I woke at around 2am and the rain had stopped, so we still got up fairly early to check things out and it seemed ok, but it was very dark in the distance over the Pretoriuskop area , therefore we knew we had limited time.
The plan this morning was to try the S3/S4, then to check up on the S65 mother leopard and cubs in case they decided to show themselves again and then to cruise to the golf club and wait for leachy to arrive.
A few of the usual gang popped up on the H11, but nothing to get the adrenalin going, so we were semi distracted by the time we were a few km down the S3, but around the corner I suddenly woke up as the Cow casually said “Dogs”.
An OSV driver was already there and parked off, so we stopped behind him, however this OSV driver had an IQ and was willing to share, so he whispered “The road is wide enough for us to fit next to each other, so I will move over, pull in next us and we can move forward together.
I was stoked at this offering and we moved cars around as quietly as possible and switched off.
A few minutes later the dog closest to us suddenly got all tense and went stalking off into the bush which got the others excited, however seconds later they all ran back out the bush and headed on patrol up the road, so we followed.
When dogs are running all over the place it’s always difficult to know where to be, but I always follow the lead dogs, however the OSV driver decided to hang back with the other dogs.
The semi splinted group we were following found a water puddle in the road from the previous evening’s storm and they all took turns having a drink before 1 decided to do a number 2 in front of us which got the rats’ commentary going.
We followed them for around another km before they ducked off into the bush at pace, however I knew the S4 was just up the road, so we roared off that direction and seconds later the lead dog popped out the bush about 200m up the S4 and others also started to show up.
The patrol continued and minutes later the lead dog went into stalk mode again, but all we could see was wildebeest up the road and they were too big, so we weren’t sure what was potting.
Suddenly the chase started, but the wildebeest didn’t move which seemed to confuse the dogs, however the lead dog was plotting something else we hadn’t seen.
To be continued
Must say that most of such drivers are in fact willing to share sightings - We gladly so far only experienced quite a few who wanted to have the sightings all by themselves 
but the crowds and getting in and out of camp can be a pain 
Certain OSV drivers are cool, but many, especially those on the H4-1, are a problem. 
