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SOUTH AFRICA: The Curse Is Lifted: 2018 Group Hunt
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buckmarkhunter
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Awesome, glad you got your hippo. Also glad surgery went well. Speedy recovery.
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Nice!
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Beauty pics and story!
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Congratulations on getting your hippo Charlie.
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Congrats Charlie!!
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Like Skobbie said the shot hit the bull right behind the ear. He obviously took a step forward as I pulled the trigger. But as I mentioned I have never been very good at leading an animal with a rifle. However the results speak for themselves.
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The round went through that thick neck skin shattered the vertebrate, cut the spinal cord and lodged just in the skin on the other side. As I mentioned earlier the Ruger likes this Federal Premium Bear Claws.
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He isn’t an old bull but he has a few battle scares. Now for the butchering!
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Pretty awesome performance and retention for a soft point that hit the spine!
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Great story and pics. Congrats on getting the hippo and thanks for sharing.
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Congratulations Charlie!!!!
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Congrats on the hippo!!! Enjoying the story!
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Great shot Charlie!
That Bear Claw really did the job!
That Bear Claw really did the job!
What a relief it must have been when you saw him float to the surface...congratulations!
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Enjoyed the read, congrats mate
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Yes sir it was.
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