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Sorry for the delay, long days and haven't had a chance to sit down! After the great day taking Bailey's huge Waterbuck we went to dinner at my old friends Tollie and Karen Jordaan of Tollies African Safaris. It had been 9 years so it was good to see them and catch up. The next morning we were all up and ready to go, Parker after Eland and Grant after Black Wildebeast. I would be with Parker today, Grant with Debra and their P.H. Niel. About an hour into the morning we spotted the herd of Eland up in a small valley so we got the wind and made a stalk. It was perfect, we were 200 yards away, across a small draw and they had no idea we were there. Now just the waiting game to see if the right one was there. After nearly a half hour and a shooter not spotted, Ty saw a nice old Mountain Reedbuck so the plan changed. Parker settled in from the prone position and made a perfect shot on a great old ram well over 8". We headed back to camp for a quick lunch and would go out again for the afternoon hunt.
We never got on the Eland again that day and we're back in camp right at sunset. Grant was successful on his Wildebeast hunt after a nice 75 yard belly crawl and a 200 yard shot. This was a fitting end for Grant and Niel as they had tried to score on a Black Wildebeast back in '07 but were unsuccessful.
We were back at it, Parker after Eland and Jordan after E.C. Kudu this morning before changing camps. As hunting goes, no luck so we made our way back to the house for our final meal in the garden then moved to the coastal camp near Alexandria.
Today would be Warthog only day, well at least that's how it started. We were off to a farm near Bedford and the weather was perfect, clear with very little wind and warming nicely so the pigs were active. Everyone scored plus a couple of extras. Jordan managed to pick up a nice Fallow buck in the afternoon and Debra capped it off right at sunset with the biggest boar of the day. Grant had the longest shot at 250 and Bailey would have had the closest at 5 yards but the rifle misfired!
All Warthog's were taken with one shot, there was only 1 miss for the day. The final score on the pig hunt - Stepan's 9 Pigs 1!
We never got on the Eland again that day and we're back in camp right at sunset. Grant was successful on his Wildebeast hunt after a nice 75 yard belly crawl and a 200 yard shot. This was a fitting end for Grant and Niel as they had tried to score on a Black Wildebeast back in '07 but were unsuccessful.
We were back at it, Parker after Eland and Jordan after E.C. Kudu this morning before changing camps. As hunting goes, no luck so we made our way back to the house for our final meal in the garden then moved to the coastal camp near Alexandria.
Today would be Warthog only day, well at least that's how it started. We were off to a farm near Bedford and the weather was perfect, clear with very little wind and warming nicely so the pigs were active. Everyone scored plus a couple of extras. Jordan managed to pick up a nice Fallow buck in the afternoon and Debra capped it off right at sunset with the biggest boar of the day. Grant had the longest shot at 250 and Bailey would have had the closest at 5 yards but the rifle misfired!
All Warthog's were taken with one shot, there was only 1 miss for the day. The final score on the pig hunt - Stepan's 9 Pigs 1!