion to avoid in the savannah grass. There is no man who has encountered the Kalahari lion and not been awed by his sense of presence and menace. He owns the desert savannah. His head on charge is heart stopping. He closes the distance between you at breathtaking speed, huge head held steady and framed by heavy shoulders and a flowing mane. He will target one man, but all will swear his eyes were on them alone. He’ll see you long before you see him. He is not going to welcome your walking through his territory and still less when he realises you are on his track. He’ll avoid confrontation but if you stay on his track he will challenge you. Realise you are more than a prey animal, you are in fact a challenger and a puny looking one at that. The female of the species is quite different. Anticipate a cunning and wily adversary and remember its her instinct to hunt. It’s she who bellies down in the grass and moves in short measured movements - ever closer to her intended prey. She does not show-off but identifies the threat and acts instantly. Crouched deep in the grass she watches, mostly unseen. When she is spotted its often only her ear tips that betray her presence. There aren’t many who have the experience and ability to spot her tiny grass coloured ears amongst the tree and bush studded grass and remains of long dead trees strewn about the grassland.
He’s the scourge of the desert savannah You enter his territory on foot And look everywhere but he’s invisible It’s now ‘man to man’ in the long grass
Hunting Kalahari Lions
Your surroundings
Hunting Plainsgame
Administration
Click thumbnail to enlarge
Kalahari Lion hunt 2014 C
Memberships
Mature lions have little fear of man and are especially aggressive during the hours of darkness. The night is theirs, its their hunting time and they have all the advantages of night vision and local knowledge. Since your hunt will be conducted in the daytime its unlikely you’ll become prey to an attack, but vigilance is essential and may safe a life. The keen photographer leaving camp on foot to photograph the night sky or even the camp itself, is already in lion country.