The Nkoveni Female is dragging an impala carcass through the fading light, clearly intent on reaching a very specific tree. With hyenas never far behind, the pressure is on — she needs to hoist it, and quickly.
But to understand how we got there, we rewind slightly.
Following on from last week’s episode — where we watched her hunting — I set out the next morning hoping to relocate her and see how things had unfolded. Despite our best efforts, there was no sign of her, and with little to go on, we shifted focus.
We spent some time with the Gijima Males and the Msuthlu Pride, enjoying a classic interaction between the two brothers as they greeted one another and settled into the shade. A moment of calm before the story picked up again.
Later that afternoon, everything fell into place.
The Nkoveni Female had made a successful kill and was now dragging it towards a tree she knows well — one that has proven itself before as the perfect place to secure a meal. Timing was everything. Just as a hyena began closing in, she managed to hoist the carcass safely out of reach.
The following morning, we returned at first light to find her still in the tree, feeding, with hyenas lingering below. Eventually, with the pressure easing, she descended and settled into the grass — a quiet but satisfying end to a well-executed hunt.
And just when it felt complete, we revisited a moment from the past — the same tree, the same leopard, and a memory of her with cubs climbing and feeding. A reminder of how these stories layer over time.
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