Muntjacer23
AH senior member
I am currently in the process of writing up my hunt report of the week and thought I’d share details of my buff hunt at @GAME 4 AFRICA SAFARIS . Today is the 4th day of my hunt and everything fell into place!
My PH @PHDon kindly wrote about the hunt in his own words and whilst I’m not the best writer Don has explained the hunt very well.
“With the weather getting up to the mid 30's celcius the last three days our plan has always been to get to the areas where the buffalo are feeding in the dark and spending the night before heading for the thick valleys in the first hour of light. Yesterday morning we got in close on a group of buff in the spekboom where they were shaking some bush and gave us some reference of where they were feeding. When we got about 60 yards out I felt the wind hit my neck and within seconds one of the buff lifted his head and they retreated into the thick stuff not to be seen for the rest of the day. This morning we were up 30 minutes earlier and followed the same routine hoping to catch a herd still grazing in the field from the previous morning however this didn't happen. After approximately ten minutes we got word from one of our other trackers Elliot who was stationed on a high ridge overlooking some other fields. He had spotted a "dagga boy" feeding in a field approximately 2 miles from us. Elliot suggested we hurry as the buff seemed to be feeding on his way out the field and we got there in a good time.
Elliot saw him rolling in a mud wallow as these big boys do, note the mud on his body. We closed the gap through some thorns and were busted by some Warthog and two Impala rams that were also feeding in the field opposite us. This caused the hogs to grunt and the impalas to snort which alerted the bull. We managed to get around the thorns just in time to get Tom onto the sticks and get a shot off at 53 yards. I was nervous that the bull was going to go into the thorns so got Tom to put two more into him before he expired around 40 yards. We did the mandatory walk up and for safety put another into his chest.”
The bull was estimated at 10 years old, a lovely mature buff to take for my first and the greatest hunting experience of my life. Being a solitary bull who had been wallowing in the mud makes him all the more special! The pieces misses from his boss as well as his Roman nose also adds to his character!
Getting involved in the skinning and learning from the whole team has made for the most incredible hunt, and I look forward to helping with cooking some of it up later the week too!
I also took a cracking 80kg warthog for my first African animal a couple of days ago which made for a dream start to the week!
The food and hospitality has also been exceptional and I know I’ll be returning when I’m next able to!
I’ve attached some photos too!
My PH @PHDon kindly wrote about the hunt in his own words and whilst I’m not the best writer Don has explained the hunt very well.
“With the weather getting up to the mid 30's celcius the last three days our plan has always been to get to the areas where the buffalo are feeding in the dark and spending the night before heading for the thick valleys in the first hour of light. Yesterday morning we got in close on a group of buff in the spekboom where they were shaking some bush and gave us some reference of where they were feeding. When we got about 60 yards out I felt the wind hit my neck and within seconds one of the buff lifted his head and they retreated into the thick stuff not to be seen for the rest of the day. This morning we were up 30 minutes earlier and followed the same routine hoping to catch a herd still grazing in the field from the previous morning however this didn't happen. After approximately ten minutes we got word from one of our other trackers Elliot who was stationed on a high ridge overlooking some other fields. He had spotted a "dagga boy" feeding in a field approximately 2 miles from us. Elliot suggested we hurry as the buff seemed to be feeding on his way out the field and we got there in a good time.
Elliot saw him rolling in a mud wallow as these big boys do, note the mud on his body. We closed the gap through some thorns and were busted by some Warthog and two Impala rams that were also feeding in the field opposite us. This caused the hogs to grunt and the impalas to snort which alerted the bull. We managed to get around the thorns just in time to get Tom onto the sticks and get a shot off at 53 yards. I was nervous that the bull was going to go into the thorns so got Tom to put two more into him before he expired around 40 yards. We did the mandatory walk up and for safety put another into his chest.”
The bull was estimated at 10 years old, a lovely mature buff to take for my first and the greatest hunting experience of my life. Being a solitary bull who had been wallowing in the mud makes him all the more special! The pieces misses from his boss as well as his Roman nose also adds to his character!
Getting involved in the skinning and learning from the whole team has made for the most incredible hunt, and I look forward to helping with cooking some of it up later the week too!
I also took a cracking 80kg warthog for my first African animal a couple of days ago which made for a dream start to the week!
The food and hospitality has also been exceptional and I know I’ll be returning when I’m next able to!
I’ve attached some photos too!
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