African Hunting Gazette

Fury at Bay

Hunters who have had the privilege to hunt leopard over hounds or over bait will know the anticipation and excitement of the hunt, from the day you book it, to the day you start hanging baits or dragging roads, through to the day you first lay eyes on your leopard. For Todd, this all started in 2017 when he and his hunting mate John booked a double leopard hunt with us and our hounds in the Lowveld of Zimbabwe. A coin was flipped, and John was first up. On Day 9 of 14, the hounds closed in on John's leopard and, after a very exciting ground fight, a superb, old, trophy tom cat was taken. We rested the hounds on day 10 and then spent the next four evenings being blown off the tracks by the August winds. Long story short, we did not manage to connect with Todd's leopard on that hunt. Unfortunately, that is leopard hunting!

Fast forward to 2019, and Todd was ready to return to fulfil his leopardhunting dream. This time he booked for May 2020, braving the heat in return for

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