{"id":683,"date":"2022-04-21T14:44:01","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T12:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/?page_id=683"},"modified":"2022-04-21T16:36:57","modified_gmt":"2022-04-21T14:36:57","slug":"photos-of-game-animals","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/photos-of-game-animals\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos of Game Animals."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We frequently receive requests from international hunters for photos of the game animals available at Big Water Safaris. Here are some photos taken on Laohu Valley Reserve by us. We will update some of the, not so good, photos as soon as we have better quality pictures. Please note that the meat of the animals hunted at Big Water Safaris (whether they are trophy or non-trophy) are utilised either to feed the endangered South China tigers or as staff rations. Hunters also get to sample the meat of the animals they hunt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Baboon.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Chacma baboon are available as a small non-trophy animal. Weight \u00b160lbs. (30kg) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Male Chacma Baboon.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Baboon Lookout.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Black Wildebeest. (White-Tailed Gnu)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Black Wildebeest bulls are available as trophy animals. Weight \u00b1350lb (160kg)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A Black Wildebeeest bull in typical terrain.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Blesbuck.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Blesbuck are available as trophy and small non-trophy animals. Avg. Weight (males) \u00b1175lbs (80kg).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A trophy Blesbuck ram in typical terrain.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A sub-adult (non-trophy) blesbuck.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Blue Wildebeest. (Brindled Gnu)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Blue Wildebeest are available as trophy animals and as large non-trophy animals. Avg. Weight \u00b1550lb (250kg).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A trophy Blue Wildebeest bull. These tough animals are known as the poor man’s buffalo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Young, non-trophy, Blue Wildebeest bulls.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Cape Buffalo.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Cape Buffalo are available as trophy animals. Avg. Weight (bulls) \u00b11400lbs (650kg).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cape Buffalo bull.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Eland.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The largest antelope, Eland are available as trophy and large non-trophy animals. Avg. Weight bulls \u00b11500lbs (700kg), cows \u00b1880lbs<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A trophy Eland bull.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Young, non-trophy Eland bulls.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Gemsbok (oryx).<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Gemsbok are available as trophy and large non-trophy animals. Av Weight (bulls) \u00b1530lbs (240kg).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A trophy Gemsbok bull.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Two non-trophy gemsbok.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Impala.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Impala are available as trophy animals. Avg. Weight (rams) \u00b1120lbs (55kg).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Impala ram.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Kudu.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Kudu are available as trophy animals. Avg. Weight (bulls) \u00b1570lbs (260kg).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A trophy Kudu bull.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Lechwe.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Lechwe re available as trophy animals. Avg. Weight (males) \u00b1220lbs (100kg).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A Lechwe ram.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Mountain Reedbuck.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Mountain Reedbuck are available as trophy animals. Avg. Weight \u00b166lbs (30kg).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mountain Reedbuck ram – left, and a sub-adult female – right.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Red Hartebeest.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Red Hartebeest are available as trophy animals. Avg. Weight (bulls) \u00b1350lbs (160kg).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Red Hartebeest bull.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Sable Antelope.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Sable Antelope are available as trophies only. Avg. Weight (bulls) \u00b1550lbs. (250kg).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sable Antelope bull.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Springbok.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Springbok are available as trophy and as small non-trophy animals. Avg. Weight (males) \u00b188lbs (40kg).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A trophy Springbok ram.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A Springbok ewe, non-trophy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Steenbok.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Steenbok are available as trophy animals. Avg. Weight \u00b144lbs (20kg).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A trophy Steenbok ram.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Warthog.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Warthog are available as trophy and non-trophy animals. Avg. Weight (males) \u00b1175lbs (80kg).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A trophy Warthog boar.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A young, non-trophy, Warthog boar.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Waterbuck.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Waterbuck are available as trophy animals. Avg. Weight (bulls) \u00b1550lbs (250kg).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A trophy Waterbuck bull.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Zebra. (Burchells zebra)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Zebra are available at trophy price. Avg. Weight (stallions) \u00b1660lbs (350kg).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Zebra.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Night Hunting. (Jackal, Caracal)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Night hunting for predators are available as per our price list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Black backed jackal.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Caracal<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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We frequently receive requests from international hunters for photos of the game animals available at Big Water Safaris. Here are some photos taken on Laohu Valley Reserve by us. We will update some of the, not so good, photos as soon as we have better quality pictures. Please note that the meat of the animals…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/683"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=683"}],"version-history":[{"count":46,"href":"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/683\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":760,"href":"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/683\/revisions\/760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}