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Duikers are often an under appreciated trophy due to their diminutive size. Nonetheless, they are a challenge to hunt and a worthy addition to any trophy room.

When I hunted bongo in the Sanga River basin of Cameroon, bongo where the subject of the morning hunt while duikers were the focus of the afternoon. The Pygmies have a fascinating method to call duikers. They squat at the base of a large tree, in an area that affords some 20 yards or more of vision, and call them. They hold their palm to their face, pinch their nose with the middle and ring fingers, and make a sound that is reminiscent of a Siamese cat in heat.

Duikers, being curious in nature, hear this strange sound and run up to investigate. The hunter is then required to spot the well camouflaged antelope in the shadows and snap off a quick shotgun blast of #1's to try to bag the quarry. It is one of the most unusually hunting methods I've been a part of, and great fun! My dear old dad, never could see them until after the fact. It drove him bonkers, and he cussed the very idea of going out every afternoon for more of it. That had considerable entertainment value all by itself. It is also possible to blow the duikers to kingdom come with a shotgun.

They make a nice full mount is you don't atomize them, and don't take up much space.