Baboons

[stevec]

I did speak to one man who spent almost all his time culling jackals and baboons on a big farm, had to use a paintball gun on some land near a holiday park to avoid starting a panic. He said it was surprisingly effective at moving them on. Didn't sort the problem out though, but did move them in to areas where they could be culled.

Apparently they cause huge amounts of damage.

 

[Jon P]

Just looking at what 'you' are quoting/paying for Baboons and Buffalo.

It seems awfully expensive (it is all awfully expensive) were you go?

They are in some things, Duiker were £150. Nyala £960 , all good animals , cull animals are obviously cheaper, I had a few freebies to. Animals in poor condition and an impala a broken leg etc

 

[User00032]

Which ones have the red looking bottoms?

That’s the females…and a sign they are looking for a good pojering

 

[shotguntom]

I stalked and shot one in SA a while ago. No fee - land owner wanted them shot. PH said a wounded baboon was the only animal he wouldn't put his dog on to track..

 

[Rhodesianjess]

I stalked and shot one in SA a while ago. No fee - land owner wanted them shot. PH said a wounded baboon was the only animal he wouldn't put his dog on to track..

Baboons murder dogs. Their method of fighting is this:- sucker the dog to attack, then grab it and hold at arms/legs length. Bear in mind that a baboon has four "hands", the dog cannot get a bite in. Then chunks are ripped out of your dog until it's dead. Evil sods, seen them pull the feathers out of live chickens just for kicks.
When you've given the troops on your ranch a good pasting, the amount of buck increases along with birds. No fawns or eggs taken, they eat anything they can find and as they are ground hunting, the amount of stuff they account for is phenomenal.

 

[Sussex81]

We had dogs badly injured but never killed. I think the fact that we made best efforts to be within sight of the dogs helped, as did having enough dogs. It was always the adult males who stayed to fight. the dogs would usually tree them and we could shoot a few, they would then jump down tussle with the dogs only to be treed again. you could account for 5 to 10 a day. The family group once made the mistake of going up a pylon we shot 17, didn't see them for month after that.

 

[Basil H]

Baboons may well be ruthless competitors of ours but they are part of Africa. When you step out on a dry rocky river bed and way, way above you on a peak the baboons are barking curses at you, the incomers, then you get a glimpse of what it was like for our ancestors to step beyond the Rift Valley with little more than a rock in their hand.

 

[sh1kar]

Baboons may well be ruthless competitors of ours but they are part of Africa. When you step out on a dry rocky river bed and way, way above you on a peak the baboons are barking curses at you, the incomers, then you get a glimpse of what it was like for our ancestors to step beyond the Rift Valley with little more than a rock in their hand.

Actually they are quite helpful in that regard if you are cat hunting
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[angel eyes]

All interesting stuff, very enlightening, I should imagine you wouldn’t want to mess with a troop of upset baboons un armed by yaself

 

[angel eyes]

Are some baboons naturally wary of humans, or if boss baboon had a go at ya the rest would join in?

 

[zimsim]

Are some baboons naturally wary of humans, or if boss baboon had a go at ya the rest would join in?

Depends, meet the Cape Town troops with a bit of food in your hand and they will take any chance they can, including being aggressive to get it. In general though they will stay away and it is primarily the big boys who will front up to a threat while the remainder scarper. My experience is with Chacma though, not sure about other species.

 

[User00032]

Are some baboons naturally wary of humans, or if boss baboon had a go at ya the rest would join in?

sounds like fitba' thugs.

 

[Dhindes]

On real working farm in Namibia they would tolerate the Baboons until they started to destroy the water pumping stations. Could do huge amounts of damage. would then be culled to push them back to the rock outcrops where they would then stay for a while. Must admit I never liked shooting them - bit too human for me. Real farms no charge for baboons, or warthogs on farm I have hunted. They are trying to raise cattle - they charge if you shoot those !

 

[lillico]

My friend culled some on the rocky outcrops in Nigeria at a 'hand over' of equipment.
Vickers tank 30.........home team 0.
They were all eaten at the evening barbeque by the Nigerians.

 

[alberta boy]

After living in SE Asia , I've come to the conclusion that I don't like monkeys , or to be more accurate Macaques . Most monkeys will generally not bother you , the Macaques will go out of their way to be a pain . I saw them attack a number of people over the years , mostly in and around Kuala Lumpur . The Cambodians avoid them like the plague , not just because they're afraid of being bitten , but because of the nasty diseases you can catch if they bite you . They don't raise an eyebrow if there's a Cobra or Krait hanging around the house , ( I had a sizeable Cobra living under my house , a good thing , he ate all the rats ) , but everyone gets a bit twitchy if a group of Macaques shows up . Nasty b@stards .

AB

 

[Pete1774]

Considered a pest in parts of South Africa

 

[AfricaRob]

They are hugely important ecologically - especially turning over stones to expose seeds and change moisture in soils.
If on a farming are they can be very destructive - around camps too - so they are shot, but they are social and intelligent - I've shot a few but wouldn't do so for sport, and where I hunt in SA they are actively against shooting them unless for very specific reasons.
They are very human looking too. I think they largely get a bad rap, are very interesting to watch and are under pressure in some areas. I'm not a fan of having them on a hunting ticket, but on a farm it's up to the landowner. Like like all hunting - think about what you are shooting and some of the old ideas on what constitutes 'vermin' should be updated.

 

[angel eyes]

Africa Bob, a very enlightening post

 

[Corvid8x57]

I recollect a chapter in one of the Peter Hathaway-Capstick books where he dealt with a troop of baboons with a MAC-10 sub machine gun

 

[Basil H]

How unpleasant.