Outdoorbound
AH senior member
On to day 6 of our 10 day adventure. We started the day early and were headed out with no particular target in mind. it didnt take long before our morning took a slightly different turn. We had been out and about for about 20 minutes and then this happened.
Well looks like we will be here for a minute. We sent a tracker to get a tractor to get the truck unstuck and well, this happened.
We were looking at a stuck truck and tractor. It took an hour or so before another truck arrived and we got the tractor unstuck. From there we used a longer tow cable and were able to get the truck unstuck as well. We laughed a little, this just added to the adventure. We decided to call the morning a wash and headed back for lunch and some rest. The afternoon started about 2pm and we headed out in search of Nyala. For me this was the least enjoyable hunt of the trip. We ventured off to a different property that had quite a few Nyala. It was a low fenced property but felt a bit small for me. I had eagerly anticipated hunting Nyala, they are such a beautiful animal but was having a hard time getting excited. Nyala, by nature, aren't super skiddish and there just didn't seem to be much of a challenge. It took some time but we located a nice bull. The shot was just over 100 yards and he was down. Not the most exciting hunt of the trip but we had a beautiful Nyala and some great photos.
We got the Nyala to the skinning shed and headed back out, we still had some time left in the day. It wasn't long before we located a herd of Gemsbok theses things ran us around for what seemed like forever before presenting a shot. We had set up in an area to hopefully ambush them as they were on the move and wouldn't you know it, it worked. We could see the herd approaching and on to the sticks the rile went. A solid hit at about 50 yards and we had our second animal in the salt for the evening.
The day had some highs and lows, a lot of fun and a bit of frustration but all in all another amazing day. Back to the lodge for a couple of ice cold castles and another great dinner. Did i mention the food is amazing, starting to worry I'm going to be a few pounds heavier when we get back to the states.