Top 5 plains game?

[EPIC SAFARIS]

Spot and Stalk or Stalk and Spot, these are my favorite to hunt:

1. Kudu - the Grey Ghost is such an iconic African trophy.
2. Eland - find a fresh track on the road and follow it until you catch up to it is my preferred way to hunt Eland.
3. Sable - A big trophy in an open range area will give you a run for your money. Love how they climb up on anthills to take a look and always seem to know where you are before you know where they are
4. Bushbuck - Generally always is about a nice walk along a beautiful river's edge until you find the right mature buck. And in wild areas, this can often have you bumping into Eles, lions (or at least their tracks), cape buffs laying in thick reeds, hippo pools full of noises out of a Star Wars movie, and other critters that make for a wonderful hunt even when you don't find that right bushy.
5. Roan - Finding the right mature trophy and then getting a shot at it in an open range setting can take days to close the deal.

All of these hunts I prefer have a fair chase to them, an element of significant risk that the deal isn't closed upon the first stalk, take some studying of the horn quality and age before a shot is taken, and a yearning to do it all over again even when you are successful with the first trophy of each.

 

[svennfisher63]

Spot and Stalk or Stalk and Spot, these are my favorite to hunt:

1. Kudu - the Grey Ghost is such an iconic African trophy.
2. Eland - find a fresh track on the road and follow it until you catch up to it is my preferred way to hunt Eland.
3. Sable - A big trophy in an open range area will give you a run for your money. Love how they climb up on anthills to take a look and always seem to know where you are before you know where they are
4. Bushbuck - Generally always is about a nice walk along a beautiful river's edge until you find the right mature buck. And in wild areas, this can often have you bumping into Eles, lions (or at least their tracks), cape buffs laying in thick reeds, hippo pools full of noises out of a Star Wars movie, and other critters that make for a wonderful hunt even when you don't find that right bushy.
5. Roan - Finding the right mature trophy and then getting a shot at it in an open range setting can take days to close the deal.

All of these hunts I prefer have a fair chase to them, an element of significant risk that the deal isn't closed upon the first stalk, take some studying of the horn quality and age before a shot is taken, and a yearning to do it all over again even when you are successful with the first trophy of each.

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I really like the way you describe the whole experience, especially the fact that the hunt isn’t just about getting the trophy. The tracking, reading the terrain and spending time figuring out the animal seem like a huge part of the appeal. Kudu would probably be my favorite from your list, but Sable sounds like a seriously fun challenge too. I also like Bushbuck because the whole walk along the river sounds like an experience in itself, especially when you never know what wildlife you might come across. I like that you mention the possibility of coming home empty handed too. That makes finally getting the right trophy feel much more rewarding.

 

[Ontario Hunter]

Kudu is top of the list. An impressive trophy and hard to hunt. If you classify giraffe as plains game, I'll put them in second place. Very hard to hunt. They have big eyes way, way up in the air and there's typically many eyes together watching everything in every direction. And they're not easy to knock down, for obvious reasons. Surprisingly challenging. They don't make a particularly glamorous mount on the wall but giraffe rug is quite impressive. I enjoy hunting the lowly impala. Cheap to shoot, wary, and the skulls always look quite elegant on the wall. We spent most of a day stalking a very nice ram during my recent safari last month. Boy, did he give us a run for the money. My fifth one. Black wildebeest and springbuck are tied for fourth. They don't give close shots very easily and wildebeest are tough to put down. I guess gemsbuck would be fifth in line. Beautiful animal and typically in herds making it difficult to get in range. Females have horns and similar body size and color as bulls. Females can also be pregnant any time of year. So sorting out which animal in the herd is shootable can be a challenge. Also, gemsbuck can be aggressive. Ask me how I know! Waterbuck would be a close sixth place.

 

[JPbowhunter]

For me:

1. Eland

2. Sitatunga

3. Kudu

4. Lechwe

5. Hartebeest

 

[KAROO WILD Safaris]

Kudu, Eland, Bushbuck, Nyala, waterbuck

Second vote for these 5

 

[Killo]

Eland
Kudu
Sable
Nyala
Waterbuck