Professional
Hunter
(official Ph.licence n°639/1983 RCA)
Jacques
Lemaux arrives in the profession in 1978 in the team of the organization les
Safaris du Haut Chinko.
He begins
his training while prospecting the unexplored areas and the source of the Chinko.
He begins to guide and organize some safaris on foot with columns of 40
carriers.
Hunt in
that time was essentially elephant hunting.
Orientation,
the study of the cards, the choice of the territory, the intuition of the
places, research and the discovery of new sites or saline to find the biggest
trophies was the school for the PH of this country.
It is in
this context that he opens the zone in the basin of the Chinko river, where will be taken the Derby eland number 1 SCI
Jacques
Lemaux during 18 years hunts in this territory and completes his seasons in
different countries of Africa and Asia.
1981. Eight
months in season of hunt in the big equatorial forest in Gabon.
1981.
Expedition of six months of prospecting in Somalia.
1983. Again
in CAR for the hunt of Derby Eland and
the Bongo.
1989. Two
seasons in Tanzania with Tanganika Wildlife Safaris and simultaneously in CAR.
1996.
Season interrupted in CAR. Half season in Tanzania with Masaïlandhunting.
1998. End
of “Les Safaris du Haut Chinko” due to intensive poaching.
1999. Hunts
with the Safaria organization for the Eland of Derby and organizes the first
equip Pygmy to research of the bongo for this company.
1999, 2000.
Hunts in Pakistan in the Balouchistan area for the Blandfort Urial and the Sind
Ibex.
2001. First
visit of the villages in the East of the RCA.
In
September at the end of the rainseason organizes an expedition carrying up the
Chinko river.
First
attempt succeeded of bongohunting with the Zandés ski trackers shouldered by
Pygmy trackers and their dogs.
2002.
Prospecting searches for salt marshes, discovery, establishment of camps, state
of fauna and location of the big solitarybull of bongo.
The
trackers have an unequaled experience to follow the traces of the animals.
The
presence of Pygmy in the team constitutes a supplementary success insurance.
All
trackers are the untiring hunters who look for the result and the best trophies
of the area.
Organization, Professional Hunter: Jacques Lemaux
via Bovecchio 45, Barberino di Mugello, 50031 Firenze, Italy. Tel/Fax: +39 055 8420670.
Email: jacques.lemaux@tin.it