REPUBLIC OF CONGO: Bongo In The Congo Second Try

[Field28]

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Outstanding!!!! Congratulations, beautiful animal!!!

 

[Sideshow]

Yes, these guys are terrible. I set out to buy a budget scope at one point, asked for advice, ended up with a fucking Zeiss!

Be a collectors item by next year or when they stop making them!

 

[Sideshow]

Those are Christophe’s chimp pics.
Bruce

That’s a big chimp offf seen them on Lake Victoria in Uganda. But he looks a lot larger than those fallas.

 

[Beck]

Be a collectors item by next year or when they stop making them!

I sold it to buy a Meopta!

 

[NIGHTHAWK]

Congratulations Bruce! Great report and hunt!!

 

[gillettehunter]

Another day without an animal. I did take a shot at a monkey. As we were going to the machan we stopped 3 times to try a get a monkey. The pigmies love to eat them….. I took one shot with the.222 and clipped one but it stayed in the tree and never gave me another chance. Crap happens I suppose.
This particular machan is far from the lodge. 1 hr 20 minutes driving fast. Stopping for monkeys……. It’s a full 1/2 mile from the road where you leave the truck. Christophe dropped his pack at the base of the machan and took the trail to the camera. While he was checking the card and setting the motion sensors I climbed into the machan. I was rather surprised to see a dwarf forest buffalo cow out in front of the machan. She was maybe 40 yds from me and 50 from Christophe. He couldn’t see her. I got several good pics and a video before she figured out Christophe was there.
The night passed uneventfully. The birds in the morning were incredibly noisy. Their wings beating can be heard for great distances. Mostly hornbills. At 7 the trackers joined us to go call duikers. Maybe 8 sets and no shots fired. The trackers said they saw 2 blue duikers and 1 Pieters but I never caught sight of them. I don’t think Christophe saw them either.
The walk back to the machan was miserable. They took a “shortcut “ through a swamp. Small hummocks with nasty drops beside them. I went in one to my knee and almost lost a shoe. It was so hot and humid, my shirt was soaked in no time. Perspiring profusely…..
Then there were the ants. We put up with ants every day. There seems like there are 280 varieties of ants here and every one is trying to bite you! If you see an ant within 5 feet of you then you can expect that one is climbing on you somewhere. Some of the bites are annoying. Some hurt. Some are downright painful. Heaven help you if they make it to the family jewels!!!
Both Christophe and I have had our pants down trying to find an ant. Today they were especially bad. Was really glad to get back to a shower today. I’m not gonna lie, my butt got kicked today. I was really glad to get back to the truck. Not a lot of gas left in the tank!
Hopefully @LivingTheDream is able to post a picture of the buffalo. Was a great experience.
Bruce

 

[buck wild]

Another day without an animal. I did take a shot at a monkey. As we were going to the machan we stopped 3 times to try a get a monkey. The pigmies love to eat them….. I took one shot with the.222 and clipped one but it stayed in the tree and never gave me another chance. Crap happens I suppose.
This particular machan is far from the lodge. 1 hr 20 minutes driving fast. Stopping for monkeys……. It’s a full 1/2 mile from the road where you leave the truck. Christophe dropped his pack at the base of the machan and took the trail to the camera. While he was checking the card and setting the motion sensors I climbed into the machan. I was rather surprised to see a dwarf forest buffalo cow out in front of the machan. She was maybe 40 yds from me and 50 from Christophe. He couldn’t see her. I got several good pics and a video before she figured out Christophe was there.
The night passed uneventfully. The birds in the morning were incredibly noisy. Their wings beating can be heard for great distances. Mostly hornbills. At 7 the trackers joined us to go call duikers. Maybe 8 sets and no shots fired. The trackers said they saw 2 blue duikers and 1 Pieters but I never caught sight of them. I don’t think Christophe saw them either.
The walk back to the machan was miserable. They took a “shortcut “ through a swamp. Small hummocks with nasty drops beside them. I went in one to my knee and almost lost a shoe. It was so hot and humid, my shirt was soaked in no time. Perspiring profusely…..
Then there were the ants. We put up with ants every day. There seems like there are 280 varieties of ants here and every one is trying to bite you! If you see an ant within 5 feet of you then you can expect that one is climbing on you somewhere. Some of the bites are annoying. Some hurt. Some are downright painful. Heaven help you if they make it to the family jewels!!!
Both Christophe and I have had our pants down trying to find an ant. Today they were especially bad. Was really glad to get back to a shower today. I’m not gonna lie, my butt got kicked today. I was really glad to get back to the truck. Not a lot of gas left in the tank!
Hopefully @LivingTheDream is able to post a picture of the buffalo. Was a great experience.
Bruce

And this is why (well the money also ) I don't think I could ever do a jungle hunt. Kudos to you for enduring the elements even after shooting a great bongo

 

[Green Chile]

Thanks for posting the good, bad and ugly Bruce. That's what makes these reports so valuable. This is real hunting...and it's hard. I know you're not giving up but I hear you on the relief of getting back to the truck or shower or camp. You've got time left and you never know what shows up on the last set.

 

[LivingTheDream]

Another day without an animal. I did take a shot at a monkey. As we were going to the machan we stopped 3 times to try a get a monkey. The pigmies love to eat them….. I took one shot with the.222 and clipped one but it stayed in the tree and never gave me another chance. Crap happens I suppose.
This particular machan is far from the lodge. 1 hr 20 minutes driving fast. Stopping for monkeys……. It’s a full 1/2 mile from the road where you leave the truck. Christophe dropped his pack at the base of the machan and took the trail to the camera. While he was checking the card and setting the motion sensors I climbed into the machan. I was rather surprised to see a dwarf forest buffalo cow out in front of the machan. She was maybe 40 yds from me and 50 from Christophe. He couldn’t see her. I got several good pics and a video before she figured out Christophe was there.
The night passed uneventfully. The birds in the morning were incredibly noisy. Their wings beating can be heard for great distances. Mostly hornbills. At 7 the trackers joined us to go call duikers. Maybe 8 sets and no shots fired. The trackers said they saw 2 blue duikers and 1 Pieters but I never caught sight of them. I don’t think Christophe saw them either.
The walk back to the machan was miserable. They took a “shortcut “ through a swamp. Small hummocks with nasty drops beside them. I went in one to my knee and almost lost a shoe. It was so hot and humid, my shirt was soaked in no time. Perspiring profusely…..
Then there were the ants. We put up with ants every day. There seems like there are 280 varieties of ants here and every one is trying to bite you! If you see an ant within 5 feet of you then you can expect that one is climbing on you somewhere. Some of the bites are annoying. Some hurt. Some are downright painful. Heaven help you if they make it to the family jewels!!!
Both Christophe and I have had our pants down trying to find an ant. Today they were especially bad. Was really glad to get back to a shower today. I’m not gonna lie, my butt got kicked today. I was really glad to get back to the truck. Not a lot of gas left in the tank!
Hopefully @LivingTheDream is able to post a picture of the buffalo. Was a great experience.
Bruce

As requested!! Here is the buffalo picture.

Such a cool picture, sorry about the ants!!!