I’m hunting the last two weeks of April in Limpopo. Targeting Buffalo and then Sable and Kudu. I know what to expect for Buff but what’s your experience in average shot distance for plains games that time of year in Limpopo?
I have suddenly landed up with a kudu hunt too, so also interested in the answers here. When I have seen kudu in thick areas before it was at about 60 metres. There may well have been further away ones, but of course you wouldn't see them.
We were lucky to see mine standing around on a riverbed, distance was 171 meters according to my rangefinder. Turned around and went for the bank and dropped right there. This was in August as you can see the foliage is pretty thick.On the other side of the Limpopo I found the March-April timeframe to be thick, thick, and more thick. Kudu are so well camoflauged I can't imagine the keen eyes of a tracker seeing them much past 50-70 yards for initial stalking. I can't recall a time I've killed a Kudu in Zim any time of year passed a 100 yards, even in July-August timeframe when the cover should be lighter. (SW corner of Zim, within a few Ks of the Limpopo)
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Was this with your 9.3x74R?We were lucky to see mine standing around on a riverbed, distance was 171 meters according to my rangefinder. Turned around and went for the bank and dropped right there.
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No, with the R8 .300 RUM. I knew in Zambia for Lechwe I might have to take longer shots (and did).Was this with your 9.3x74R?
So continuing to read this thread and seeing most shot distances less than 200yards I’m wondering about caliber selection. Planning on taking .300 win mag next June to Limpopo. Curious why the wsm version should have stayed at home?I insisted on taking my 300 WSM to Limpopo in April but should have left it at home.