Recent content by gillettehunter

Well this hunt is officially over and in the books. Nothing else taken. One miss on a monkey much to the trackers chagrin. Got to see a new Savannah. Next hunter could kill a nice sitatunga there if they choose to hunt one. Lots of giant forest hogs on the camera. Too bad they are not on...

Last day last morning. Up at 5 and gone early around 5:30. Off to Christophe’s chosen spot for duiker. Driving in I’m told a blue duiker is still on the table. We’re hoping for Bay or Pieters though. We get there an hour later and head into the bush on a good trail. Seems a little odd. Too good...

Today was a little rougher. Up at 5 and gone around 5:35. A little after 6 Christophe stops for a “potty” break. Christophe had a place he wanted to go but the trackers apparently pleaded with him to go to another spot. So we did. Off we went down an overgrown road. It was cleared just last...

Lots of leaf litter. Rain helps keep it quiet. Interesting to watch the trackers work. Often lifting leaves to look at tracks in the earth beneath. It’s really an art. Bruce

Everybody tired of all of the reports yet? Running out of time. Tonight we checked a game camera at the salt lick where I killed my bongo and forest sitatunga. Then we hacked our way into the forest to call duikers. 6 sets. Called in 3 blues and 1 Pieters. We weren’t shooting blues and I...

Today was rough. We checked the new machan where the YB duiker had been coming regularly. Nothing since the machan was built. Nothing on the camera. So we checked several others in the area. Realistically nothing we should sit for. Back to the lodge for the night instead of a machan. This...

Very nice. Good job. Bruce

TSA allows ammunition in the same case as your firearm. Every airline that I know of does NOT allow that. Good example of where you must follow the most restrictive rules. Bruce

In answer to @Green Chile’s question. With Christophe and the operation here when we kill a non trophy duiker for the pot I’m not liable for the trophy fee. Only if I decide that I want to keep it as a trophy does the fee apply. At least that’s my understanding. With the machan that we have...

Continuing the daily reports. We headed back to the same blind. Got 1/3 of the way there and the trackers figured out they left their food in camp. So back we go. Fast trip in! Christophe put the hammer down. Got to the blind and had a nice quiet night. For me anyway. Christophe had a...

Another day without an animal. I did take a shot at a monkey. As we were going to the machan we stopped 3 times to try a get a monkey. The pigmies love to eat them….. I took one shot with the.222 and clipped one but it stayed in the tree and never gave me another chance. Crap happens I...

Those are Christophe’s chimp pics. Bruce

No shots fired again. Details following. We again went to the same machan as the night before. Cloudy and a little cooler. When using a machan our time goes generally as follows: Leave camp around 3-3:30 pm. Usually 1-1:15 to machan. Park well back from machan. Everybody takes a load in...

Looks like my update for yesterday failed to load. On our way back to the machan we found where the buffalo had been on the road. Several places. So Christophe decided on a different machan where he hoped that the buffalo were headed. Unfortunately we saw nothing. In the morning we...

Ruger Hawkeye. 20 inch barrel? Ammo is Hornady DGS in 300 grain bullets. Scope is a Trigicon. The duiker rifle is a .222 with 50 grain soft points and a 1 inch tube old Leupold. The shotgun didn’t seem to have a maker name or choke of the barrels stamped on it.