The weather looked ominous at dawn but thankfully the rain stayed away all day and by sunset the skies were again clear.
I found the dogs still in the north west. Obviously hunting is good in this area, otherwise I’m sure they’d have moved on.
They were in the bush when I found them but not far from the road and so I gingerly went off road with the ground really wet underfoot, just waiting to get stuck.
Puzzles was good to me taking the pack along the road for some time. It was only on the chase that everything went hay why! Of course I couldn’t keep up and I didn’t bother with going off road.
Jiggy’s signal took me a long long way west and I was just about to catch up with him when down I went. Another blown tyre!
Jiggy’s signal stayed in the same place the whole time I changed tyres, so I was sure he’d killed.
But as my luck would have it, just after I’d finished changing my tyre, his signal moved back east. Confident he must have killed I scoured the area back and forth and eventually found his kill, an adult male impala. It didn’t look like he’d fed much before heading off to fetch the pack.
I had time to set up to film, ready for their arrival. The pups came in long before mom and dad. They’d followed Jiggy’s scent trail all the way back to the kill.
7 pups arrived and were feeding frantically when suddenly the approach of ‘danger’ sent them scattering. It was a false alarm, Puzzles was approaching.
The pack fed frantically for about 10mins and with all really well fed they then settled in for the next few hours slowly chewing away at anything that was chewable.
There was no reason for them to move on and they spent the whole day here and didn’t even budge in the evening. One happy bunch of dogs!
I’m heading off tomorrow to my home town, White River, where the local wildlife society is holding the premier of our Series, SAFARI SISTERS. Mark will keep you updated on the goings on up here.
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