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Perfect sunset for trophy pictures. That is an amazing sable
Perfect sunset for trophy pictures. That is an amazing sable
Thank you! I was quite happy with him!Perfect sunset for trophy pictures. That is an amazing sable
I will get one next year. Eland and Nyala were #1 and #2 on the list. The bushbuck hunting was different and unique. They frustrated the heck out of me, but I truly enjoyed hunting them.I agree with you about Nyala. Beautiful animals. Bushbuck can be rather shy. I really enjoy hunting them. I have managed to take 5 and the are always an interesting hunt. Congrats
Bruce
Who is your ph and trackerDay 3 PM
After lunch we got back on the Eland. They had left the super thick area during the middle of the day and had went into an area that was more open. We figure exactly which block they are in and ease in. We follow tracks for maybe 60 yds and see a young bull. No big bull to be seen, but we know four bulls were in this group. About that time...wind swirls and bull takes off. We head back to the truck and ride around thst block and as we are doing so see two bulls about 600 yds down a rode. We ease that direction and stop short of them with thr truck to try and put a stalk on them. However, another bull unbeknownst to us was inadvertently hanging out on the way them and bursts out running straight for them. We see the two bulls we were after run back out in the road and steadily run away from us.
We decide to put the tracker on the tracks and go to this big super wide road we though they would cross which is quite a ways away.
We get there and I get set up on the sticks. By now it's 35-45 mins til dark. Tracker said they have moved closer main road. We book it up there on feet and grt set up. About 15 mins left to shoot and the young bull pops out at 250 yds, almost directly across from where we were set up. Then here comes the big bull. PH tells me he's at 258. Asks if I felt comfortable...I said yes. He said he's slightly quartering to us so shoot him a little forward. I get lines up squeeze the trigger and see a huge animal jump higher than one could imagine and mule kick.
We get down there to where he was an no blood at shot sight. However thr young bull is still hanging around and PH said chances are your bull is dead somewhere right here. The tracker eases out thr woods behind us now and gets our attention. He can see my bull from where he is. We slowly walk to where tracker is and he told us he saw the bull go down. We head into where tracker saw him and my Eland is down for the count! Super nice bull in my opinion. Nice Blue coloring, big body, and 34.5in and 33in horns. I was on cloud 9!!!
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Thank you very much! I was quite happy with them.Well done and some great animals.
It was most definitely a great trip. Already plan my return next year!Wow, looks like you had an AWESOME safari and you definitely shot some great trophies. Thanks for sharing.