Lochi from Africa
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Guy called Gary shot this caracal last weekend, hand called.
Lochi.
Lochi.
Huge African caracal
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Joe Bradshaw
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WoW.....nice!!!
Gotta love that camo pattern......wish I had some.
Joe
Gotta love that camo pattern......wish I had some.
Joe
TonyTebbe
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That caracal is huge. I used to have one, a number of years ago, when we raised exotic cats. That one looks twice the size of an average one in the states. Almost cougar sized.
Lochi, do you guys ever call any African Jungle Cats (Felis Chaus)? We had 6 of them in our breeding program. Very neat predator, especially the melanistic ones.
Very nice!
Tony
Lochi, do you guys ever call any African Jungle Cats (Felis Chaus)? We had 6 of them in our breeding program. Very neat predator, especially the melanistic ones.
Very nice!
Tony
Lochi from Africa
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Tony,
Yes, this is a huge one – the guy who shot it on Saturday sent me this picture.
No, here down south we only have caracal, serval, African wildcat and the protected black-footed cat. You could check this link on my site to see what they look like.
http://www.affordableafricanhunting.co.za/Children%20of%20Econo%20Game/Narratives/econo_game.htm
Lochi.
Yes, this is a huge one – the guy who shot it on Saturday sent me this picture.
No, here down south we only have caracal, serval, African wildcat and the protected black-footed cat. You could check this link on my site to see what they look like.
http://www.affordableafricanhunting.co.za/Children%20of%20Econo%20Game/Narratives/econo_game.htm
Lochi.
From Lochi's web page:
"Similar to lion, leopard and cheetah, this solitary, powerful, 20 kg cat is simply not compatible with human settlement. Widely acknowledged as enemy number 2 on small stock farms, (only to Black Backed jackal), the robustly built predator finds itself always on the run."
And:
"Did you know?
-Caracals begin feeding on the soft skin inside the thighs and finish the hindquarters, but will not remove the guts like jackal would. If not disturbed, they will return to a kill, but seldom react to bait.
-On eastern Cape farms 50% to 70% of stomachs from hunted caracal contain sheep and goat remains.
-There is an unconfirmed theory that the numbers of caracal are kept low by Black Backed jackal, by killing their kittens.
-Young males disperse up to 200 km from where they are born."
"Similar to lion, leopard and cheetah, this solitary, powerful, 20 kg cat is simply not compatible with human settlement. Widely acknowledged as enemy number 2 on small stock farms, (only to Black Backed jackal), the robustly built predator finds itself always on the run."
And:
"Did you know?
-Caracals begin feeding on the soft skin inside the thighs and finish the hindquarters, but will not remove the guts like jackal would. If not disturbed, they will return to a kill, but seldom react to bait.
-On eastern Cape farms 50% to 70% of stomachs from hunted caracal contain sheep and goat remains.
-There is an unconfirmed theory that the numbers of caracal are kept low by Black Backed jackal, by killing their kittens.
-Young males disperse up to 200 km from where they are born."
Gerhard
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This is a monster caracal /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif
I have seen leopard that is smaller than this one. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif
I hope this lucky guy made a full mount because he will not shoot one like this again. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grinning-smiley-003.gif
Congratulations to the lucky guy. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/bowingsmilie.gif
Gerhard
I have seen leopard that is smaller than this one. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif
I hope this lucky guy made a full mount because he will not shoot one like this again. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grinning-smiley-003.gif
Congratulations to the lucky guy. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/bowingsmilie.gif
Gerhard
Dogwood Creek
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Good grief! Look at the size of that thing! If a critter like that dosen't get your blood pumping, it's time to take up knitting. I bet calling Africa is a blast!