Thankfully the wild dogs came down from the hills at dawn, Puzzles leading the pack again. It wasn’t long until she was back on the main road heading south with her pack in tow.
2kms down the road she did a ‘U’-turn, back north up the main drag for a kilometre and then west. Now she was heading straight into impala-land.
Soon impala were ‘flying’ everywhere, most with a dog hot on their heels.
The kills came quickly. I think 3 of them, but I only found Jiggy and one pup feeding on the one kill. They left and I found others on another kill and from the sounds there was yet another to the south. All kills within 200m of each other and all after only a short chase of less than 500m.
The dogs were now all in great shape with rounded tummies. Again Puzzles took them north, all resting in a pan to cool off. It was already hot and the dogs had been on a long hunt. Of course I expected them to spend the day here, but 2mins later Puzzles had the pack on the run still heading north.
It was only half an hour later and several kilometres further that she eventually pulled up in the shade of mopanie trees to rest.
The pack hardly roused and soon before sunset the pups were up playing in a pan. And when the games ended, so did everything else and nobody went hunting tonight. For a change they were spending a night at home.
Do you think you’ll ever be able to keep up long enough to actually be able to see them kill? I remember watching a segment on a nature series where they were followed from the air. It was astounding to watch them work together to catch their prey.
in this thick bush country, i doubt it. Just got to hope i get lucky and they chase the prey back towards me. HAve seen Puzzles on an impala kill where the impala is still up as she starts feeding on it.
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