Long shots

[hogpatrol]

Just back from the dark continent and a nine day cull/management hunt at Nick Bowker Hunting venue in RSA. Took my 30-28 Nosler shooting Berger 210 vld hunting bullets.
Day 1. one springbok, one warthog
Day 2. three impala
Day 3. two kudu, one caracal
Day 4. three blesbok, two springbok
Day 5. one kudu, one warthog
Day 6. one kudu
Day 7. one kudu
Day 8. one kudu, one impala, one warthog
Day 9. four spingbok, one blesbok, one kudu, one warthog.

Some pics:
With one of our trusty beagles, Floo. Hunted with another beagle, Bella and a jack russel, blackjack. These dogs could find an animal in heavy bushveld in a matter of minutes.

 

[hogpatrol]

Day 3, morning hunt, two kudu cows.

Day 4 White blesbok with my tracker/skinner, Room. He almost bought the farm with covid in 2020 but lived to skin and butcher another day. IIRC, he's 82 years old.

 

[hogpatrol]

After a hard day afield, nap time.

 

[CharlieNC]

Nice!

 

[Kracken McGraw]

Wow, looks to be to be a very enjoyable and successful hunt. Congratulations!

 

[David Milisock]

After a hard day afield, nap time.

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Hard working dogs!

 

[Gary in MD]

Cool, it would take a bunch of years to get that many bullets into big game here in the US. Sounds like some good shooting!

 

[Capt. Oblivious]

Very very nice hogpatrol, one month from today we heading out into the Limpopo Bushveld for Koedoe, Impala and Blue Wildebeest. I cant wait to jump in that cruiser and to leave the City behind with the sun just starting to come up over the mountains

 

[BartsBullets]

That’s awesome! Great hunt! Congratulations!

 

[BartsBullets]

I’ve got a Kudu, Gemsbok, Hartebeest, Springbok, Black Wildebeest, and Blue Wildebeest. The one thing I wanted REAL bad was a Warthog. Man it’s unbecoming, but I’m jealous of that Hog!

Bart

 

[hogpatrol]

I’ve got a Kudu, Gemsbok, Hartebeest, Springbok, Black Wildebeest, and Blue Wildebeest. The one thing I wanted REAL bad was a Warthog. Man it’s unbecoming, but I’m jealous of that Hog!

Bart

NIck has loads of warthogs on his available hunting area (193 square miles/ 580,000 acres). My hunting buddy was a warthog killer, except for one rainy day, shot one or two every day. I shot the one in the pic at 315m straight on head shot. They are one cool animal to hunt but don't dawdle or they'll be gone.

 

[hogpatrol]

Was lucky my PH spotted this guy after sundown slinking through the bush.

 

[thekriebles]

Congrats on the hunt of a lifetime! Thanks for sharing the posts and photos.

 

[K22]

Thanks for sharing - really great!!!

 

[Capt. Oblivious]

Was lucky my PH spotted this guy after sundown slinking through the bush.

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Thats a nice big Rooikat/Caracal

 

[R.Morehouse]

Nice Hunt.....Are you getting that warthog mounted?........ .........I would....

Regards
Rick

 

[hogpatrol]

Nice Hunt.....Are you getting that warthog mounted?........ .........I would....

Regards
Rick

No taxidermy this time. Actually, that's a small sow warthog. They have only two bumps on the face. I killed this one a few years back, much better boar trophy for the area hunted. Up in the northern part of the country where the soil is softer, their tusks aren't as worn down and they're quite bigger. Shot this guy on a last night meat hunt, one shot to the eyeball wth a .17 Fireball. Kindler gold turned his brain to mush.