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Day 4 Lincoln and Ben Day 4 Morning
Day 4 saw Lincoln looking for a Nyala at a ranch that holds a very good population of them and is known to have very nice bulls. They spent the morning looking for and looking over several bull Nyala, but none that got Marius excited enough to get Lincoln on the shooting sticks. They broke for lunch, then went back at it for the afternoon. Once again, they found several Nyala but now shooters. So even though they had glassed over 20 Nyala bulls, Lincoln failed to hit the scoreboard on Day 4 as Marius was holding out for a real good one. That's how it goes when you have high standards...and the team at KMG definitely has HIGH STANDARDS. Many more days to hunt so Lincoln was in good spirits given he already had nice Impala, Blesbok and his dream Kudu in the salt.
Meanwhile Ben. who already had a Warthog, Blesbok and Bushbuck in the salt , was taking his turn looking for a Zebra. They were also keeping an eye out for a good Impala as both of those were on his "hit list".
They spent the morning looking for Zebra. They found some, but the zebra were in a position that did not lend itself to stalk at that time. They were in such a position that there was no way to get in on them without the wind being bad, so they mentally made a note to check on them again later.
A second group was spotted with a nice stallion in it and they put a stalk on them. Somewhere in route, the zebra must have spotted the movement and while not totally spooked, they were alert/nervous and kept moving off whenever Ben and Lloyd tried to close in. Centuries of being preyed upon by Lions and Leopards have made zebra evolve to have keen eye sight and be super wary in the thick cover of the Eastern Cape. Once again, anybody that thinks zebra are "easy" probably have not hunted them in the thick cover and hills of the Eastern Cape. Maybe in flat, more open terrain they are...but our experience was typical. You work for your zebra more often than not.
So "Group 2" of Zebra was also added to the "check on them later" list.
As the team was driving back to the lodge for lunch, the tracker spotted some Impala about 500 yards off the road, feeding on a hillside and pounded on the bakkie's roof. Lloyd stopped and glassed for a minute. They got out of the vehicle and glassed the herd while Lloyd broke out his spotting scope to really look over the best male. Lloyd decided he was a shooter and they plotted out a stalk to get the wind in their favor and to close the distance.
After a slow, careful 30 minute stalk, they were 220 yards out and Ben settled into the shooting sticks. His 338 Win Mag was zeroed at 200 yards, so he held just a hair high and squeezed the trigger....
Booom....the 200 grain Hornady SST bullet pounded the Impala on the shoulder and dropped him in is tracks...DRT as they say.
So the morning of Ben's day 4 ended with his fourth animal in the Salt
#PoundThatImpala
#KMGHuntingSafaries
Ben and Jessica with Ben's Heavy Old Impala.
Jessica was a real trooper and went on almost every stalk with Ben. She has no desire to hunt herself but loved the experience of stalking the animals from front to back. She is definitely a "keeper"
Another angle on Ben's Impala
Day 4 saw Lincoln looking for a Nyala at a ranch that holds a very good population of them and is known to have very nice bulls. They spent the morning looking for and looking over several bull Nyala, but none that got Marius excited enough to get Lincoln on the shooting sticks. They broke for lunch, then went back at it for the afternoon. Once again, they found several Nyala but now shooters. So even though they had glassed over 20 Nyala bulls, Lincoln failed to hit the scoreboard on Day 4 as Marius was holding out for a real good one. That's how it goes when you have high standards...and the team at KMG definitely has HIGH STANDARDS. Many more days to hunt so Lincoln was in good spirits given he already had nice Impala, Blesbok and his dream Kudu in the salt.
Meanwhile Ben. who already had a Warthog, Blesbok and Bushbuck in the salt , was taking his turn looking for a Zebra. They were also keeping an eye out for a good Impala as both of those were on his "hit list".
They spent the morning looking for Zebra. They found some, but the zebra were in a position that did not lend itself to stalk at that time. They were in such a position that there was no way to get in on them without the wind being bad, so they mentally made a note to check on them again later.
A second group was spotted with a nice stallion in it and they put a stalk on them. Somewhere in route, the zebra must have spotted the movement and while not totally spooked, they were alert/nervous and kept moving off whenever Ben and Lloyd tried to close in. Centuries of being preyed upon by Lions and Leopards have made zebra evolve to have keen eye sight and be super wary in the thick cover of the Eastern Cape. Once again, anybody that thinks zebra are "easy" probably have not hunted them in the thick cover and hills of the Eastern Cape. Maybe in flat, more open terrain they are...but our experience was typical. You work for your zebra more often than not.
So "Group 2" of Zebra was also added to the "check on them later" list.
As the team was driving back to the lodge for lunch, the tracker spotted some Impala about 500 yards off the road, feeding on a hillside and pounded on the bakkie's roof. Lloyd stopped and glassed for a minute. They got out of the vehicle and glassed the herd while Lloyd broke out his spotting scope to really look over the best male. Lloyd decided he was a shooter and they plotted out a stalk to get the wind in their favor and to close the distance.
After a slow, careful 30 minute stalk, they were 220 yards out and Ben settled into the shooting sticks. His 338 Win Mag was zeroed at 200 yards, so he held just a hair high and squeezed the trigger....
Booom....the 200 grain Hornady SST bullet pounded the Impala on the shoulder and dropped him in is tracks...DRT as they say.
So the morning of Ben's day 4 ended with his fourth animal in the Salt
#PoundThatImpala
#KMGHuntingSafaries
Ben and Jessica with Ben's Heavy Old Impala.
Jessica was a real trooper and went on almost every stalk with Ben. She has no desire to hunt herself but loved the experience of stalking the animals from front to back. She is definitely a "keeper"
Another angle on Ben's Impala
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You go Dad!! Nothing better than hunting with your sons and building memories!! That kudu by itself is worth the trip alone!!
