ORIGINAL: iamyourhuckleberry

Too many pre-conceived ideas here. Africa and hunting, not unlike the rest of the world, is anything you want it to be-especially if you are willing to provide the time and effort. You are behind the wheel. You pull the trigger!You driveyour PH with your desires-not vise versa! Sure, there are high fence operationsbut hunting isvery abundant off such places. Do your homework-make YOUR hunt happen! Stop generalizing!

I have been to Africafour times (twice to Namibia and twice to two different regions of South Africa. I find that amazing since, as recently as eight years ago, I had zero desire to go once!)The first tripin Nambia, I was with gentlemen hunting lions/leopard/plains gameonlands belongingtobush people north of Etosha National Park. The hunt was 100% spot and stalk, or over natural waterholes (no way to turnsuch watering holeson or off as suggested). There wasn't a fence period!

YesGary, Kudu can be stalked... That is exactly how I hunted mine in the East Cape of South Africa (I did shoot one in Nambia over a natural watering hole-I was hoping for a zebra. I tried to kill a zebra for a total of 24 days on thetwo different tripsvia spot and stalk. I finally gave up. I still do not have a zebra and they are the default animal-if you see somethiing out in the distance, chances are it's a zebra).My East Cape Kudu hunt was on a working cattle ranch and the highest fence was exactly three strands of barbed wire similar to those found here. The kudu were able to come and go at their leisure, as was all wildlife. I've hunted the Limpopo Province of South Africa. I killed seventeen animals there-all but two were outside high fence (the two were killed on a 60,000 acres concession). Nine of the seventeen were via spot and stalk. I've recently killed eight animals in the East Cape of South Africa. All eight were via spot and stalk; 5 were 100% free ranging withoutfence ( kudu, bushhog, feral hog, fallow deer, and springbok). I missed shots at "free ranging" Mountain reedbucks, jackels, baboons, warthogs, and bushbucks. I look forward to killing a free ranging cape buff someday (I will do my homework). The leopard I killed in Nambia was 100% free ranging! So, this whole idea that everything is behind high fence is a bunch of hog wash!

The thing whichdrives me crazy here,the generalizations continue to go on and on...Don't talk and speculate, rather go and experience!

My momma told me to be good at something...so I started looking. I have found that I'm really goodwhere adventure mets discovery-hunting, for me,is the tool which forces the blend ofthe two.Africa is an ideal location. Then again, so is the rest of the world...I am notsatisfied hunting exclusively within my own backyard as many are. I am ok with that.

Remember all those nay sayers? Wasn't the world supposedly flat?

I hope this helps!