Ridge Top Ranch
AH enthusiast
- Joined
- Aug 15, 2014
- Messages
- 319
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- Location
- Kansas City, MO USA
- Media
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- Member of
- SCI, NRA
- Hunted
- U.S. Zimbabwe, South Africa, Northwest & Limpopo
Outfitter: Africa Maximum Safaris, Jacques Senekal
PH: Werhner "Walla" Albertse
Date: Late July thru mid August
Location: Northwest Province and Limpopo, South Africa
Trophies taken: Zebra, Lioness, Impala, Red Hartebeest, Black Wildebeest, Gemsbok, Springbok, Warthog, Bushbuck, Nyala, Sable, Blesbok
Starting off I would like to say this is our (my wife Elaine went with me) second Safari with Africa Maximum Safaris and our PH Walla. We hunted in Zim for Buffalo and plains game. We had a great time and as you often hear we were planning our next safari before the first one was over. Took the buffalo in my Avatar, Kudu, Waterbuck, Blue Wildebeest, Impala and Zebra.
Quality of the camp, food and staff was excellent. I can't say enough good things about our PH Walla. He is willing to work as hard as you want to get good trophies. He is very serious about hunting but is not serious guy. We had lots of fun telling stories and finding the humor in various situations.
Day 1 of the hunt started like everyone's does. Fill out paperwork, sight in guns then go hunt something! Since we had a number of target animals we decided to hunt an area with a wide variety of species. It was cold by Africa standards with a constant wind and temperatures in the upper 30's. We saw a few animals but not a lot. Giraffe, Duiker, Eland and small Warthogs here and there in the semi open areas leading up to very high hills covered in thick brush. We spotted a small herd of Zebras in a deep valley along with some Eland. We wanted a nice black and white stallion with no shadow stripes for a pedestal mount. We knew this would be somewhat difficult in South Africa. Glassing the animals at 600 plus yards we could not tell the extant of their striping. A long stalk later put us downwind and 150 yards away. We could see the shadow striping was minimal on several of the animals including an older stallion. He was in the brush facing away. All he needed to do was turn. Heads raise and they pile over the crest of the hill. Gone. The Eland had caught our scent and spooked the Zebra as they ran.
We never caught up to them. We stalked some Blesbok in the afternoon but none were up to Walla's standards. Great meal back at camp with drinks and my pipe around the fire to end day 1. Nothing shot but still a great day in Africa.
Stay tuned for Day 2...
PH: Werhner "Walla" Albertse
Date: Late July thru mid August
Location: Northwest Province and Limpopo, South Africa
Trophies taken: Zebra, Lioness, Impala, Red Hartebeest, Black Wildebeest, Gemsbok, Springbok, Warthog, Bushbuck, Nyala, Sable, Blesbok
Starting off I would like to say this is our (my wife Elaine went with me) second Safari with Africa Maximum Safaris and our PH Walla. We hunted in Zim for Buffalo and plains game. We had a great time and as you often hear we were planning our next safari before the first one was over. Took the buffalo in my Avatar, Kudu, Waterbuck, Blue Wildebeest, Impala and Zebra.
Quality of the camp, food and staff was excellent. I can't say enough good things about our PH Walla. He is willing to work as hard as you want to get good trophies. He is very serious about hunting but is not serious guy. We had lots of fun telling stories and finding the humor in various situations.
Day 1 of the hunt started like everyone's does. Fill out paperwork, sight in guns then go hunt something! Since we had a number of target animals we decided to hunt an area with a wide variety of species. It was cold by Africa standards with a constant wind and temperatures in the upper 30's. We saw a few animals but not a lot. Giraffe, Duiker, Eland and small Warthogs here and there in the semi open areas leading up to very high hills covered in thick brush. We spotted a small herd of Zebras in a deep valley along with some Eland. We wanted a nice black and white stallion with no shadow stripes for a pedestal mount. We knew this would be somewhat difficult in South Africa. Glassing the animals at 600 plus yards we could not tell the extant of their striping. A long stalk later put us downwind and 150 yards away. We could see the shadow striping was minimal on several of the animals including an older stallion. He was in the brush facing away. All he needed to do was turn. Heads raise and they pile over the crest of the hill. Gone. The Eland had caught our scent and spooked the Zebra as they ran.
We never caught up to them. We stalked some Blesbok in the afternoon but none were up to Walla's standards. Great meal back at camp with drinks and my pipe around the fire to end day 1. Nothing shot but still a great day in Africa.
Stay tuned for Day 2...
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