JerBear8
AH member
- Joined
- Jul 26, 2017
- Messages
- 45
- Reaction score
- 64
- Location
- New Orleans, LA
- Hunted
- Botswana x3, Zimbabwe x1
Congratulations on that huge buffalo! And as always, great writing!
thanks for sharing that bit with the tracker and the "old man" bush buck. appreciating things is really what hunting should be about. it appears you are good at that.
I like the question...to me, the hunt report is part of the experience that I look forward to. I love all of it...the pre-work, the practice, the reloading, the travel (wait...that part sucks)...the hunt, the hunt report, helping others book great hunts...it's all part of it to me. I feel like the hunt report is a record of good, bad and ugly for everyone to learn from if they wish...and it can be good advertising for the operator and PH. It's kind of a labor of love for me...I write and edit and rewrite until it looks better to me. I hope it helps educate...I hope it inspires...I don't look at myself as anything special but I'm just trying to help like others have helped me...or help like I would like others to help me. Golden rule kind of thing for me. I love the outdoors and the animals in it and hope others will get out there and see some cool stuff. Don't give up during the hunt and you never know what you might see and experience.Thank you so much for this report. I enjoyed it very much. What is more tiring? The actual hunt or the AH report?![]()
The other part of it, you will forever have a written record of it. One day you will be able to look your hunting history over and relive those experiences. The older I get the more I realize my memory is not as good as it was 20 years ago. Work, life, kids, and a wife. I guess only so much will fit into what Grey matter I have remaining.I like the question...to me, the hunt report is part of the experience that I look forward to. I love all of it...the pre-work, the practice, the reloading, the travel (wait...that part sucks)...the hunt, the hunt report, helping others book great hunts...it's all part of it to me. I feel like the hunt report is a record of good, bad and ugly for everyone to learn from if they wish...and it can be good advertising for the operator and PH. It's kind of a labor of love for me...I write and edit and rewrite until it looks better to me. I hope it helps educate...I hope it inspires...I don't look at myself as anything special but I'm just trying to help like others have helped me...or help like I would like others to help me. Golden rule kind of thing for me. I love the outdoors and the animals in it and hope others will get out there and see some cool stuff. Don't give up during the hunt and you never know what you might see and experience.
Yes that's a good point. The only thing better is getting it into those printed photo books.The other part of it, you will forever have a written record of it. One day you will be able to look your hunting history over and relive those experiences. The older I get the more I realize my memory is not as good as it was 20 years ago. Work, life, kids, and a wife. I guess only so much will fit into what Grey matter I have remaining.
Well done!
@Green Chile if you go through Dubai, there’s a place called global village go to the African section and you should be able to find one.Peanuts and biltong sticks were available all the time but I thought this carved hippo was very groovy. Anyone know where I can find one like this?
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Steve that's interesting...Mantheakis is a super legit PH. He must have seen something he didn't like. I know there's a huge difference between being the hunter and being the PH...but I like to carry my weight in the field. I'm not going to be a burden to anyone including the PH and especially on DG. That's serious stuff and I come in as prepared as I can be.
Thats a rippa of a photo and really highlights the elegance of your Dakota .416 RigbyWe recover the bull while the others watch and the sky grows dark. This is definitely the widest buff I have taken. He is also very large in the body but not as heavy as the first bull. We borrow a trailer from the rancher and get him back to the skinning shed at the lodge. Later we put the tape on him and he is 47.5"
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His right side is better than the left, Much deeper curl but I don’t think he’s over 60”. I’d say his left is around 54” and his right is around 57”, maybe 58”Here's something interesting to consider...we ran into a large kudu two different times. He was not available on this ranch...he was off limits per the rancher for whatever reason. I'm curious what you think the size is. We didn't take him and didn't measure him of course but the PH and Craig had very strong ideas about his size. What say you?
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I think you’d be fine with the .257wby for Kudu. I’ve used mine on elk without issue. When I draw a tag in an area known for truly big bodied bull (think Gila or parts of Arizona) I’d probably step up to my 280AI or 300 for the heavier bullet.100% agreed on all the above, especially the false promises of red-hot loads
As to the .500s, you are more man than I am, these (except the .500 NE which is mild) are just too much fun for me
The way it works for me is that the .458 Lott too shoots flat enough to 200 yards so that if I bump into the "next world-record three-toed unicorn" (© Boddington) while on the DG trail I can take the shot. But this remains a hypothetical...
To each our own, but I have not yet bumped into something good enough to persuade me to shoot while on the Buffalo or Elephant spoor. Admittedly, if I met your sable's identical twin brother, I WOULD take the shot and run the risk of spooking a Buff I may not yet have seen 100 yards ahead down the trail
The more practical application of the Lott on PG is to bag a young imp[ala for the pot (I love fresh grilled impala liver!) on the way back to camp, or to put out of its misery an old warthog for bait after a lost Buffalo or Elephant track.
When I have DG and PG on the license, I always start with DG. I think that we all do. So chances for me to have the .257 Wby pipe on and bump into a DG that I can legally take are about zero: if my PG barrel is on, it means that my DG is in the salt.
I do not change barrels willy-nilly in the field. I only do when the safari shifts from DG to PG, or, for example, from monster Kudu one day to Vaal Rhebok the next. As to "duiker to waterbuck", or any PG combination, the .257 Wby takes care of everything. In truth it is the barrel I use the most. I DO put the .300 Wby barrel on for dedicated monster Kudu, but I have already used the .257 Wby with amazing results on Wildebeest and even Roan. This is in line with the exceptional reputation for killing way out of its weight-class that it has built on Elk in the US (although I do use the .300 on Elk...).