On the hunt
‘Big' was an understatement. Even ‘huge' didn't cut it. The landscape in Eastern Cape is steroid- expansive, and Pete's ‘plateau' was the size of Switzerland. The ‘he' Pete was referring to was a steenbok and, paradoxically, the ‘monster' was a bit bigger than a hare but smaller than a large puppy. One of South Africa's ‘tiny ten' antelope, it is a fascinating animal and extremely challenging to hunt, unless you are a long-range shooter, which I am not.
I ronically, hunting these miniature species never appealed to me before coming to Africa, but they grew on me; got right under my skin in fact. The steenbok especially, had won my heart, though initially
