{"id":1706,"date":"2025-11-20T10:37:40","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T08:37:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/?p=1706"},"modified":"2025-11-20T10:39:57","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T08:39:57","slug":"nathan-and-blake-pyeatt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/2025\/11\/20\/nathan-and-blake-pyeatt\/","title":{"rendered":"Nathan and Blake Pyeatt"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Nathan and Blake Pyeatt from Boulder WY hunted with Big Water Safaris during March of 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Professional hunter: Bennie Breytenbach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-03-07-at-06.46.27_1128bd8f-2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-03-07-at-06.46.27_1128bd8f-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-03-07-at-06.46.27_1128bd8f-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-03-07-at-06.46.27_1128bd8f-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-03-07-at-06.46.27_1128bd8f-2.jpg 1408w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Blake Pyeatt with an excellent black wildebeest (white tailed gnu) bull. These denizens of the open plains are challenging to hunt, due to their excellent eyesight, nervous disposition and unpredictable nature. Often referred to as the clowns of the plains due to their erratic behaviour, they almost became extinct during the 19th century. Today their numbers have recovered, thanks to responsible management by landowners and hunters.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-03-07-at-06.46.27_f428c505-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1708\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-03-07-at-06.46.27_f428c505-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-03-07-at-06.46.27_f428c505-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-03-07-at-06.46.27_f428c505-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-03-07-at-06.46.27_f428c505-1.jpg 1408w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Nathan Pyeatt with a blesbok ram. These antelope are endemic to South Africa, and their preferred habitat is the wide-open grasslands. Laohu Valley Reserve is home to \u00b1800 of these antelope.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-03-07-at-06.46.28_b522924f-1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1709\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-03-07-at-06.46.28_b522924f-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-03-07-at-06.46.28_b522924f-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-03-07-at-06.46.28_b522924f-1.jpg 1056w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption>Nathan Pyeatt with a warthog boar. These pigs are a common sight at Laohu Valley Reserve. Boars of this size are, however, not all that common. Note the razor-sharp bottom tusks which are used for fighting and defense against predators.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-03-07-at-06.46.28_d2b105c6-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1712\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-03-07-at-06.46.28_d2b105c6-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-03-07-at-06.46.28_d2b105c6-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-03-07-at-06.46.28_d2b105c6-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bigwatersafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-03-07-at-06.46.28_d2b105c6.jpg 1408w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Blake Pyeatt with her kudu bull. Known as the grey ghost, kudu bulls are a challenging quarry. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nathan and Blake Pyeatt from Boulder WY hunted with Big Water Safaris during March of 2025. 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