ZIMBABWE: First Hunt In Africa, First Hunting Report, Dalton & York Safaris

[Doug3006]

Fabulous hunt and a great story! I’m really glad you decided to write it up.

 

[TOBY458]

Good one so far! Dalton and York will put you on the animals for sure! Looking forward to my next trip over!

 

[BourbonTrail]

Congratulations on a fantastic trip. Well done on that bushbuck.

 

[Green Chile]

Oh yea...geez that bushbuck is big!

 

[revturbo9967]

When heading away from the mountains with the Zebra quarters and skin in the truck, we spotted another herd of Impala. Dalton had his binos up and said, that’s a nice Ram.. a very nice Ram. We both looked at each other and he stoped and we got out, rifle handed to me and on the sticks. This large Ram was quartering away hard, and I thought I would be cute and sneak a bullet behind his shoulder, this is where I make my first major mistake. I pulled the shot to the right and with his head down feeding, I sink the bullet into his neck and out his lower jaw, breaking it. The herd takes off running but not far. Dalton pulls down the sticks and we take off running while I reload. We move 50-60 yards closer where the herd stopped, he points the wounded ram out, I send another one down and drop him. I was pretty pissed off at myself with this shot as I’ve been on point all hunt, but it was down, and a fine ram it was.

 

[Fatback]

Looks like you had one heck of a safari. Appreciate you taking the time to share it with us. Congrats on some fine animals.

 

[revturbo9967]

One of the best moments of the hunt was dropping off a zebra quarter to a school/home for orphaned girls. They were very happy

 

[Hunt anything]

Great report, bushbuck are my favorite and that one is huge! Congratulations!

 

[Trogon]

Really outstanding hunt report and especially your photos, which is greatly appreciated that you took the time to take and post. Please continue on!

 

[Altitude sickness]

That Croc was huge. Even with 6” missing.

What rifle and ammo for the Buffalo, Croc and PG. thanks for the great write up

 

[revturbo9967]

Rifle was a Winchester model 70 375 with a schmidt and bender klassik 3-12. Many would say this is too much scope but it worked perfectly for me and I didn’t have an issue with it at all. Other than the buffalo, all shots were Barnes 300 gr tsx. The buff had some hornady factory solids in it too.

 

[revturbo9967]

I started writing up more and realized its far worse on my phone, I will wait till later on today to add more to the report.

 

[JG26Irish_2]

Great hunt report. How is York doing with his recovery from the snake bite? I truly enjoyed your report and the picks.

 

[revturbo9967]

Great hunt report. How is York doing with his recovery from the snake bite? I truly enjoyed your report and the picks.

I don’t think it was a snake bite, but he fell and broke his leg trying to get away from the snake , I could be wrong though.

 

[buck wild]

I knew what was coming and still impressed! You Kinged your first safari bro

 

[Green Chile]

That 300 TSX is a great bullet. I used it on a one rifle Safari this summer with excellent results.

 

[deewayne2003]

@revturbo9967

Well done on both the hunt and write up.

My first Africa trip is booked for July with D&Y on a tuskless hunt.

 

[gillettehunter]

That Bushbuck is impressive. Very nice. Never been much concerned about a hippo, but he looks huge. They all seem to have a lot of scars. Rough life I suppose. Nice croc! Real dandy. Good shooting on this trip.
Bruce

 

[Rich s]

Congratulations. Your pictures and story brings back great memories of my first safari with them last august.I also hunted with Dalton and had my buff down 3 hours into the 1st day. Dalton & York have a great camp and crew. Absolutely loved every minute over there with them. My once in a lifetime hunt turned into being booked for 2025 5 days into the hunt. Can’t wait to go back.

 

[Mtn_Infantry]

Congrats on a great first hunt and some amazing trophies. What part of CT?

Not sure who you’re using on the taxidermy side in CT but you might want to look at Johnny with Its A Trophy Taxidermy in the Waterford area. He has a ton of experience with African animals and is a great guy. If I lived closer, he’d be doing some work for me.