Passed on this gentleman - Leopards Valley Safaris 2017 Photos

[008]

Hell of a hunt!

 

[gillettehunter]

Now that is a great looking buff. I can see why you waited. Bruce

 

[Royal27]

Nice job Dave!

Congrats to the hunter!

 

[Bullthrower338]

Fine animals!

 

[daved]

Nice bull.

My guess is your client figured he had best take the shot on the Springbok because you were reaching for his rifle.

Something like that. What makes this 16 1/2" ram even more special is that it was hunted on an extensive environment with no manipulation amongst a population of roughly 600-800 animals . This was not a specially bred big ram shot in a small camp.
This is truly a magnificent trophy in that regard

 

[BRICKBURN]

Perhaps this expression on your face helped....


The fact that it was not taken from a breeding camp is certainly impressive.
It actually got a chance to grow to its potential.

 

[daved]

We are back in the Eastern Cape and out looking for its more interesting inhabitants. Will spend the next few days looking for the Vaal Rhebuck , Mountain reedbuck and Klipspringer on a conservancy on top of the Eastern Capes roof at roughly 6-7 000ft in their natural range.
Will have more pictures as they become available

 

[Brent in Az]

Exciting hunt, with some very nice trophies!

 

[adgunner]

Very nice springbok, congrats!

 

[daved]

We are back and still hunting . While we where up at our buffalo area the boys got in this beautiful kudu bull

We however are on a mission for the little critters

Got this nice steenbuck while looking for Klipspringer ? Now just peeking for duiker around every corner

 

[Albert GRANT]

It's funny, everywhere I went when I was with Andri I have duiker within 40yds of me- just standing there, no less. Andri would just shake his head and say you never see that. It never crossed my mind to shoot one. Rookie mistakes- just didn't know what I had!

 

[daved]

We got extremely lucky this morning . The guys got up really early and travelled to Klipspringer country . Pro hunter Arnold Claasen saw a few an elected to take this ram.

While they were out Pro hunter Greg Hayes stalked this phenomenal little duiker ram just touching 5" he's a great ram

We still waiting to hear from the other guys

 

[daved]

We still need two Vaal Rhebuck . What are the chances of having two separate hunters from two separate countries each looking for a Vaal and a Klipspringer ? Both in camp at the same time.

So we had to send them off in separate directions to different mountain conservancies . We were pleasantly surprised

A very rare photo for eastern Cape mountain critters

 

[daved]

We were still on a quest for the small critters and Pro hunters , Chris Dugmore , Arnold Claasen and Greg Hayes delivered

 

[daved]

We still needed a Klipspringer but that turned into a short morning hunt

 

[Ridgewalker]

Wow! Every trophy is very nice! Great hunt!

 

[daved]

After days of scouting and tracking, turning down bulls, it all comes down to a few split seconds. This is buffalo hunting at its finest.

This photo is a screenshot off the video footage . It shows our buff starting a charge that was cut short by 3 well placed rounds , putting him down.
I never fired a shot.

 

[daved]

Sneak peak of our first day on our 60 square mile buffalo area. More snippets to follow

 

[daved]

This gorgeous little duiker was hunted walk and stalk . Definite gold medal contender

 

[daved]

Another angle.

While hunting these little critters we bumped into this grand old daddy. He was on our list and took a nice 2 hr stalk

This gorgeous Roan was just over 28"