MOZAMBIQUE: Elephant & Buffalo Hunt

[THAT'S AFRICA SAFARI]

Good day AH members and followers

Our last hunt of the season took place in Mozambique bordering the Kruger National Park. We are grateful to have ended the year on such a high.
Our clients arrived at KMI airport in Mbombela (previously Nelspruit) where we collected them and drove around four hours by motor vehicle passing the Komati Border post. There was a bit of a delay but we made it into camp before dark.
The next morning we headed out early in search of fresh tracks.

We were very lucky and fortunate to connect with a massive elephant. We are waiting for the tusks to be weighed but we estimate around 65-70lbs

the next day our client took this incredible buffalo

what a beautiful sight, due to all the seasonal rainfall the area is very green

The area is nice and muddy this time of year.

my client brought his brother along for the hunt and his brother was able to take an magnificent buffalo too.

Looking forward to hunting this area again next year

 

[NIGHTHAWK]

Congratulations on an awesome hunt!

 

[THAT'S AFRICA SAFARI]

Congratulations on an awesome hunt!

Thank you

 

[AZDAVE]

Congratulations that is a hammer of a elephant! With the rains the bush looks fantastic.

 

[Foxi]

one day my friend will take an elephant with you in Mozambik. .
My gun -Sodia /Ferlach in .458 Win Mag. and Degol solids are ready for the work

 

[THAT'S AFRICA SAFARI]

That day will be sooner than you think. Can't wait to share that experience with you

 

[Safari1]

That is awesome!

Did your client see a lot of elephant and buffalo or did they just get on to good animals early in the hunt?

Unfenced to Kruger?

 

[THAT'S AFRICA SAFARI]

Good day Safari1
The elephant was shot on the very first day. We found his tracks just after lunch and seeing that they were very fresh we decided to take a chance and follow them. Because of all the rain the bush is very lush and from where we picked up the tracks to where we found them feeding was not far at all. This bull was with about 7 younger bulls, which made approaching him a bit more challenging. We could see from its body size that this was a big bull but because the bush was so dense we struggled to see the tusks clearly. Once we got a clear view of the tusks, we knew that this is not a bull that we can pass on, and the decision was made very quickly to take him.
We saw plenty of elephant while hunting buffalo and we saw 5 to 6 more bulls that would have gone between 50 and 60 pounds.
With the buffalo it wasn't as easy as the thick bush made it really difficult to get a shot. Getting close was the easy part but getting a clear shot was very hard. We had a lot of stalks where we got close but just couldn't get a clear shot. The first bull was shot at about 10 yards and the second at about 15 yards.
November is a beautiful month as everything is green and water everywhere, but it makes for challenging hunting.
We do have a fence between us and Kruger but with the high numbers of elephant moving between us and Kruger the fence is nonexistent at places and the animals basically move freely around.