Do they/can they attack humans?
Baboon culling in South Africa
- Thread starter Tecnam
- Start date
Help Support Long Range Hunting Forum
Tecnam
Member
Few answers,
1. Semi Auto , Semi autos are not allowed to be used for any hunting in South Africa, farm owners and registered culling outfits may apply for a permit to shoot/cull with a semi auto.
2. Eating baboons , generally baboons are not eaten , however in some of the more rural areas baboons are eaten by the locals and considered to have mystical properties.
3. Baboons are not found every where , generally they live in mountains or heavily wooded areas . Botswana has few of either , however there are baboons in certain areas . I have come across baboons on flat sparsely wooded terrain , with the closest hills/mountains miles away .
4. Baboons attacking humans. Generally baboons are weary of humans , especially where they are hunted . They will learn what a man and a rifle look like, they know the difference between a man and a woman (FACT !) they are highly intelligent and can reason, speculate and work out technical puzzles. Where they loose there fear of man is in areas where they are fed, often in tourist areas . (You will often see the sign "do not feed the baboons" yet people ignore this ………. then there are often confrontations , not many people are bitten but every year there are one or two incidents where someone is bitten , (normally it is bad) but baboons will not just walk up and attack you .... If he is in your car and you get in to get him out, expect to go to causality for a few hundred stitches . A female protecting her baby will rip you apart ....till she can escape with her baby ....... I have been confronted by a large male .... who stood up on his hind legs ....... he hissed and groaned and barked , I bent down to pick up a rock and he was off , then stood at about 100m shouting his displeasure that I was there .......would he have attacked me ?..... I doubt it would have attacked . If I were only 4' perhaps then ..... but generally they keep there distance ..... Baboons, contrary to popular belief are not a leopards favourite food, because leopards know the injuries that they can inflict ..... (there are leopards they do focus on baboons) There are more Shark attacks and people killed by Nyala and Bushbuck than people attacked by baboons.
1. Semi Auto , Semi autos are not allowed to be used for any hunting in South Africa, farm owners and registered culling outfits may apply for a permit to shoot/cull with a semi auto.
2. Eating baboons , generally baboons are not eaten , however in some of the more rural areas baboons are eaten by the locals and considered to have mystical properties.
3. Baboons are not found every where , generally they live in mountains or heavily wooded areas . Botswana has few of either , however there are baboons in certain areas . I have come across baboons on flat sparsely wooded terrain , with the closest hills/mountains miles away .
4. Baboons attacking humans. Generally baboons are weary of humans , especially where they are hunted . They will learn what a man and a rifle look like, they know the difference between a man and a woman (FACT !) they are highly intelligent and can reason, speculate and work out technical puzzles. Where they loose there fear of man is in areas where they are fed, often in tourist areas . (You will often see the sign "do not feed the baboons" yet people ignore this ………. then there are often confrontations , not many people are bitten but every year there are one or two incidents where someone is bitten , (normally it is bad) but baboons will not just walk up and attack you .... If he is in your car and you get in to get him out, expect to go to causality for a few hundred stitches . A female protecting her baby will rip you apart ....till she can escape with her baby ....... I have been confronted by a large male .... who stood up on his hind legs ....... he hissed and groaned and barked , I bent down to pick up a rock and he was off , then stood at about 100m shouting his displeasure that I was there .......would he have attacked me ?..... I doubt it would have attacked . If I were only 4' perhaps then ..... but generally they keep there distance ..... Baboons, contrary to popular belief are not a leopards favourite food, because leopards know the injuries that they can inflict ..... (there are leopards they do focus on baboons) There are more Shark attacks and people killed by Nyala and Bushbuck than people attacked by baboons.
Last edited:
eastbank
Well-Known Member
SAM55
Well-Known Member
Here's one I took in Namibia in 2017. Where I was hunting they definitely tried to quickly get far away if they spotted a human. I suppose it's because they had been hunted before. The land owners do their best to eliminate them due to the damage they cause. They are absolutely a very smart animal. So, for me it was a challenging hunt. It's a great animal to add to a plains game hunt.
Johnny blade
Well-Known Member
No doubt PETA will be screaming bloody murder! LOL
BrentM
Well-Known Member
Sounds like something i'd be into. My 6.5 PRC needs more field time.
I worked with a friend i Canada wowh worked in Indonesia and a baboon raped a woman there and killed her
Beware of wild animals
JMB 1911
Well-Known Member
That could certainly be fun
Irish Neil
Active Member
The one trophy I would like to bring back from Africa would be a bleached scull of big male baboon.
A very interesting talking point on your desk!
A very interesting talking point on your desk!
Tidus56
Well-Known Member
- Joined
- Feb 1, 2018
- Messages
- 2,084
And then lie to everyone about how you ate it and it gave you mystical powers! That's something I would do for fun. I bet you'd get some funny reactions.
alcesgigas
Well-Known Member
Is that the "F" version?
LRNut
Well-Known Member
My longest African shot was a baboon at 450 yards. They are a hoot to hunt. Jackals are a lot of fun to hunt as well.
