Big Game Shooting 



wise there is no difference worth mentioning. 

 Possibly the sing-sing is in some localities rather 

 redder on the mask than its ally, but when the 

 old bucks of each get grey with age, defend us 

 from expressing an opinion ! At the same time 

 I doubt if the difference in colour is so marked in 

 East Africa as all that. 



They go about in herds of from three to fifteen 

 and thirty, with one big buck and possibly one or 

 two smaller bucks as well. The buck with two 

 or three does only will probably be a good one, 

 and so in all likelihood will be the solitary buck. 

 If a herd of bucks by themselves is found, leave 

 them alone ; there will be no head worth having. 



These and the impalah are the most regular 

 of all animals in the jungle in their habits ; but 

 I have said all that under the heading Impalah. 



As their name implies, they must have water 

 quite handy. It is unusual to find water-buck in 

 the vicinity of water in the middle of the day 

 in East Africa, so don't trouble to look for them 

 there then. Their times for watering vary : early 

 in the morning in some districts, later in other 

 places. I think that varies in relation to heat 

 and cold. 



The big buck of the herd is the last to approach 

 water, but after they have all drunk he leads the 

 way almost invariably to their lying-up place for 

 the heat of the day. They usually go one or two 

 miles away from water, grazing as they go, to the 



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