Dudders
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WEDNESDAY : Today breakfast was at 6am again we were going to return to the same concession that we had hunted the day before and continue the hunt for kudu we went and collected Lloyd and set off again today looked like a really nice day no clouds in the sky and a light wind . we were traveling along the rough road not far from the concession when we spotted a huge kudu bull we dani stopped to have a look at him he said he was a really good bull to our amazement he walked up to the high fence and slipped straight through it walked across the road slipped through the wire strands on the high fence on the opposite side and was gone into the brush. we continued on to the concession we arrived at the office to check in as we started to get our stuff ready dani walked to the back of his truck and said something to Lloyd we noticed they were both looking puzzled we walked towards them and noticed the tail gate of danis hunting rig was missing it must of worked loose and bounced off while travelling along the rough road dani did not look happy I said we should go look for it heinrich appeared and a short discussion took place the outcome was dani would go look for the bit that fell off and hienrich would take us round while dani was gone hienrichs bakkie was out of action after hitting a kudu on the way back home one night the previous week so the buggy was summoned and quickly cleaned out. The rear seats found and fitted the essential kit swapped to the buggy and we were ready to go. We continued where we left off the previous day driving to various spots and glassing the sunny slopes after the third move I spotted something shinning in the distance on closer inspection it was the sun reflecting off what looked like a very good kudu bulls horns I pointed it out to hienrich to look at we looked for a while and decided to get closer for a better look we drove for about five minutes before we stopped and located the bull again after a bit move glassing heinrich decided we should go and take a much closer look at him we took a wide arc around to get down wind and move in close on foot we stalked in to where we thought he was and soon found the group of females he had been with we slowly then worked our way along the ridge but after 10 minutes of looking we could not find him the females had dropped over the ridge as we had come along he must have already gone over the ledge while we were moving to get down wind this was some of the steepest ground on the property hienrich turned and said "you don't want to shoot anything down there we will leave them go " having seen how steep it was from the opposite valley I happily agreed. we looked at a couple more spots and then got the call to say dani was back so we returned to the office to pick him up and get back into his truck. when we reached him he was still not happy he had not been able to find his tail gate. we moved to several spots but could only see females and males who were not finished yet its all about the direction of the horn tips and the figure of eight shape. it was nearing lunch and we were about to return to the bakkie after walking a long ridgeline when Lloyd spotted a good bull on the opposite ridge a plan was formed and we were off Lloyd stayed to spot if we lost the bull when we moved. there was a dirt track that crossed the valley to the opposite ridge and continued along it we would use this to get into position for a shot we made it to the opposite ridge and stopped for us to get our breath back we had gotten across the valley in double quick time! a minute later we were good to go we began to make our way along the ridge and had soon located the bull we had just began the final approach we a group of nyala below us winded us and took off along the valley barking,
. the kudu lifted his head looked around and took off . We looked at each other and dani said " lunch" we returned to the bakkie dropped hienrich off at the office and went to the lodge where we had lunch the previous day.
. the kudu lifted his head looked around and took off . We looked at each other and dani said " lunch" we returned to the bakkie dropped hienrich off at the office and went to the lodge where we had lunch the previous day.