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What a beautiful animal, thanks for sharing your story!

That was a nice shot! Thanks for sharing, he's definitely a Madala! What a nice animal. Great photos too; I hope to get a nice Buffalo like that when I go back in two years.

That may be true. We did fly a K2 flight out of Talkeetna to tour Mt. Denali, and didn't see much wild game. But we traveled that same area in a tour bus and saw five grizzlies, over ten caribou, countless mooose, etc. So I just think you see a lot more than just porcupine road kill if you...

Interesting. I'm from the lower 48, and I've been to Alaska twice and have seen quite a number of animals in the wild. In 2016 we drove from Anchorage to Fairbanks, and saw eagles and moose within a few hundred yards of the road. On the Kenai Peninsula a lot of moose too. I think it depends...

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Mine are (in order): .300 RUM (Very accurate to 1000 yd) 7MM Rem Mag (Great all around) .30-06 Springfield (Trustworthy)

This is great advice for a first time hunt. I went on my first African hunt in June of this year. I had read the trophy sizes previous to my hunt, and decided I just wanted to take old mature bulls that I liked. On the first day I was fortunate enough to take a nice Kudu, with great...

Thanks for the great heart-pounding stories. That is a very nice Buffalo!

Wow, amazing story. Good thing the charging bull missed. Congratulations!

Thank you everyone for all the welcome messages. I am enjoying this forum a lot!

Day 12: After waking up to another beautiful orange sunrise, and a great bacon, egg, and sausage breakfast, we were ready to go! My wife and I had both hunted the Gemsbok, and today it was my turn. When planning this Safari for the past two years, the animal that I wanted the most was the...

Day 11: Our first day hunting a Gemsbok was somewhat successful as we saw our first bull of the hunt. He spotted us and took off too quickly yesterday, so today we decided to hunt a water hole that was directly ahead of his last direction of travel last night. Of course I wore the lucky hat...

Thank you cpr0312. Hopefully I have the chance to go back. Now to continue my story. . . . Day 10 - After the fireworks we experienced yesterday taking both a trophy Waterbuck and a Zebra, the outfitter Werner felt that might be our lucky water hole. Although it was set up primarily for bow...

From what I understand, the company that Motshwere uses now is different from in the past. Prior to this year everything was done by a local South African taxidermist and there were quite a few complaints, so they moved to a new dipper and the hunter is encouraged to use the taxidermy of their...

I'm really glad we went! We really enjoyed every minute.

Where are you located in La Pampa? I spent some time in La Pampa back in the 80's, mostly Santa Rosa and General Acha, and I would like to return sometime. Maybe a Red Stag hunt would do it!

I shot my zebra with a 300 RUM 180 gr Nosler Accubond Trophy Grade cartridge at 70 yards. The velocity is 3050 fps at 100 yards, and it only took one shot to the front quarter shoulder. It dropped right where it was drinking, and there was minimal damage to the hide, with no exit wound.

Thank you Nyati. When I get some time I will post about our three day Gemsbok hunt.

Thank you enysse. That is a monster Gemsbok in your profile pic, where did you take him?

It was pretty amazing. . . I enjoyed every minute

Hunting in South Africa

Hunting in South Africa

It was not in my package, and so I didn't really consider it. But now, in hindsight, I should have taken that baboon. He was very large and aggressive, and I did actually see him one time, about 20-25 yards directly behind us. But he did stay hidden most of the time. My wife actually...

We hunted just outside of Lephalale in Limpopo SA, with a group of friends and relatives from home.

Day 9: We started earlier today, with breakfast at 6:00 am. Breakfast was bacon and eggs, with hash browns, very good. We were motivated to take an animal today, and hopefully an elusive Waterbuck. Werner said he wanted our party to be very successful today, so we were starting a half hour...

Day 8: After Day 7's Kudu, we were very pumped up! Driving back to camp that night, we saw a big Civit cat run across the road, very cool black and white creature we'd never seen before. Back at camp PH Christo and Werner gave hugs and were excited over my Kudu! So that next morning we woke...