AfricaPredator
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What is the average price asked per animal in USA on farms? In South Africa a bounty is paid by WILLING farmers. Its mostly small stock farmers who are willing to pay, many of the large sheep farmers dont really care as they write off lost stock against tax.
I have a system I use and charge accordingly to what was called and killed, every year I change my costs and this is changed in breeding season like now.
This is an idea of what I charge on farms in SA, this cannot be classed as advertising as I am not offering services to USA farmers /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grinning-smiley-006.gif
Depending on the predators rank on the farm is of vital importance, so lets look at a jackal. If the dog I call is a resident male, some call it a alpha male, I just call it the main dog.If i get the main dog I charge R800 ($119), if the dog is a intruder animal of up to an age of 4 years I charge R500 ( $75). If its an adult over 4 but again just an intruder animal I charge R550. ($85)
Males or females I am not concerned over, for cats, a area lynx thats a male up to 3 years old I charge R400 ( $59)if its a resident cat, over 3 I charge R650 ($97).
I generally dont work any farms that have owners not willing to pay, we have lots of them, I avoid them, after all its my time, gas and equipment.
I have a standard fee of travelling, time and nights hunted.
I prefer hunting jackals in late April, May and June as this is peak time, breeding time, and they are aggressive, and generally we kill more. Also winter months the fur is nice and thick.
Jackals kill over 350,000 sheep a year in South Africa, I am now talking black backed jackal, cats kill far more, especially in lamming season ( April) as they teach little kittens to hunt and you lose far more lambs.
My one neighbour lost 53 lambs in one night to a lynx, that was huge lose. And together with the animal thats killed we also lose the wool.
Jackals and lynx are persecuted heavily in SA, but a few places market canned hunting and they are easily taken during any hours, I know of one farmer in an area called Montagu who actually bred jackals, he was not a well liked individual, but for many canned is accepted.
This is an idea as to bounty's asked here, but most standard predator hunters here just ask a standard fee of R500 per jackal. ($74).
I have a system I use and charge accordingly to what was called and killed, every year I change my costs and this is changed in breeding season like now.
This is an idea of what I charge on farms in SA, this cannot be classed as advertising as I am not offering services to USA farmers /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grinning-smiley-006.gif
Depending on the predators rank on the farm is of vital importance, so lets look at a jackal. If the dog I call is a resident male, some call it a alpha male, I just call it the main dog.If i get the main dog I charge R800 ($119), if the dog is a intruder animal of up to an age of 4 years I charge R500 ( $75). If its an adult over 4 but again just an intruder animal I charge R550. ($85)
Males or females I am not concerned over, for cats, a area lynx thats a male up to 3 years old I charge R400 ( $59)if its a resident cat, over 3 I charge R650 ($97).
I generally dont work any farms that have owners not willing to pay, we have lots of them, I avoid them, after all its my time, gas and equipment.
I have a standard fee of travelling, time and nights hunted.
I prefer hunting jackals in late April, May and June as this is peak time, breeding time, and they are aggressive, and generally we kill more. Also winter months the fur is nice and thick.
Jackals kill over 350,000 sheep a year in South Africa, I am now talking black backed jackal, cats kill far more, especially in lamming season ( April) as they teach little kittens to hunt and you lose far more lambs.
My one neighbour lost 53 lambs in one night to a lynx, that was huge lose. And together with the animal thats killed we also lose the wool.
Jackals and lynx are persecuted heavily in SA, but a few places market canned hunting and they are easily taken during any hours, I know of one farmer in an area called Montagu who actually bred jackals, he was not a well liked individual, but for many canned is accepted.
This is an idea as to bounty's asked here, but most standard predator hunters here just ask a standard fee of R500 per jackal. ($74).
