NAMIBIA: Three Sixty Safaris Namibia 2026

From the taxidermy we headed to Carels house to prepare for the next day of giraffe hunting. We unloaded the truck and hooked up the trailer to his other truck. We would need 2 vehicles to get the giraffe out if successful. We loaded traps and knifes up. We then had a relaxing dinner with Carels wife and daughter around the fire outside. We would be hunting a cattle farm about an hour away. Carel had been seeing giraffes on it regularly. He showed me pictures of some bulls he had seen while checking leopard baits they keep fresh. As I laid in bed I could feel my excitement for the next day. I set my alarm for 6. Little did I know at that time I wouldn't need an alarm.

Orio the family dog. The official breed of all PH.

Moe324 said:

When we arrived on the farm we made our way to shot the guns. For this trip it would be 3 guns. A 22 hornet, a 30-06, and a 300 win mag.

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Sorry if I missed it, but did you fly with your rifles or rent? If you flew how was it with the sightseeing layover?

Day 7
Instead of the alarm waking me up at 6 I woke up at 230 to bad stomach pain. From then until 6 i was in and out of the restroom. Luckily I always pack pepto bismal. Funny story back in 2017 on my first trip to Africa the tracker in the Eastern Cape got sick during the hunt. The only way I could get him to drink the pink medicine was if I drank some too. He must of thought I was poisoning him lol. I made sure I had a roll of tp with me for the day. I skipped the normal breakfast and ate toast instead. We loaded the trucks. Carel wonderful wife had agreed to drive one truck. Carel's little daughter would be coming to. She was excited for the giraffe hunt. On top of Billy the tracker we had 3 extra guys from town riding out with us. As we drove the sand road into the farm we started seeing old giraffe prints. It wasn't long and we spotted a herd of giraffes. Unfortunately it was all females and young ones.

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channelkat said:

Sorry if I missed it, but did you fly with your rifles or rent? If you flew how was it with the sightseeing layover?

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I always rent. Makes life so much simpler. Especially it stop overs in Europe on the way there or way home. In 2022 I got basically free trips to Egypt and Greece flying home from Africa when my flight got canceled. Had I had rifles I would of probably had to wait on a direct flight home and I wouldn't of got to see the pyramids and the acropolis.

Hopes were high when we saw these giraffe.

The whole crew in the buggy. 6 guys in the back looking for giraffes and Carel, his wife, daughter, and me in the cab.

All hands on deck looking for giraffes on a high ridge overlooking the huge valley. Seems the bulls are really hiding today.

We continued to look around the large property for any bulls. Unfortunately for us they just didnt seem to be in the area. The trip wasnt a total waste as it gave Carel a chance to freshen bait up and check the cameras for Mr. Spots. Sure enough both baits had 2 different cats using them. It was cool to see the leopard tracks and see the scratch marks on the trees with the bait.

Hanging new bait at site 1

Hanging bait at site 2. Sure wish I was hunting Leopard

One more try at finding a bull giraffe from the high spot looking down into all of the valley.

About mid day we pulled the plug. Giraffes should of been spotted by then if they were around this property. Murphys law had stuck. When Carel was baiting he would see them all the time. No we need one and they cant find them. Going to the property the guys were in high spirits. Leaving was completely different. You could tell they were bummed. So to tey to get the mood up I decided I would by them all KFC for a late lunch. Once again Murphys law stuck when right after I ordered them a whole bucket, a bus load of kids ran into order food. It ended up taking 45 minutes to get their food. I think my bucket pieces kept getting robbed to fill smaller orders. After that we headed back to Carels house to make a game plan. Luckily he was prepared and said he had a property closer to the airport lined up for a giraffe hunt just incase we weren't successful. So we ended the day with a great meal. This would be my last stay in Carels guest house. Sleep came early considering the night before I was up sick most of the night. We had a early wake up because we would be leaving at 5 a.m.

Day 8
Down to the wire. We had 1.5 days of hunting left. The early bird gets the worm. So we were off early in the morning. We drove south and stopped in the city of Windhoek for breakfast. We then drove about an hour to the property we would be hunting at. As we pulled off the paved road to the dirt road there was a huge male baboon just sitting on the top of a fence post. Once again Murphys law. We would be hunting a very large property and Carel was really hoping we would have a easier time finding these giraffe. He asked the landowner when we got there if he had seen them today at all. When the landowner got a big smile on his face I figured we were in luck. Come to find out when he got up in the morning he could see the giraffes from.the window of his house. After the day before we needed this kind of luck. So we drove thur the property and eventually started spotting giraffes. Mostly females and young. Then we spotted him. He was in a great spot with enough ground plants to use to sneak into range. The landowner warned us that he was smart and didnt like guys walking up on him. Even with that being said we didnt want to shoot him from the truck. So we started our stalk using bushes and trees to work our way into range. Lucky for us he had a big truck between him and us that was eye level to him. Some of the females saw us and started running away. I thought for sure he would be running any second. Finally I get on the sticks and squeeze 300 win mag on a broadside shot. It feels good but we want to get him down. I shoot again broadside. He then turns and I shoot at the frontal vitals. He then starts to run off. I shoot again. This one was rushed. Not sure were I hit. We are following behind him as he is running. He turns and I try to hit him in the neck spine area to drop him. I hit him in the neck but he didnt drop. But I must of hit an artery because I think Ray Charles and Stevie Wonder could of followed the blood trail. He rain for a little more before falling over dead right in the middle of a road. Talk about some luck for skinning and loading him.

Bull down right on the sandy road.

Now the work had to begin. Just getting a giraffe set up for pictures is alot of work. Let alone skinning and quartering one up.

There's no I in team. Teamwork was definitely needed on this animal.

Beautiful mature giraffe taken.

As Trump would say its "Huge"

Trackers and Skinners hard at work.