Eswatini 🇸🇿🐘

[lethal ibex]

Welcome to eswatini! This country is often overlooked by international hunters, but it posseses a wide range of big and small game, the big 5 can be hunted here but it is no challenge for the weak. A wide range of species is found around these mountains and valleys but these could make up a proper line up!

Antelope like species

• Oribi (2)
• Impala (4)
• Nyala (5)
• greater kudu (7)
• mountain reedbuck (4)
• common eland (9)
• grey rhebuck (3)
• sable antelope (7)

Big 5 species

• African bush elephant (10)
• white rhinoceros (10)
• leopard (6)
• cape buffalo (10)

Others

• giraffe (9)
• hippo (10)
• caracal (2)
• chacma baboon (4)
• plains zebra (7)
• bushpig (4)
• harlequin quail (1)
• African pigmy goose (1)
• Nile monitor (1)

I wanted to add a picture of elephants but discord was bugged

[tough hazel]

its antelope not with an i

[lethal ibex]

I'm trying to edit it but DC doesn't let me well anyway scree languages, I speak 3 it's antilope, antilop and antelope how tf am I supposed to remember the spelling of those 😭

[tough hazel]

my bad

[lethal ibex]

Nah it's fine it was my misspelling, thank you for correcting me

Well anyway can anyone help me find the right classes for he species?

[olive steeple]

Floppa

[lethal ibex]

What is floppa

[ebon acorn]

Caracal

[lethal ibex]

Oh lol he cute, wanna shoot!

[tough hazel]

Floppa 👍

[olive steeple]

Floppa👍

[somber trench]

Beat me to it lol!

[lethal ibex]

As an alpha male I just was quicker I'm build like that 😎

[foggy obsidian]

Got a naiiiice line up of animals here, though I'd also wanna see Greater Kudu, I see Impala my beloved so I'm automatically on-board

[somber trench]

What?

[lethal ibex]

Yeah I'm still working on the list

[sinful fulcrum]

floppa👍 (i´m to late)

[olive steeple]

Add axis deer

[lethal ibex]

Idk how to explain what I just said

[vale lance]

Needs Spur-winged, Egyptian, or Pygmy Goose

[lethal ibex]

I agree, but I feel like most people don't enjoy birds that much but African pigmy goose or black duck are really good options

[somber trench]

Dangerous Game ( 10

 • African Elephant 

 • Southern White Rhinoceros

 • Hippopotamus  - 10

 • African Leopard - 7/8

Plains game 4-9

  • Common Eland - 9

 • Reticulated Girraffe

  • Sable - 7/8

 • Plains Zebra - 6/9

• Bushpig - 4

•Impala - 4

• Cheetah - 4 (maybe 3?)

Small antelope such as reedbuck and oribi C2

[vale lance]

Yeah but you gotta, especially after the farce that is adding Eurasian wigeon to Vurhonga

[lethal ibex]

Good point

[foggy obsidian]

Ye this is good.
Leopard are good at 7 I think
Sable would be fine at 6 tbh but 7 is also OK
Zebra definitely a 6
Cheetah should be 4 i think
Reedbuck can be a bit higher, maybe C3 or even C4 if we push it

[vale lance]

Think of all the variations for the Plains Zebra 🤩🤩🤩

[olive steeple]

YESSS AND AXIS ❤️🩷❤️🩷❤️

[vale lance]

No wtf?

[olive steeple]

😔

[lethal ibex]

I added classes and changed up some species with the species list

[vale lance]

Maybe instead of Caracal, have Chacma Baboon - they're the most exported trophy from South Africa and definitely live in Eswatini too

[somber trench]

Ehhh, zebra often rival elk size wise and sable have tons of muscle mass.

[lethal ibex]

I added them instead of cheetah as Swasiland has very little cheetahs

[vale lance]

Sounds good to me hahahaha - save Cheetah for Namibia (where they are hunted irl)

[lethal ibex]

We need multiple Africa maps but this definitely is one

[vale lance]

Totally agreed with you there hahaha

[lethal ibex]

Oribis may be found in open scrupland, they do not thrive in open savannahs or forests. They rely on short grasses for food and get up to 20 KGS big.

I am not sure if the smaller antelopes shall have drink zones

The Impala is a small class 4 species you can find it in woodlands both solo males and small groups are common

[somber trench]

I feel like the whole allure of hunting them is how hard it is. I vote no

[buoyant mirage]

Can you hunt in eswatini irl?

[somber trench]

Yes

Just less popular than other African countries

[foggy obsidian]

Zebra aren't that big though, like they're heavy things but they're kinda small. The otherday I went for a walk in my local reserve and walked past a heard of Zebra (I think they're mostly female though) and they probably took me at the belly button. (I'm 6'1) I know a .30-06 would drop them within a couple seconds aswell. Sable are maybe a little tougher than kudu but not by that much really

Either way though, I don't mind if they're class 7 or 8 because that would let me shoot them with the .375, as it should be

[mild jasper]

Swati boys stand up💪

[lethal ibex]

The mountain reedbuck would be one of the hardest species to hunt, they would be found in high elevation grasslands, higher numbers may be found in areas with some trees or brushes as cover. They have a similar size to roe deer thus placing them in class 3. They don't drink and have relatively small numbers, this is a true trophy of the mountains

[lethal ibex]

Common eland, you do not realize how gigantic these things are until you see one, the first time I stood next to a taxidermied specimen at the Berlin Museum of Natural History it really blew my mind how big it was. They can be found all over the map, and may be observed drinking at waterholes and other sources of water they can weigh nearly a metric ton and are thus a class 9 species. they are the second largest antelope species only Beeing toped by the giant eland

[foggy obsidian]

Fun fact; Eland bulls make a clicking noise when walking that's generated by their front legs, but none knows exactly why or what causes the sound

I'm not sure if we are allowed to send links so I apologize if this is a breach of the rules in any way but here is a YouTube video of this phenomenon
https://youtu.be/6gDSI1tiPgw?si=57Z6pccq1iDK-GDH

[lethal ibex]

Pretty neat

[olive steeple]

Level 5 and small level 3 lol

[lethal ibex]

?

[olive steeple]

Im talking about the size of horns

[mild jasper]

Beautiful creatures, I’m yet to see one in real life

[lethal ibex]

Following tiny ten species may be hunted in eswatini

-klippspringer
-steenbok
-red duiker
-gray duiker
-oribi
-Sharpe's greisbock

[lethal ibex]

Grey rhebok are found on grassy open mountain tops and high elevations they get almost up to 30 kilograms and are thus a small class 3 species.

[lethal ibex]

Total list of plausible game species (that I've found)

"beest"
-hartebeest
-topi
-bontebok
-black wildebeest
-blue wildebeest
-blesbok
-tsessebe

oryx like species
-sable antelope (introduced
-roan antelope

small antelopes
-klipspringer
-Oribi
-steenbok
-Sharpe's grysbok
-blue duiker
-red forest duiker
-grey (common duiker)
-grey rhebok

medium and large antelope
-Nyala
-Impala
-greater kudu
-waterbuck
-southern reedbuck
-mountain reedbuck
-common eland

cattle
-cape buffalo

hippopotamuses
-hippopotamus

giraffes and okapi
-southern giraffe

pigs
-bushpig
-common warthog

rhinos
-black rhinoceros (very rare, rather not)
-white rhinoceros

horses
-plains zebra

felines
-cheetah
-lion
-leopard
-caracal
-serval

hyenas
-aardwolf
-brown hyena

candids
-side stripped jackal
-black backed jackal

mustelids
-honey badger

lagomophs
-cape hare

primates
-chacma baboon

elephants and hyraxes
-african bush elephant 🐘
-cape hyrax

Crocodiles
-nile crocodile

Waterfowl
-spur winged goose
-african pigmy goose
-egyptian goose
-white faced whistling duck
-fulvous whistling duck
-white backed duck
-knob billed duck
-african black duck
-yellow billed duck
-red billed duck

guineafowl
-southern crested guineafowl
-helmeted guineafowl

Quail
-common quail
-harlequin quail

Francolins
-natal francolin
-crested francolin
-coqui francolin
-red winged francolin
-shelleys francolin
-swainsons francolin
-red necked francolin

Ostriches
-common ostrich

[blazing crest]

Potential species List:

• African Bush Elephant (10)
• Hippo (10)
• White Rhino (10)
• Cape Buffalo (9)
• Common Eland (8)
• Plains Zebra (7)
• Greater Kudu (7)
• Sable Antelope (6)
• African Leopard (6)
• Nyala (5)
• Warthog (4)
• Impala (3)
• Caracal (2)
• Egyptian Goose (1)

14 Species

[lethal ibex]

I'd enjoy that, may be some oribi or rhebok tho because I love them and I'd choose a different goose but overall I would enjoy that line up as a map

[vale lance]

No Hippo tbh

[foggy obsidian]

could also have vervet monkey, though they are more of a nuisance species than small game.

[foggy obsidian]

I think there are some changes needed here (assuming current weapons in game retain their classes)

Common Eland - 9 (its not recommended to shoot an eland with something like a .30-06, many consider .375 the minimum caliber but .338 would also work)

Plains Zebra - 5/6 (Plains zebra are heavy animals, but smaller than a horse by a lot and also not that tough really)

African Leopard - 7 (African leopard aren't large but a wounded african leopard is a real s.o.b so it should receive the same treatment as lion do, getting a higher weaponclass then what is really needed)

Southern Impala - 4 (Impala are most commonly hunted with rifles like .308, .30-06 and .375, although they aren't that heavy, they should still be a class 4 animal, similarly to sika deer)

Also Greater Kudu and Sable should either be the same or switched, a kudu isn't a exceptionally tough animal, its actually slightly less hardy than a sable is.

[buoyant mirage]

She's saying that she's is better than you, has the ability to pull hot chicks and is faster than you at making ideas

[lethal ibex]

Lmao

[lethal ibex]

Man i could sure kill some impalas rn

[foggy obsidian]

Same my guy, same 🤝

[near basin]

Hello @lethal ibex!

Thank you for your detailed suggestion about a new reserve. It was received by our team and will be taken into consideration.

If you have any other thoughts you'd like to share, feel free to do so here: https://support.thehunter.com/hc/en-us/requests/new

[lethal ibex]

Your welcome!

[buoyant mirage]

B

[buoyant mirage]

Bump

[lethal ibex]

Thanks ❤️

[buoyant mirage]

Nw

[pearl elbow]

I’d love to see Cheetah