NRA Dave
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Had a great time at Dumukwa Safaris. My wife and I loved the hot water, lodge, chalet and the food! Hunted from dawn to dark most days except when the old bones needed a break. Most farms were between 3-5k acres. Hunted safari style, spot and stalk and from blinds. Our PH, Dawid (easy to remember his name) and trackers, (Douglas and George) were extremely talented and fun to be with. Great guys.
I brought my Contender in 375 JDJ and Super Redhawk in 480 Ruger. Both have Bushnell 3200 Elite 2-6x scopes on them. I shot 2 impala ewes (Barnes 275), waterbuck cow (Barnes 275), bushbuck (375), a monster giraffe (375 DGX), a cool cull kudu (375) and the Cape buffalo (Cutting Edge 340). I wounded one warthog and missed a few animals completely during first few days (impala ewes, Wildebeest). I also hunted hyena but missed on my one shot. Those guys move fast. Traveling for 2-1/2 days and then hitting the ground running was a bit hard on the nervous system. But once I got my steam, all was well.
My wife (using her Ruger American in 7-08) shot 2 zebras, impala ram and a nyala ewe.
This was my third trip to South Africa and her second. We loved it.
Thinking croc, hyena, eland, warthog and baboon for next trip.
Zebra
Zebra
Nyala ewe
Impala ram
Cool cull kudu
Giraffe - 16ft 4in tall and carcass weight of 1800# (approx 3k# live weight). 4 rds of 300g DGX to torso and final spine shot. 1st round made him shutter but a 3k# giraffe takes a while to pass without more rounds in him.
Waterbuck cow. First shot a bit forward on shoulder. Trackers went 150 yds before finding a drop of blood. 200 yds more before we got to her. Then I managed an 80 yd offhand shot to drop her.
One shot at 60 yds. Just inside the shoulder. Went 60 yds. 480 Ruger w 340g Cutting Edge solid @ 1400fps.
Buffalo heart
Waiting for the bushbuck picture from my PH.
If you dream of Africa, do it! You are not getting younger and it will never be more affordable. Hunt for 10 days so you can soak it in! We went for 15 days and it flew by. Those fancy new solid copper bullets do the trick in the 480. I wish I had tried the Barnes bullet on the kudu but I was prepared for a long shot with the 375 JDJ.
Finally we did a game drive on the last day and saw elephants across the Limpopo River in Botswana. Even watches a cow nurse her calf.
Cow nursing her calf.
I brought my Contender in 375 JDJ and Super Redhawk in 480 Ruger. Both have Bushnell 3200 Elite 2-6x scopes on them. I shot 2 impala ewes (Barnes 275), waterbuck cow (Barnes 275), bushbuck (375), a monster giraffe (375 DGX), a cool cull kudu (375) and the Cape buffalo (Cutting Edge 340). I wounded one warthog and missed a few animals completely during first few days (impala ewes, Wildebeest). I also hunted hyena but missed on my one shot. Those guys move fast. Traveling for 2-1/2 days and then hitting the ground running was a bit hard on the nervous system. But once I got my steam, all was well.
My wife (using her Ruger American in 7-08) shot 2 zebras, impala ram and a nyala ewe.
This was my third trip to South Africa and her second. We loved it.
Thinking croc, hyena, eland, warthog and baboon for next trip.
Zebra
Zebra
Nyala ewe
Impala ram
Cool cull kudu
Giraffe - 16ft 4in tall and carcass weight of 1800# (approx 3k# live weight). 4 rds of 300g DGX to torso and final spine shot. 1st round made him shutter but a 3k# giraffe takes a while to pass without more rounds in him.
Waterbuck cow. First shot a bit forward on shoulder. Trackers went 150 yds before finding a drop of blood. 200 yds more before we got to her. Then I managed an 80 yd offhand shot to drop her.
One shot at 60 yds. Just inside the shoulder. Went 60 yds. 480 Ruger w 340g Cutting Edge solid @ 1400fps.
Buffalo heart
Waiting for the bushbuck picture from my PH.
If you dream of Africa, do it! You are not getting younger and it will never be more affordable. Hunt for 10 days so you can soak it in! We went for 15 days and it flew by. Those fancy new solid copper bullets do the trick in the 480. I wish I had tried the Barnes bullet on the kudu but I was prepared for a long shot with the 375 JDJ.
Finally we did a game drive on the last day and saw elephants across the Limpopo River in Botswana. Even watches a cow nurse her calf.
Cow nursing her calf.
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