SOUTH AFRICA: June 2025 1 of 6 Eastern Cape, South Africa With Nick BOWKER HUNTING SOUTH AFRICA

[Sabre]

Outstanding hunt, critters and can attest Nick Bowker and PH Benjamin Pringle are the real deal.
Also glad to see another Lupo fan, love mine

Lupo has become one of my favorite rifles the last year or so. There are a couple small tweaks I'd make to the design. But for out of the box hunting rifle, it is extremely hard to beat.

 

[Rare Breed]

These are photos of the remaining 6 trophies. All these were great hunts in their own way. The black impala was made more interesting via a comedy of errors. We originally stalked him to a 180 yard straight on shot, which I didn’t take. Then I took a 316 yard shot which was poorly done and caused a very high nonfatal wound. After tracking and stalking for almost 2.5 hours, we found him again with another ram. After verifying he was my injured impala, with only 20 minutes of good light left, I was only presented with a straight on shot, the same shot I turned down at 180 yards. This time I made a 358 yard shot. The thrilling, or interesting, thing about the mountain reedbuck, common reedbuck and the final waterbuck was I was the one who originally spotted the animal.

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16 trophies in 8 days were absolutely thrilling. 14 Euros and 2 shoulder mounts, 2 flat skin rugs, 3 flat skin throws, 1 flat skin tablecloth and a patchwork rug from all the other skins. The Kudu and Nyla hunts where we did several stalks that came up negative, they were the most thrilling. I have booked a return trip in Nick Bowker Safais for March of 2026 to complete my Kudu and Nyla hunts and to add Cape Buffalo. I could not have been happier with the accommodations and food and I was absolutely pleased with my PH Benjamin.

black impala 358 yards (injured at 316 yards) 300WM
red impala 85 yards 375 H&H
bushbuck 150 yards 300WM
mountain reedbuck 220 yards 300WM
common reedbuck 200 yards 300WM
Waterbuck 250 yards 300WM

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nicely done!!! Congratulations on a great hunt!!!