Game park in Morocco...

[Ty Korrigan]

Hello,

Just returned from a visit to Morocco where a friend invited my wife and I to stay with his family at the game park they manage for an Arab Sheik.

It is an enormous spread of cork oak forest where rare breeds of North African deer, gazelles and others are raised but not hunted.

The actual 'game' are wild boar from Turkish stock raised by the thousand for stalking.

Also many birds, pheasants, partridges, wild turkeys and many thousands of ducks, so many that the sky darkens with their numbers.

My interest was in...everything but especially the cork forest ecology and management.

Not saying I'm hoping to land a job there but there is a serious lack of re-generative growth due to the large numbers of animals and a poor re-plantation scheme of oak. I see work there...

Anyway, enjoy these images.

I found the stump removal alot of fun!

Stacks of cork oak bark outside the park and wild melons (inedible for humans)

Ty

[Bassett]

Beautiful images Ty.

 

I've been wanting to visit North Africa for a few years now, in particular Libya. Given todays climate, it looks as if though I'll be waiting for a while though. Maybe Morocco then ...

[dexta]

Hello,

Just returned from a visit to Morocco where a friend invited my wife and I to stay with his family at the game park they manage for an Arab Sheik.

It is an enormous spread of cork oak forest where rare breeds of North African deer, gazelles and others are raised but not hunted.

The actual 'game' are wild boar from Turkish stock raised by the thousand for stalking.

Also many birds, pheasants, partridges, wild turkeys and many thousands of ducks, so many that the sky darkens with their numbers.

My interest was in...everything but especially the cork forest ecology and management.

Not saying I'm hoping to land a job there but there is a serious lack of re-generative growth due to the large numbers of animals and a poor re-plantation scheme of oak. I see work there...

Anyway, enjoy these images.

I found the stump removal alot of fun!

Stacks of cork oak bark outside the park and wild melons (inedible for humans)

Ty

 

You didn't meet a lad called Nathan from Newmarket . I no he works for a shiek in morocco as a gamekeeper .not sure exactly where though