Some folks on here have focused their comments on the RSA, but there is a lifetime of other hunting destinations in Africa. If I had the funds and the time, I think I could find a unique hunt their every year for the rest of my life. I just took my wife to the RSA for her first hunting...
Last Day - Day 7 to shop or hunt
My stepmother and father were finished with their hunt, so they were coming with us on this final 7th day of hunting. At breakfast there was a brief discussion on what the plan was. Someone said we could call it finished and head to Bloemfontein for shopping...
Day 6 - Nyala 4 Hunters 1
By the time we at lunch and rested it was getting close to time to go stalk Nyala again. Four previous stalks turned to dust so far earlier in the week for various reasons. Today we parked in a new spot to start our stalk We took off PH with the shooting sticks, me...
Hunting Day 6 - finishing the 3/4 slam
My wife started her springbok slam on the first day of hunting with a 235-yard standing off the sticks shot. On this windy day she decided to hand the reins to me. After all the grip and grins were taken with the Black Impala, we loaded him up and headed...
Hunting Day 6 - the Black Impala
This would be my big day. It started out with a drive over to a place where a huge Waterbuck was hanging out. This area was very open and the wind was not cooperating as it was blowing about 10 mph. We decided to pass on trying to shoot in a bunch of wind and...
I got a Black Impala on my last trip and I think the look of the hair is my favorite animal I have taken in Africa with a Black Springbok coming up a close second.
My father, paternal grandfather/grandmother, uncles and aunts all hunted in Texas. I grew up in an environment where hunting is what we did starting in November through January. I've helped grind deer meat in my grandmother's kitchen many many times. Plus, my dad and his buddies would all...
My wife got one back in Aug. He was 15 and interfering with the younger bulls. Our PH said never in 26 years of guiding had he had a woman ask to hunt Giraffe. I guess first time for everything.
Great descriptions of your stalks. Its hard to convey the intensity of the experience, but for those of us who have done it, we get it. The sound of the wind, the smell of earth and spore, the strain of the walk with sweat running, the sudden heart pounding appearance of an unexpected animal...
Looks like a really nice, well taken care of camp with some very good hosts. Thanks for all the great photos and congrats on some great trophies. Elize at Afton was really fun to talk to when we were there back in Aug 2021. But my wife found too many things to buy there hahaha. Mr X handled...
No, not from the checked bags, from the carry on. I had carried that little pack in my carrying going over but I guess I should have put it in my checked.
They did inspected and rifle through our carry-ons twice. Once at the main xray security point then again at the aircraft. I guess this...
Most of the rest of the day was spent riding around the ranch looking at the various breeding projects and we got to see their herd of Bontebok. We saw several Waterbuck that will become breeders soon. Absolute monsters. The sun was going down and It was nearing Nyala time. We started to...
We had a common Blesbok to go with my common from 8 years ago so we decided to hunt a White one as well. The white ones are easy to identify. We looked over a few and found a the best one. This would be a longer shot. We walked in to about 500 yards and set up prone. It just took a few...
Hunting Day 5
Something I haven't mentioned is everyday early we have been headed over to stalk Mountain Reedbuck and in the evening we were going to another place to stalk Nyala. On this day we were on our 5th Mountain Reedbuck stalk. We started a slow careful walk along the top edge of a...
Day 4, the afternoon
After the discussion over the Blesbok and the obligatory photos we headed in to drop him off with the skinners. The butcher was at the skinning barn picking up some of the game that had collected in the freezer so Mias let us stay there and observe the process of...
Fourth Day Hunting
We started the day out a little slower. We didn't head for breakfast until 8am. The first 3 days we had walked over 21 miles total up and down rocky terrain. Not the same as a treadmill in the gym. An extra hour of sleep really helped. Once we convened over another great...
I had a small Fix-Stix kit in my carrying on that they went crazy over and they took a leather cartridge holder. Two of us inadvertently had spent rifle cases in our carry-ons. I had one and my stepmother had one. Neither of us meant to have them. I think they were in pockets and dropped in...
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