It was a day of taking stock.
Having been out the bush for 2 days I spent the morning taking stock to see where all my movie stars were hanging out.
Mandlovu, Chipfongwe and the herd spent most of their day around Chikwelane in the thick bush near the hills. This bull was oblivious to my presence crouched under this tree stump right next to his mud wallow.
In the heat of the day, over 40C (109F), I was running around looking for lions. They were southeast of Banyini and feeling much the same as me in the heat.
And then I was lucky enough to pick up the wild dogs at Matsanga pan after a walk to the top of Sosigi hill.
At first I wasn’t sure they were our dogs as I couldn’t recognise them they were so covered in mud.
When they headed off hunting I was only able to count 19, instead of 21. Some of them were in the bush when I counted, so I hope I missed the other 2. But I also didn’t see BB. I really hope she is still there. The last time I saw her, her stiff leg seemed to be giving her a lot of pain.
They hunted successfully killing 2 baby impala and an adult female. This female was again killed on the fence line.
I’ll be out first thing in the morning checking if all pack members are there.
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