Dewald
AH elite
- Joined
- Aug 16, 2012
- Messages
- 1,101
- Reaction score
- 2,828
- Location
- Empangeni, Zululand
- Media
- 137
- Member of
- KZN Hunters/ SAHGCA/
- Hunted
- South Africa, Namibia
This year I was very blessed to start hunting early in January.
In the first week i took a monster 39&1/2” Buffalo, dressing out 381kg, after 120mm of rain, countless lost spoor and billions of tics.
My .416 Ruger Hawkeye Alaskan with a 400gr Dzombo solid ankered him for good after 3 days of tracking. This was the first bull I didn’t drop with my faithful Gibbs .450-400 3&1/4”
A week later I hunted a nice Zululand Impala and young kudu for meat in a barter agreement. The kudu had 2 SG pellets lodges in his back and arm, but was in prestine condition. As it was a headshot I didn’t take photos.
This last weekend I went to Ladysmith on invitation to hunt a free-range kudu on a cattle and pivot farm of roughly 7000Ha. We bumped a heard of twelve bulls starting the rutt, and I took the oldest.
I feel incredibly privileged to have started the year like this.
Rifles used:
Buff - .450-400 3&1/4” and .416 Ruger Alaskan topped with Swarovski 1-6x24 firing 400gr Dzombo monolithics.
All other game .375 Ruger Alaskan with 300gr Woodleigh PPs topped with a Swaro Habicht 2,5-10x40.
In the first week i took a monster 39&1/2” Buffalo, dressing out 381kg, after 120mm of rain, countless lost spoor and billions of tics.
My .416 Ruger Hawkeye Alaskan with a 400gr Dzombo solid ankered him for good after 3 days of tracking. This was the first bull I didn’t drop with my faithful Gibbs .450-400 3&1/4”
A week later I hunted a nice Zululand Impala and young kudu for meat in a barter agreement. The kudu had 2 SG pellets lodges in his back and arm, but was in prestine condition. As it was a headshot I didn’t take photos.
This last weekend I went to Ladysmith on invitation to hunt a free-range kudu on a cattle and pivot farm of roughly 7000Ha. We bumped a heard of twelve bulls starting the rutt, and I took the oldest.
I feel incredibly privileged to have started the year like this.
Rifles used:
Buff - .450-400 3&1/4” and .416 Ruger Alaskan topped with Swarovski 1-6x24 firing 400gr Dzombo monolithics.
All other game .375 Ruger Alaskan with 300gr Woodleigh PPs topped with a Swaro Habicht 2,5-10x40.
