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Taking Leave I left on the boat at first light, making our way to the Chirundu strip where the Cessna would take me back to Harare. Everything on the return went as smoothly as arriving. This trip was everything I wanted—wild country, hard hunting, the chance to see and hear so many different...

Day 10: Last Chance at Eland The day was promising. We found a large, fresh track of a bull traveling with a few cows far from the park border. Followed carefully and soon discovered the eland were travelling with a herd of zebra. Even being extra cautious, the zebra caught onto us a couple...

final stretch! Days 8 and 9 At this point, not much could have made the trip better. Yes, I wanted an eland, but this week of hunting buffalo had made anything additional simply a cherry on top. In the morning a group of guys from camp went to go cut in a road and recover the buffalo. (which...

Day 7: Rollercoaster The day started like the others, checking for tracks near water and hoping to find some promising ones. We found the tracks of a pair of bulls that appeared to be slightly older—maybe having come for a drink early in the evening rather that closer to morning. In any case we...

Interlude: Nights in Camp After a long day of tracking it was always great to come “home” to a cold beer and watch the river flow by. Meals were hearty: impala stew, chicken fried buffalo steak, thick cut pork chops, all with plenty of starches and veggies. Hippo were constantly calling, but...