 In West African countries the great number of clients goes for the superb wing shooting possibilities and with the extra warthog added to the deal; there are, though, some areas where there is big game in numbers, while game concentration mostly does not approximate to the numbers which countries such as Zimbabwe or Namibia have. And you do not have to pay up the price of a luxury car with the intention of shooting huge size trophies of such species as roan antelope. Also, the species differ from those inhabiting in the Eastern or Southern African countries. In addition, hunting concessions are rather immense if compared to most areas of Southern Africa, 40,000 to 80,000 hectares and larger.
Wing shooting generally is held in the cultivated areas near tribal villages, where the game bird concentration is much higher. Big game hunts mostly take place in chaste bush, without fences and human habitations, where the only sign of human presence are the vehicle tracks of the travelers.
Every day of touring in these areas brings worthwhile sightings of varied game, though reaching it on foot is not an easy task to do. No shooting from cars is permitted. Each concession territory has a quota of the available game, set by the wildlife authorities.
One of the prize trophies is the Western Roan antelope. Roan antelope are now very rare in both eastern and southern Africa and therefore they have a correspondingly high price. Huge Roan trophies are rarely collected in Burkina Faso.
There also other interesting antelope species can be encountered in the same areas. The same is with the evasive “Nagor” Reedbuck and the sing-sing Waterbuck. The Western or Buffon’s kob is not encountered everywhere. Oribi is rather widespread in many areas, as well as the Red Flanked duiker. Warthog trophies can be extremely huge. Buffalo trophies can also be rather remarkable.
Hunting from watering places is forbidden for all species; therefore buffalo is usually tracked. The hunt may last sometimes for hours on end in 6 to 8 foot tall reed grass, which is quite fair and often in really hot 35° – 40°C (95-104°F) temperatures.
Lion are available on all concessions. Here, even males are generally with no or small mane, with rare exclusions, but they are often rather big. Quotas set by the authorities are frequently quite small (1 to 3 animals per concession) but even then there can be exclusions.
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