Royal27
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Day Four
This was a bit of a do nothing day. The skinner needed time to work on the feet and split the ears (just in case the USFWS lifts the ban here in the near future) and there isn't anything else to hunt at Umguza. Wayne needed to get some GPS readings for Zim Parks at Lupane for quota setting, so we took a ride up there, checking water holes while we were there. Nothing really fresh, but some elephant tracks around three days old. It was nice seeing some additional country side.
On the way there a road crew was widening the road for some unknown reason. They had felled a tree access the road blocking it. It wasn't an accident. I guess they thought it easier for some only known to them reason. Wayne wasn't thrilled to say the least and suggested that they fell trees away from the road and why. I'm sure it helped and they took his advice to heart.
OK, so I lied. The road crew actually had two additional trees blocking the road when we returned. Your Zimbabwean tax dollars hard at work!
This afternoon we will check sight on the .375 H&H and tomorrow morning head to Malindi Farms. Wayne and I agreed on a price to hunt Sable that I think was fair to both parties. I've always wanted to hunt a Sable, but this animal being free range is very important to me. No offence to anyone who has shot a Sable in SA but I personally decided that I wouldn't do it unless maybe someone offered me an $800 big Sable, which no one has done. In my experience seeing Sable in SA and also from what I've heard and read they are simply too tame, for me. There are no doubt exceptions to this rule. We're going to take a shot at calling Hyena as well. I tried for hyena in Zim the last time and failed, so we shall see.
Tonight's dinner is worth mentioning as we had elephant trunk. It was cooked in what was almost a sweet and sour sauce with some onion and green pepper and served with rice and butternut squash. It was excellent and fairly tender, definitely not chewy, nor did it have any sinew in it as one might expect. I found out what tne secret is to cooking elephant trunk, and that's time. The trunk had been cut I to bite sized pieces and simmered since the meat made it back to camp. Jonathan (the cook) told me that he prefers to have it cook for two full days to make it the absolute best. So.... if you come home and ask your wife what's for dinner and she replies that she's about to start the elephant trunk I'd suggest you offer to take her out to dinner as its going to be a while!
again though, it was excellent.
This was a bit of a do nothing day. The skinner needed time to work on the feet and split the ears (just in case the USFWS lifts the ban here in the near future) and there isn't anything else to hunt at Umguza. Wayne needed to get some GPS readings for Zim Parks at Lupane for quota setting, so we took a ride up there, checking water holes while we were there. Nothing really fresh, but some elephant tracks around three days old. It was nice seeing some additional country side.
On the way there a road crew was widening the road for some unknown reason. They had felled a tree access the road blocking it. It wasn't an accident. I guess they thought it easier for some only known to them reason. Wayne wasn't thrilled to say the least and suggested that they fell trees away from the road and why. I'm sure it helped and they took his advice to heart.
OK, so I lied. The road crew actually had two additional trees blocking the road when we returned. Your Zimbabwean tax dollars hard at work!
This afternoon we will check sight on the .375 H&H and tomorrow morning head to Malindi Farms. Wayne and I agreed on a price to hunt Sable that I think was fair to both parties. I've always wanted to hunt a Sable, but this animal being free range is very important to me. No offence to anyone who has shot a Sable in SA but I personally decided that I wouldn't do it unless maybe someone offered me an $800 big Sable, which no one has done. In my experience seeing Sable in SA and also from what I've heard and read they are simply too tame, for me. There are no doubt exceptions to this rule. We're going to take a shot at calling Hyena as well. I tried for hyena in Zim the last time and failed, so we shall see.
Tonight's dinner is worth mentioning as we had elephant trunk. It was cooked in what was almost a sweet and sour sauce with some onion and green pepper and served with rice and butternut squash. It was excellent and fairly tender, definitely not chewy, nor did it have any sinew in it as one might expect. I found out what tne secret is to cooking elephant trunk, and that's time. The trunk had been cut I to bite sized pieces and simmered since the meat made it back to camp. Jonathan (the cook) told me that he prefers to have it cook for two full days to make it the absolute best. So.... if you come home and ask your wife what's for dinner and she replies that she's about to start the elephant trunk I'd suggest you offer to take her out to dinner as its going to be a while!
again though, it was excellent.
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Most pleasant of the Bunche on that stretch.
