I awoke to find I had a puncture. Not the most exciting of things to find at 4am, especially as I had to not only change it but also fix it right there and then as I couldn’t go out without a spare.
So when I did eventually get to my dogs they’d already killed, even though dawn was only just breaking. I’m sure they’re using the moon in the early hours to hunt with.
They were still close to Nyari pan where I’d left them last night but soon moved into the hills after cleaning up their impala kill. The only remains I found of it, was one leg.
They sure snookered me in the hills and I left.
I haven’t been elsewhere on the reserve for a week or so, as all my attention has been on them dogs, so I took a drive to Banyini. It was just stunning with animals all but everywhere. Impala, zebra, wildebeest, giraffe and eland and lots of them all. So where were the kitties? There was no sign of them in the area. Probably totally unaware of the party on Banyini.
Carrying on down to Hwata pan I found this lone elephant bull. He couldn’t decide if he wanted to push my car or the tree. He eventually settled for the tree.
Getting back to the wild dogs I found they’d pulled a fast one on me. They’d left the hills and moved quite a ways north lying up at a pan in the mopanie.
They were very slow in getting going at sunset, and all looking rather lean they just didn’t have it in them to go hunting but slowly made their way south. Maybe they’re waiting for the moon before getting serious.
Rise, greet, poop and bathe. They got it right! ha..ha..
One of them has an injury on her/his LF leg. Caused by rough play, hunting or fighting? what do you think?