Pictures - from my Safari - Finally

[Shaky]

Lochi,

Thanks, we had a grand time and I plan to go back. I was thinking May of 2006 but it might work out more like May of 2005 - been putting in a lot of hours lately and saving up to go. For 12 days of hunting, $1750 doesn't take a lot of time to save.

Tom,

I hadn't given any record book recordings much thought. I didn't fully realize how good the Blesbok was until some weeks later. The 5" steenbok is really good for the region I hunted. I know my PH sure was excited when he first saw it.

I guess it was to my advantage not knowing what a "good one" was for a particular animal as it didn't make me nervous. As you know, I "shake" enough already

I did ask both PH's if they would allow a hunter to shoot a smaller (horn length) animal and they said no, we (they) want hunters to take better then average animals for the area. If they "allowed" hunters to take smaller animals then their reputation goes along. In the 9 years they have been in business their average is much higher then the average for other outfitters in the same region.

There are so many animals (numbers) and 10 days of hunting. There really is plenty of time to obtain quality animals. I would "guess" on average I saw 100 or more animals a day. On the first day I saw over 500 blesbok and impala.

Don

 

[Tom]

Wow, that's a lot of animals to see. Pretty neat. Congratulations!

 

[snake river rufus]

Maybe I missed it but tell us about the rifle, ammo, bullets, Are you using the NOSLERS?

[ 08-13-2004, 12:01: Message edited by: snake river rufus ]

 

[Shaky]

snake,

LOL, no, not using "that" brand of bullets.

For the zebra and bushbuck I used a 375 H&H AI, 27" barrel, schmidt & bender 1.5 to 6 X 42 scope. I used a 272gr EXP Groove Bullet launched at 3080 FPS, measured 10 feet from the muzzle.

All the other animals were shot using a 7mm mag and a 127gr EXP Groove Bullet starting out at over 3400 FPS, measured 10 feet from the muzzle. That rifle has a 2.5 to 10 X 42 Swarovski scope on it.

My longest shot was 340 yards on the Springbok. My closest shot was about 50 yards on the blesbok.

Don