My son and I recently returned from a two week Safari in Namibia.
One of our PH's (Professional Hunter) loves to hunt jackals. He (Bollie) had a couple hand calls, but he confided that he had been utterly unsuccessful in calling them in. We decided to go out calling the second to last night of our trip.
I ran the light and did the calling while Bollie was the shooter. If memory serves correctly, he was using a Ruger Hawkeye .308 Win stoked with 165gr. Hornady BTSP.... quite a bit of gun for jackals! lol
Our first stand we called in an African wild cat within 5 minutes. I suppose "wild cat" to the Africans is feral cat to us as it looked like a regular 'ol Tom to me. Bollie's .308 sure did mess him up!
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v239/FOsteology/Namibia_2009/P6200148.jpg)
Next two stands we had no customers.
Fourth stand we called in a pair of bat eared fox. They're a protected species, and unfortunately my camera's flash was not able to pick them up due to the distance. However, here's a picture of one in the day time:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v239/FOsteology/Namibia_2009/Bat_Eared_Fox_fs.jpg)
Our six stand we finally found success! Within 10 minutes we had a pair of jackals come bounding out to the call. Bollie was able to nail the first, but the second headed back for the brush never to be seen again.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v239/FOsteology/Namibia_2009/P6200151.jpg)
Bollie picked up a few pointers on how to properly run the lights, setup, and calling tips. He's now a born-again jackal hunter and is eager to try it again.
That looks and sounds like wayyyyyy too much fun.
The Tom got a taste of a 308 uh? He looks like he was sucking on an M80 :laf:
Awesome pics, thanks for bringing em in.
Great pics, awesome hunt. :congrats:
Sounds like a great time! :yoyo: :yoyo: :yoyo: :highclap: :highclap: :highclap:
Sounds pretty exciting FOs! Hope you and your son had a great time. Can't wait to hear the stories. Welcome home.
Dave
Putdy cool Fos!! I like those Jackals. They look like a red & grey fox mix.
I always wanted to take a crack at a jackel, it sounds like fun.