RLP
AH senior member
During the morning hunt of day 3 while hunting Kudu and Nyla, Benjamin spotted a trophy Fallow Deer. After confirming it was an animal I was interested in harvesting, he developed a plan. He and I will stalk uphill about 600 yards, while two trackers will preposition themselves to our right flank on the mountain side the Fallow Deer was hiding. After the walk up, I needed to rest to get my heartbeat to a reasonable speed. Once set on the sticks in the general area we believed the Fallow Deer was, Benjamin signaled for the trackers to sweep the mountain side in the hope of forcing the Fallow Deer to expose himself. Within minutes a trophy Waterbuck busted out of the bushes and ran straight up hill. Under Benjamin’s direction I set the scope for 350 yards and he yelled to make the Waterbuck stop. Perfect…he stopped and I was able to drop him at 350 yards. As soon as he dropped the Fallow Deer got up and ran a shot distance and settled behind a bush, allowing us to see about 4 inches of an antler. With my feet in the same exact spot I shot the Waterbuck in, I reset my scope to zero and we waited 45 minutes for him to move. Eventually Benjamin signaled for the trackers to continue sweeping/pushing the mountain side. Two Fallow does jumped and ran past the Fallow buck, eventually he moved a short distance between two shrubs- his neck and head were covered as well as his hind quarters- luckily his vitals were fully exposed- dropped @ 250 yards. The scope bit me on the Fallow Deer shot- amateur mistake lol.
A perfect example of taking what Africa gives.
A perfect example of taking what Africa gives.
