Africa's Most Dangerous Game...

[steve white]

SHOULD have used a .22 mag! The real danger is having guineas run you till you have a heart attack chasing them....and always just out of shotgun range.

 

[BFaucett]

SHOULD have used a .22 mag! The real danger is having guineas run you till you have a heart attack chasing them....and always just out of shotgun range.

Well, I DID use a 22 Win Mag Rimfire! Or, were you replying to someone else?

Cheers! Bob F.

 

[DaddyFlip]

I realize that your post was written in the spirit of good fun ( ) but I thought I'd clarify a little bit where I wrote in my original post that "I raised my rifle and sent a 40gr solid up his backside." I wrote that thinking/hoping that it would come across as, just for fun, something Robert Ruark might have written back in the day about following up a wounded Cape Buffalo into the thick stuff. You know... The old advice of using a soft point for the first shot on Cape Buffalo and then following that up with solids; especially when using the .375 H&H. (I've never hunted any dangerous game.)

I forgot to mention, in my original post, that I used the original Winchester 22 WM 40 gr jacketed hollow point load. It was the ammo that my PH had on hand for his 22 Win Mag rifle. I think all of my shots were pass throughs but I didn't actually examine each bird that closely or carefully. That load worked like a champ on all of the Guinea Fowl; they each went down with one shot.

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I'm very pleased that you enjoyed my little story. It was a good, fun day.

BTW, I'm currently rereading Robert Ruark's Horn of the Hunter. Great book! I took my copy on this trip, way back in 2002, to reread on the airplane and while laying on my bed at night in camp.

Cheers! Bob F.

It is and was in good fun! I was on the edge of my seat despite having full knowledge of the quarry! I had all the great and important Africa books in my youth but donated them to the local library 20 years ago. After having joined this site, I've tried to refrain from rebuilding my personal collection, but you may have just sent me over the edge by mentioning Horn. Actually, my favorite has always been Safari: The Last Adventure by PH Capstick (full disclosure: I have it on my Kindle), followed by Death in the Long Grass.

P.S. Do you remember your tracker's name?

 

[BFaucett]

It is and was in good fun! I was on the edge of my seat despite having full knowledge of the quarry!

...<snip>...

P.S. Do you remember your tracker's name?

Sadly, I don't remember my tracker's name. I might have it written down in my notes about the trip but I don't have them handy at the moment.

Cheers, again! Bob F.

 

[Firebird]

Great spin on an old theme! Thank you for posting

 

[West_Texas_Bull_Shooter]

I took it in the spirit you wrote it. You will have to forgive me, I just took my first African Plains Game Safari the last two weeks of August. I just thought my having to be reminded that I had drug a shotgun half-way around the world to shoot 5 shots and harvest 25 birds was humorous. At least the ranch staff appreciated it.

 

[West_Texas_Bull_Shooter]

I didn't want to mention that where I hunt at we call that kind of shot placement a "Texas Heart Shot".

 

[SStomcat]

Oh, don’t get me started ! My favorite food in all of Africa… Is a bowl of guinea fowl potjie with freshly toasted African Chapatis.

I remember early on in my hunting days, I used to employ 36 grams of #7s on them. But I also used to lose many wounded birds. After field dressing many of them, I would often find that most of the #7 shot pellets have hardly managed to penetrate past the skin… let alone reach the vitals.

Once I stepped up to 36 grams of #4s, my numbers of wounded guinea fowl completely dropped. My father only uses 34 grams of #6s on them and is highly successful, though.

Tastes like duck or something else?

 

[Hunter-Habib]

Tastes like duck or something else?

No, more like red jungle fowl. The best ones to eat are the ones hunted in the grain fields.