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AH veteran
- Joined
- Sep 16, 2011
- Messages
- 175
- Reaction score
- 19
- Member of
- No. Amer. Moose Foundation, Mule Deer Found; RMEF (life Member), SCI, NRA, RGS, NWTF, PF, DU, Izaac Walton League, Nat'l. Trappers Assoc.
- Hunted
- US / Canada/Namibia/Moz/Zim
My wife & I had a great 6-day hunt on the Eastern Cape in August with Crusader Safaris. It was our 5th African hunt and first time in RSA (other than many transits through Joburgh). Peter runs a solid, honest operation, our deal was sealed with a handshake last year @ DSC. We'd always wanted to hunt RSA but weren't interested in high fenced ranches, regardless of hectareage. Plus, I was slowed down from a bout w/Lyme disease and wanted to have fun but take it slow & easy. We also had a great time eating & drinking our way from Capetown along the coast and inland to the camp (which was well-appointed & offered great game meals) near Bedford.
Our guide was a seasoned Zim PH who knew the other PH's in Zim/Moz where we'd hunted, and we, as always, learned a lot from him. Crusader's "conservancy" consists of many private, working ranches ( most raise angora goats/merino sheep) with the only fencing being plain old barbed wire (think US West) which all game can easily negotiate. The terrain varies from wide open Wyoming-like hills to brushy riverine draws and everything in-between. Plainsgame are healthy and fairly abundant, depending on which area was hunted. We saw everything from antbear to zebra, including some huge lechwe bulls. We wanted to shoot indiginous RSA species , I shot a blesbok & springbuck and my wife shot a warthog and a beautiful black wildebeest. We used our custom-barrelled BLR in .375 Ruger. A highly reccomended hunt!
Our guide was a seasoned Zim PH who knew the other PH's in Zim/Moz where we'd hunted, and we, as always, learned a lot from him. Crusader's "conservancy" consists of many private, working ranches ( most raise angora goats/merino sheep) with the only fencing being plain old barbed wire (think US West) which all game can easily negotiate. The terrain varies from wide open Wyoming-like hills to brushy riverine draws and everything in-between. Plainsgame are healthy and fairly abundant, depending on which area was hunted. We saw everything from antbear to zebra, including some huge lechwe bulls. We wanted to shoot indiginous RSA species , I shot a blesbok & springbuck and my wife shot a warthog and a beautiful black wildebeest. We used our custom-barrelled BLR in .375 Ruger. A highly reccomended hunt!
