Eastern Cape Reserve - South Africa

[fleet lynx]

This reserve is set in the Eastern Cape of South Africa, with a big valley in the middle surrounded by mountains on both sides. It is the perfect place to hunt animals such as the Kudu, Black Wildebeest and Mountain Zebra, and there is a chance you may even encounter the Fallow Deer. Those seeking to pursue upland game will have many opportunities to bag species like the Grey-winged Francolin and Helmented Guineafowl with a Shotgun. Should you wish to help relieve some pressure on the local communities grab a good rifle and set your sights on the large hordes of Chacma Baboon, or train your favourite varmint gun on species like Egyptian Goose and Vervet Monkey.

New Weapon: 357 PCP Airgun

• Ammo
  • 357 Airgun Pellets - Class 1-3
    • Hollow-point
    • Round Nose
  • 357 Airgun Bullet - Class 2-6
    • 145 Grain Ballistic Tip
    • 147 Grain Flat Top
• Range Zeroing: 25, 50 & 100 metres
• Shot Capacity: 5
• Based on the Benjamin Bulldog
  New Weapon: 7mm-08 Scout Rifle
• Ammo: 7mm-08
  • 7mm-08 HV Hollow-point - Class 2-6
  • 7mm-08 HV Soft-point - Class 2-6
  • 7mm-08 HP Soft-point - Class 3-7
  • 7mm-08 HP Polymer Tip - Class 3-7
• Range Zeroing: 75, 150 & 300 meters
• Shot Capacity: 5

Returning Species

• Fallow Deer
• Springbok
• Warthog
• Scrub Hare

New Species

• Greater Kudu - Class 7
• Cape Mountain Zebra - Class 7
• Black Wildebeest - Class 6
• Mountain Reedbuck - Class 4
• Impala - Class 4
• Blesbok - Class 4
• Bushpig - Class 4
• Chacma Baboon - Class 3
• Klipspringer - Class 2
• Caracal - Class 2
• Black-backed Jackal - Class 2
• Vervet Monkey - Class 2
• Cape Grysbok - Class 1 or Class 2
• Blue Duiker - Class 1
• Rock Hyrax/Dassie - Class 1
• Springhare - Class 1
• Cape Ground Squirrel - Class 1
• Grey-winged Francolin
• Speckled/Rock Pigeon
• Harlequin Quail
• Helmeted Guineafowl
• Egyptian Goose
• South African Shelduck
• Yellow-billed Duck

The Kudu, Wildebeest, Zebra, Baboon and Reedbuck

The smaller game species

The Scout Rifle and the 357 Airgun

I figured I would go ahead and put forward one of my ideas for a future African reserve that focuses on Plains Game and Small Game animals

[fleet lynx]

And the bird species of the reserve

[near yarrow]

The scout rifle would be excellent as a 7mm-08. A 5 round capacity would be good as well.

[fleet lynx]

Yeah, I figured it would be a good weapon for hunting on this reserve and reserves like Te Awaroa or Rancho

[fleet lynx]

A rough idea of what you will be hunting in on this reserve

[primal hollow]

I like this idea, although one more species I'd like to see here is the Bushpig

[fleet lynx]

I think I could add Bushpigs and a couple other species, it is a reserve that focuses on Plains Game animals and the smaller game

The other 2 new species added to the list (the 4th species I added to the list is the Scrub Hare from Vurhonga)

[primal hollow]

I think the Blesbok is an excellent addition to the species list. I honestly didn't know that the Serval could be hunted in South Africa, so that's interesting.

[fleet lynx]

I have seen hunts offered for Serval in South Africa, I am currently looking to see if maybe I jumped the gun when I added them to the species list

[primal hollow]

By the way, here's some more ideas for what the landscape of this map could look like.

[fleet lynx]

I could probably replace the Serval with Black-backed Jackal, it would still be a class 2 animal

[primal hollow]

I think the Black-Backed Jackal is probably a better choice, since the Serval is pretty similar to the Caracal. I also think it would be nice to have a second species of Jackal in the game.

[fleet lynx]

For sure, there could be a few new multi-mounts with this reserve too

[primal hollow]

oh yeah definitely, I think it would be really neat and interesting to have a "Two Wildebeest Types" multimount with a Black Wildebeest and a Blue Wildebeest standing side-by-side

[fleet lynx]

That was what I was thinking, and maybe something with baboons (2 male baboons fighting over a female for example)

[fleet lynx]

Bumping this up in case anyone wanted to check it out

[fleet lynx]

Some Multi-mount Ideas for this reserve

• 2 of a Kind: 1 Male Blue Wildebeest & 1 Male Black Wildebeest
• Monkey See, Monkey Hear Monkey Do: 3 Male Chacma Baboons
• Piggyback: 1 Male Bushpig + 1 Male Vervet Monkey
• Blesbok Huddle: 3 Male Blesbok
• Fighting Stallions: 2 Male Cape Mountain Zebra
• Caracal Jump: 1 Male Caracal + 2 Male Grey-winged Francolin & 2 Females
• The Boss: 2 Male Chacma Baboon + 1 Female Chacma Baboon
• Klipspringer Huddle: 2 Male & 2 Female Klipspringer
• Jackal Attack: 2 Male Jackal + 1 Springbok Female
• Bunch of Hyrax: 4 Rocky Hyrax (2 Male & 2 Female)
• Squirrel Hunting: 1 Jackal (Female) + 1 African Ground Squirrel
• Cats & Dogs: 1 Jackal & 1 Caracal (both male)

[fleet lynx]

I think I could potentially add one or 2 more antelope from the Tiny 10

[glass smelt]

Francolin,very interesting

[rose star]

Where is Lion and Hippo?

[fleet lynx]

This is set in the Eastern Cape of South Africa, which is more known for Plains Game Hunting. If you want Lion & Hippo I have a reserve set in https://discord.com/channels/393040947006406657/1099469747323670729

[fleet lynx]

Not every African Reserve needs to have Dangerous Animals

[rose star]

Wrong

[fleet lynx]

Nah, a number of the hunting areas in Africa are well known not so much for the dangerous game but their plains game species

[lilac lodge]

My only issue with this maps is the lack of impala

[fleet lynx]

The impala could be a species that gets added to Africa 2.0, I might add it to this list along with several other antelope and small game species since Impala live in the area

[lilac lodge]

yeah, it should have been the class 4 for vurhonga instead of the lesser kudu imo, it's iconic to african hunting

[fleet lynx]

Plus the Impala is a fair bit more iconic then the Lesser Kudu

[lilac lodge]

The lesser kudu in game seems more scrawny than they should too, i feel like they were supposed to be impala but someone decided to change the model before it got in game

[fleet lynx]

New Species added to the list: Impala, Cape Grysbok, Springhare & Yellow-billed Duck

[lilac lodge]

How big is the gyrsbok? class 1?

[fleet lynx]

A bit bigger then a Blue Duiker, I suppose it could be class 2

[lilac lodge]

How about a dikdik? adults weight between eight and ten pounds

[fleet lynx]

The nearest Dik-dik population to the Eastern Cape is all the way in the northern Namibia though

[lilac lodge]

Ahh gotcha, I been reading about the tiny ten and got too stuck on them lol

[fleet lynx]

Fair enough

[lilac lodge]

I'd love to see this map in game, Africa could support 5 maps i think, and they'd all be different despite sharing a few animals

[fleet lynx]

Like this reserve and my Zambian reserve share one species: The Bushpig and both reserves share more species with Vurhonga then each other

[lilac lodge]

Elephants would be nice, but Africa has so many cool game animals they aren't the only animal for the next africa map. the bushpig and giant forest hog are infinitely better than warthogs imo

[fleet lynx]

Lets not forget Red River Hogs, which are closely related to Bushpigs

[lilac lodge]

they're weirdly pretty for pigs, i must say

[fleet lynx]

Updated the 7mm-08 HP Bullets to be Class 3-7
In the context of this reserve I think its fine

[glass smelt]

Bump

[silk pecan]

r.i.p big floppa

[fleet lynx]

Bumping for Black Wildebeest

[lusty raft]

While I don't dislike this at all, this proposal is (like most of the others) essentially **Vurhonga **2.0 but with other animals. Since Africa is a such a huge continent why not some region other than south Africa?

[fleet lynx]

That is a bold statement to compare it to Vurhonga, this reserve is lacking some misplaced antelope from East Africa and some European waterfowl lol

But in all seriousness, this was designed to be a Plains Game/Small Game focused reserve with a lot of mountainous terrain (hence the absence of dangerous game)

(Another reserve I put together that had more focus on Dangerous Game and Antelope is set in https://discord.com/channels/393040947006406657/1099469747323670729)

[lusty raft]

LOL! Yes, there is that. 😆 I do like the species line up, and think it would be a fun reserve, but I just want to see a different part of Africa, away from South Africa.

[tacit gull]

Well I mean you can’t go much more north.,there’s somewhere around 2 whole other countries that allow you too hunt north of Tanzania.

[fleet lynx]

Fair enough, my Zambian is more “South Central” and I have considered another Plains Game focused reserve in Uganada

I do recall you doing an Ethiopian reserve (https://discord.com/channels/393040947006406657/1100444674558271571)

[lusty raft]

Yes, Ethiopia would be cool, but really any thing that is not essentially Vurhonga 2.0, which is what most of the Africa 2.0 proposals seem to be. Don't get me wrong! Hirschfelden is also a great reserve, but I would likewise not want to have (say) a new Austrian map that is essentially the same thing but with ibex (for example), when we could have Turkey or the Balkans instead. I really like having new environments to hunt, as well as the new animals of course. Just my opinion of course; I'll be happy with anything really.

[tacit gull]

Most of the africa 2.0’s seem quite different from Vurhonga take my https://discord.com/channels/393040947006406657/1138227889624588399 and https://discord.com/channels/393040947006406657/1127159763168415864 for example.They aren’t limited by that stupid border river,instead it runs through the middle and can walk through it for croc and hippo encounters.

[lilac lodge]

It'd be best if the New map was different, Vurhonga could be so much better if it was reworked with the care they've shown the newer maps. (also, black wildebeest)

[fiery laurel]

It would be good

[glass smelt]

Bump