Giraffe Hunting. All You Need to Know About Hunting Giraffe. (2024)

Author Nick Bowker

Giraffe Trophy hunting can make for a challenging and exciting stalk.

Hunting Giraffes is often done by spot and stalk or tracking his very distinctive spoor.

There are no seasonal restrictions on trophy Giraffes in Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Nick Bowker Hunting offers Giraffe Africa hunting trips year-round.

Giraffe hunts are typically in thick brush or savanna.

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Yourgiraffetrophy should weigh about2,500 poundsand be 8 feet tall.

This stately beast inhabits various plant habitats, from the dry woodlands to the reasonably dense low shrub veld.

But always present will be the thorn trees he feeds throughout the year.

A giraffe’s heart weighs approximately 25 pounds and is the biggest of any land mammal, and is used to pump 60 liters of blood around its body every minute at a blood pressure twice that of an average human.

The giraffe is not territorial and tends to avoid the very dense bush.

He feeds on a 6-foot band of browse, not accessible to all other animals except the elephant, with browsing being mainly during the day.

They can run as fast as 35 miles an hour over short distances or cruise at ten mph over longer distances.

Giraffe only needs to drink once every few days because most of their water comes from all the plants they eat.

Giraffe hunting can make for an extremely interesting and exciting stalk on a plains game hunt for the trophy hunter.

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Hunting will most often be done by spot and stalk or tracking his very distinctive spoor.

Hunt Giraffe with a 375 in South Africa.

Nick Bowker has a 375 and ammunition for hunters not wishing to go through the red tape of bringing a rifle to South Africa.

Also, the rifle and ammunition are free of charge in your package.

The United States Fish and Wildlife Service may treat giraffes as endangered. This could result in a ban on importing taxidermy products.

Any ban will achieve the exact opposite impact. Landowners will be forced to shoot out giraffe herds and replace the giraffe with domestic livestock.

A giraffe’s lungs are positioned well forward and high in the chest cavity. At the same time, the brain is tiny and set just below and between the horns.

If you make a spine shot, place it in the center of the neck, where the neck joins the body.

A quartering frontal shot should be aimed to break the prominent shoulder joint; avoid the quartering-away shot; take it only as a last resort! It’s an exciting addition to your game animals in the trophy room.

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• The giraffe species is the tallest mammal in the world, with their legs alone being more elevated than many humans, about 6 feet.

• A giraffe’s neck is too short to reach the ground. As a result, it has to spread its front legs or kneel to reach the ground to drink water.

• Giraffe spends most of their lives standing up; they even sleep and give birth standing up.

• Giraffe young can stand up and walk after an hour, and within a week, it starts to eat some vegetation.

• Calves are often killed in their first few months, although the females attempt to stand over their calves during attacks by lions, spotted hyenas, leopards, and African wild dogs.

• A giraffe species’ spots are much like human fingerprints. As a result, no two individual giraffes have the same pattern.

• Giraffe only needs 5 to 30 minutes of sleep in 24 hours. Achieved in quick naps that can last only a minute.

• It was thought that giraffes do not make any sound. But this is untrue, as giraffe makes low-pitched noises beyond the range of human hearing.

• To protect the giraffe’s brain from sudden changes in blood pressure when it lowers its head to drink, it has valves to stop the backflow of blood.

• A female giraffe gives birth standing up. As a result, their young fall about 2m to the ground and can stand up within an hour of birth. The newborn giraffe is taller than most humans.

• Giraffes are plentiful and available throughout much of South Africa and are not considered endangered. Giraffe hunting takes place throughout South Africa.

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Description for the hunter

Giraffes usually inhabitsavannahsand openwoodlands.Also, they feed on shrubs, grass, and fruit and eat around 75 pounds of foliage daily.

Fully grown giraffes stand 14.1 – 18.7 feet tall, with males taller than females.

The tallest recorded male was 19.3 feet, and the tallest recorded female was 17 feet tall.

The average weight is 2,628 pounds for an adult male and 1,825 pounds for an adult female. Despite its long neck and legs, the giraffe’s body is short in comparison.

Located at both sides of the head, the giraffe’s large, bulging eyes give it an excellent all-around vision from its great height.

A Giraffe has a perfect sense of hearing andsmell and can close its muscular nostrils to protect against sandstorms and ants.

Giraffe hunting, while unusual, is well worthwhile. They have good eyesight.

Male giraffes become darker as they age.

Hunting Information

The giraffe’sprehensiletongue is about 18 inches long. for getting at the most challenging foliage. Also, the tongue is purplish-black, perhaps to protect against sunburn, and helps grasp foliage, as well as for grooming and cleaning the animal’s nose.

The giraffe’s upper lip is also prehensile and useful for foraging and covered in hair to protect against thorns.

Also, the tongue and inside of the mouth havepapillae.

The coat has dark patches, which can be orange,chestnut,brown, or nearly black, separated by light hair, usually white orcream.

The skin color and pattern serve ascamouflagein the light and shade patterns of savannah woodlands.

Giraffe calves inherit pattern traits from their mothers.

The skin underneath the dark areas helps withthermoregulation.

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