Post your top five biggest African animals!

[Scott CWO]

Hello everyone. Thought it might be fun to see pictures of your top five biggest African animals! I know that a trophy is in the eye of the beholder and that some hard won animals can mean more to us than inches but in this thread I thought it would be fun to see your biggest! I hope the outfitter sponsors will also post some of their all-time best. A short note about where you got the animal might also be fun to know. Not necessarily looking for scores but just your favorite impressive animals. Thanks for posting!

 

[buck wild]

59" kudu Limpopo

44" sable Limpopo

8.5" Mnt Reedbuck free range Limpopo

42" cape Zim

5" klipie Limpopo

 

[Mark Biggerstaff]

I will start. All of these taken with Bos en Dal Safaris.

 

[Tucketed]

I only have 3 to date, taken in NW Province with JKO Safaris. My sons and I hunted together so I limited myself. More in the near future

 

[Scott CWO]

Wow! Great start to the thread! Some whoppers for sure!

 

[375 Ruger Fan]

One ton of fun from 2016 at @GAME 4 AFRICA SAFARIS

 

[Inline6]

 

[IvW]

PAC elephant.....
Size wise....a Mountain Reedbuck I hunted for more than 2 years in a forestry area....

 

[Kevin Peacocke]

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That sable photo is top quality, so is the sable itself.

 

[IvW]

 

[IvW]

Common duiker 5 1/2" hunted for 2 years same one....

Size made no difference only the time effort and perseverance...

 

[Inline6]

That sable photo is top quality, so is the sable itself.

Thanks, Jacques at @JKO HUNTING SAFARIS put me on him and took the photo.

The power of the IPhone.

 

[375Fox]

I’ve had some really great luck. These are what I consider my best.

Lord Derby Eland in Cameroon

Kudu in Zimbabwe

Roan in Zimbabwe, one of the first several legal roan ever taken there

Huge warthog in Limpopo

Gemsbok in NW Namibia. It has the age plus mass and length.

Eland in Caprivi

 

[IvW]

Eish....well done I retract my Mnt reedbuck.....

 

[Kevin Peacocke]

This was a large zebra, not a record, just big and old. It took five of us to load him into the Landy.

 

[Rare Breed]

Hello everyone. Thought it might be fun to see pictures of your top five biggest African animals! I know that a trophy is in the eye of the beholder and that some hard won animals can mean more to us than inches but in this thread I thought it would be fun to see your biggest! I hope the outfitter sponsors will also post some of their all-time best. A short note about where you got the animal might also be fun to know. Not necessarily looking for scores but just your favorite impressive animals. Thanks for posting!

Here you go…my buff 43 3/8 inches…the rest just good representative species and memories of great hunts!

 

[Kevin Peacocke]

I’ve had some really great luck. These are what I consider my best.

Lord Derby Eland in Cameroon
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Kudu in Zimbabwe
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Roan in Zimbabwe, one of the first several legal roan ever taken there
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Huge warthog in Limpopo
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Gemsbok in NW Namibia. It has the age plus mass and length.
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Eland in Caprivi
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Wow, incredible trophies, and hunted all over Africa. Well done on living life large.

 

[BourbonTrail]

I only have 2, so…

The springbok is probably a “better” trophy, but I really enjoyed hunting gemsbok more.

 

[Berettaco]

Here’s a couple nice ones I’ve been lucky to take. Buff is 43” - didn’t tape the Nyala or hartebeest but they look big to me I’ve shot 2 kudu but they aren’t huge - that’s what’s on the menu for my next trip, monster kudu and eland

 

[Firebird]

My favorite is my non typical waterbuck, but I guess these are my biggest, never put a tape on any of them except the kudu-and he was a monster cape kudu bull!