Butwa Flats Hunting Reserve, Zambia

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Based on: Luangwa Valley, Bangweulu Wetlands

Biomes: Miombo Woodland, Flooded Grassland, Mopane Woodland, Rivers, Lakes

Returning Species

• Cape Buffalo
• African Lion
• Side-striped Jackal

Potential New Species - Big Game

• Hippopotamus - Class 10
• Livingstone's Eland - Class 9
• Nile Crocodile - Class 8
• Roan Antelope - Class 7
• Crawshay's Zebra - Class 7
• Sable Antelope - Class 7
• African Leopard - Class 7
• Cookson's Wildebeest - Class 6
• Tsessebe - Class 6
• Defassa Waterbuck - Class 6
• Spotted Hyena - Class 6
• Bushpig - Class 4 or 5
• Black Lechwe - Class 4
• Kafue Lechwe - Class 4
• Sitatunga - Class 4
• Puku - Class 3
• Chobe Bushbuck - Class 3
• Yellow-backed Duiker - Class 3

Potential New Species - Class 1 & 2

• Red-billed Teal
• African Blue Quail
• Crested Guineafowl
• African Pygmy Goose
• Spur-winged Goose
• Malbrouck Monkey
• Sharpe's Grysbok
• Crested Porcupine - Class 2
• African Clawless Otter - Class 2
• African Civet - Class 2

New Weapons

• 405 Winchester Lever-Action Rifle
  • Can’t mount any sights
  • Zeros: 50, 100 & 150 meters
  • Weight: 4
  • Capacity: 4+1
  • Ammo: Hollow Points & Soft Points
  • Class: 7-9
  • There is a unique “Medicine Stick” version that can be obtained after completing the main story. It has an engraving of a male lion on the butt
• 9.3x62 Bolt-action Rifle
  • Zero: 50, 100 & 150 meters
  • Weight: 4
  • Capacity: 4+1
  • Ammo: Soft Point & Polymer Tip
  • Class: 6-9
  • Note: in terms of ability to kill class 9 animals it is a bit better then the 300. As a note the 300 should be re-classed to at least a class 6-9 weapon.

New Gear

• Decoys & Callers for the New Waterfowl Species
• New Safari-styled Clothing
• A New Jeep or Truck
• A Boat (https://discord.com/channels/393040947006406657/1085487574610616371)

New Multimounts

• Watery Grave: 1 Male Crocodile + 1 Black Lechwe Male & 1 Female Black Lechwe
• Death from Above: 1 Male Leopard + 1 Male Puku
• Feast for a King: 1 Lion + 1 Lioness + 1 Male Zebra
• Lechwe Huddle: 3 Black Lechwe (Male)
• Defiance: 1 Lion + 2 Hyenas (1 Male & 1 Female)
• Fearless: 3 Hyena (2 Female + 1 Male) + 1 Male Cape Buffalo
• Scatter: 1 Leopard + 4 Guineafowl
• Know Your Place: 1 Male Hippo + 1 Female Hyena
• The Herd: 2 Zebra (1 Male & 1 Female) + 2 Blue Wildebeest (1 Male + 1 Female)
• Marsh Dweller: 1 Male Sitatunga + 2 Spur-winged Goose
• Monkey See, Monkey Hear, Monkey Do: 3 Male Malbrouck Monkeys
• Scatter Fowl: 1 Leopard (male) + 4 Guineafowl (2 male & 2 female)
• A Meal for the King: 1 Male Lion, 1 Female Lion & 1 Male Zebra
• There will also be several multi-mounts that consist of a male and a female for all the new antelope species, the hyena and the zebra

About the Reserve

The Reserve can be divided into 5 Regions

Region #1: located in the centre of the map, it sits along the main river, and with a good mix of ecosystems, you can find almost every species on the reserve. One can see crocodiles basking along the river banks while herds of antelope and zebra graze in the nearby woodlands

Region #2: In the southeastern corner of the reserve, this region is mostly dominated by mopane woodland and is home to large herds of Buffalo, Zebra and Roan, which are hunted by the lions and hyenas. Hippos also graze here at night

Region #3: In the southwestern corner, this area is a continuation of the mopane woodland, though it has lacks the hippos and crocodiles. If you come here at night you might find smaller predators like jackals and civets or even the elusive leopard

Region #4: In the northwestern part of this reserve, you will find a series of miombo woodland and pockets of savannah wedged between 2 rivers. Animals like zebra, puku, waterbuck and roan all call it home, and as a consequence so do hyenas and big cats.

Region #5: The great marshland that makes up over 80% of this region is home to antelope such as the Black Lechwe, Tsessebe and the Sitatunga. Hippos, Crocodiles and Buffalo also live here and can be hunted from special hunting stands. A keen waterfowl hunter would be wise to set up here for the flocks of goose and duck that call the area home.

The Smaller Game: Side-Striped Jackal (from Vurhonga), Crested Porcupine, African Civet, Malbrouck Monkey, Sharpe’s Grysbok, African Pygmy Goose, Spur-winged Goose, African Blue Quail, Red-billed Teal and Crested Guineafowl

The Plains Game: Chobe Bushbuck, Puku, Bushpig, Sitatunga, Black Lechwe, Defassa Waterbuck, Tsessebe, Crawshay’s Zebra and Roan Antelope

The Dangerous Animals: Spotted Hyena, Leopard, Nile Crocodile, Buffalo, Lion & Hippo

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May I Suggest blesbok be added

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Blesbok are not found in Zambia (neither are Bontebok) so the answer is no, the species list is finalized

[sour canyon]

There are so many Africa 2.0 ideas, but this one is by far my favorite

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I would hope we get more then one African Reserve in the future

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Mb I confused Nambia with Zambia,Super similar names

Either way absolutely love the idea,I know anything You Make is such a good idea,Why you aren’t on the development team is anybody’s guess

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I do not have experience in video game development or anything related, I would like to thank you for the kind comments

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More of the ideas team but yeah your welcome

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I like this idea. Definitely should be a map.

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I just realized that both this reserve and my Arctic Reserve have at least one species for each weapon class (1-9)

[pseudo geode]

This is another really great reserve concept, well done! The species count is pretty high, but I'm sure that they could make it work if they spread out the different species over different regions of the map.

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I figured the Sitatunga and Black Lechwe would only dwell in the big marsh on the reserve while the hippos and crocs would hang there and along the rivers. This could be expanded upon by having the Waterbuck live in the southern 1/3 and the Tsessebe live in the northern 2/3 of the reserve

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Might as well bump it up

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Sources I used to compile my Species List
https://phazambia.com - Professional Hunters Association of Zambia

Wikipedia
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mammals_of_Zambia

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_birds_of_Zambia

BookYourHunt - https://blog.bookyourhunt.com/hunting-in-zambia-what-you-need-to-know/?amp=1

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I used bookyourhunt.com as well on my reserve it's a great website

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It can be pretty useful

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Hello @whole gale ,
We appreciate you taking time to share with us this detailed suggestions, pictures and ideas for the Zambia Reserve.
Our development Team is constantly working on new content and they are open to ideas!
We will pass this feedback to them for consideration.

Thank you all for playing the Hunter call of the wild, blessings on your next hunt!

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Might as well bump this up in case anyone wants to check it out

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Bump...............

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Ever since it was said that Africa 2.0 would be the final reserve, I should state that this reserve and the https://discord.com/channels/393040947006406657/1089731563308204153 were designed with the idea that Africa 2.0 would not be the “final reserve”.

If Africa 2.0 is the final reserve, then I personally hope it is https://discord.com/channels/393040947006406657/1070109503447646350

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Well, I may drag this reserve up again

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After seeing the Saltwater Crocodile being a Class 7 animals

I guess I was right to have Nile Crocodile listed as a Class 7

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How am I just now seeing this suggestion lol

Let's get this to 100 minimum

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I do have some mission ideas for this reserve that are inspired by the missions on Emerald Coast

Antelope Country: Zambia may be well known for it’s buffalo and big cats, but the antelope also bring many hunters here. Try and bag a big one with different methods and tools. Remember: Each one has to be a Gold Medal Male

• Hunt 1 Chobe Bushbuck with a Handgun at night
• Hunt 1 Puku with a Shotgun within 50 meters
• Hunt 1 Black Lechwe with any Bow or Crossbow
• Hunt 1 Sitatunga with a Bow or Crossbow from a hunting stand
• Hunt a Defassa Waterbuck with a Handgun within 50 meters
• Hunt a Tsessebe with a Rifle without any attachments
• Hunt a Roan Antelope with any bow or crossbow from over 50 meters

Most Dangerous Game: Zambia is well known for it’s more dangerous game, are you feeling brave enough to take them on (Must be Gold or better)

• Hunt 1 Cape Buffalo with a Bow or Crossbow
• Hunt 1 Leopard with a Shotgun within 75 meters
• Hunt 1 Lion at night from a ground blind
• Hunt a Nile Crocodile with a handgun
• Hunt a Hippopotamus with a Rifle within 100 meters (a charging hippo will do)

Safari Album: Many people come to Africa to take photographs of the wildlife, can you get good photographs of every species on the reserve

• Get a photograph of every animal species on the reserve

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they should add elephants to zambia

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Have you forgotten EW’s stance on adding Elephants

(Short answer: Not happening)

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Don't care for elephants so the hippos being the map's big boys are good with me, just want the lever gun to have the justice it deserves. Definitely fits a scope, either side saddle like the Helios in game, or a galileo type (popular for lever actions at the turn of the century)

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how bout giraffes or leopards

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If you started at the top of the thread you would see at least one of those animals are on the list

As for Giraffe, they cannot be legally hunted in Zambia
Here is a reserve set in one of the 3 countries they can be legally hunted in: https://discord.com/channels/393040947006406657/1070108417819156631

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oof

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tecnically this is a .30-06, but still, scopes can be mounted on an 1895

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Sitatunga behaviour as described on this thread: https://discord.com/channels/393040947006406657/1132780319058174073

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Well it is 31 away from 100, but its got the funny number

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A self bump

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Bumping this for the Dangerous Game and Antelopes

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Just moved a few species to a new list "Potential Species" to keep the main list maxed out at 20 species, also switched around the Waterbuck and Zebras weapon class (Zebra is now Class 8 & Waterbuck is now class 6)

I may put together a West African Reserve sometime soon but unlike my Zambian Reserve where it is focused on one country, it will be a rough combination of every country that has some sort of guided hunting and it won't be set in Cameroon that much I will say right off the bat. Also the one species I can reveal for it is the Warthog

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@vernal linden

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Added Yellow-backed Duiker from my #1183613914773200906 concept as these large duikers do live in Zambia and show up on the huntable species list for Zambia

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Would make a fine addition

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Nice to see this over 100

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We had the same idea!

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I made this a long time ago though

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Oh ok I didnt see that ig

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Cheetahs Maybe?

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No, there are Leopards and Lions on the Species List alongside 8 Antelope Species, plus Cheetahs would be more suitable for a map set in Namibia

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Just tweaked a few of the weapon classes some species were assinged to: Leopard, Crawshay's Zebra & Roan are now Class 7 while Nile Crocodile is the sole Class 8 species with Spotted Hyena being a Class 6 (to match the wolves)

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Redid the whole species list into 3 Categories: Returning, Potential Big Game & Potential Small Game. Also added Livingstone's Eland, Kafue Lechwe & the Sable Antelope

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Can all the animals put in this card actually be hunted?

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Actually yes, every species on the list can be hunted in Zambia

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I didn't know you could hunt so many creatures which seems incredible.

and if we have an idea and almost all the animals are huntable but some are not, for example 3 or 4 out of 17 animals in total, will this not work or will it not work?

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There's many more in countries all over Africa

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The map for my Zambian reserve (Based on a sketch I did ages ago for this reserve concept)

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The tan-coloured zones are the sandy river banks (watch out for crocodiles)
The dark green zones are wetland areas (Sitatunga country)
The yellow areas are savannah (Zebra grazing zone)
The bright green zones are Miombo Woodland (Where Black Death awaits)
The brownish-green zones are Mopane Woodland (Where leopards hunt)

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Butwa Flats Hunting Reserve, Zambia

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For ages the only 2 weapons I had listed here was the 405 Winchester Lever-action Rifle and the 9.3x62 Bolt-action Rifle. Now I include 2 more weapons: The 50 Action Express Semi-auto Pistol (A fancy way of saying the Desert Eagle) and the 376 Steyr Scout Rifle. As for weapon classes the 376 would be a class 7 to 9 rifle and as for the 50 AE I am not sure yet

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5-9 would suffice for the deagle imo

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That would be fair, and the 376 Steyr would be another 7 to 9 Rifle from what I have read about before, just in the form of a Steyr Scout Rifle

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Interesting, the Steyr Scout is notoriously light and hurts the shoulders in calibers as small as .308 so how much does the 376 weigh?😂

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I'm not sure but its good to know that if it was added to the game it wouldn't overshadow the 375 too much

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It's amazing how potentially good African maps can be

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Amazing roster! 🇿🇲

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Thanks, I tried to make sure the species roster focused on antelope in case Africa 2.0 focuses heavy on the Big 5 (Which I am all for, I would like a new map to hunt Lion & African Buffalo on)

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Zambia is just one example of how a Plains Game focused reserve could look

Sure it has big cats, buffalo, hippo and crocodiles but the vast majority of the big game are plains game antelope ranging from the giant Livingstone’s Eland to the elusive Zambezi Sitatunga