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Recent trip to the Dark Continent.
Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 6:41 pm
by ske1eter
A buddy, his wife, and I went to South Africa a couple weeks ago. What a blast. We booked with Russ Field Safaris,
http://www.southafricanhunting.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;, and Johan van Zyl of Gnu Safaris,
http://www.gnusafaris.co.za" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;. Here are a "few" pics of our hunt. BTW, I shot all but the kudu with a handgun.
More of the pics can be seen at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/12705113@N ... 1360/show/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
My blue wildebeest.

And my greater kudu with a broken third horn in the middle of his forehead.
My hunting buddy, Mark, and his blue wildebeest.

His wife, Kara, and her gemsbok with the PH Russ Field.

Re: Recent trip to the Dark Continent.
Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 3:13 pm
by Pete92FS
Beautiful pictures - Thanks for sharing.

Re: Recent trip to the Dark Continent.
Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 5:38 pm
by Sniper John
Very nice. I really like the Gemsbock. Horns look long. Is that record book size? I am guessing it is.
Re: Recent trip to the Dark Continent.
Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 5:40 pm
by USA1
WOW !
VERY NICE!

Re: Recent trip to the Dark Continent.
Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 7:48 pm
by zigzag
All of them are gonna be nce to eat. Hint: To take out the wild smell, i soak the meat cuts in ice for several days to leech the capillary blood out.
Should taste like beef afterwards . But some dont and its fine.
Congrats on those kills. If u dont mind me asking? Do u have them made into sausages and other stuff so u can bring it home ? Or just donate them ? US Customs by the way prohibit any meat products from entering unless u have the import license such as meat import business.
Re: Recent trip to the Dark Continent.
Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 8:05 pm
by ske1eter
zigzag wrote:All of them are gonna be nce to eat. Hint: To take out the wild smell, i soak the meat cuts in ice for several days to leech the capillary blood out.
Should taste like beef afterwards . But some dont and its fine.
Congrats on those kills. If u dont mind me asking? Do u have them made into sausages and other stuff so u can bring it home ? Or just donate them ? US Customs by the way prohibit any meat products from entering unless u have the import license such as meat import business.
Unfortunately, we weren't allowed to bring any back so we did our best to sample some of the meat while there. If I recall, at a minimum we got to eat some springbok, wildebeest and gemsbok.
Re: Recent trip to the Dark Continent.
Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 9:19 pm
by The Annoyed Man
How far was the shot with your revolver, and what caliber were you using? BTW, is that a Ruger?
Re: Recent trip to the Dark Continent.
Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 11:03 pm
by zigzag
THe Kudu and Gemsbok are the best ones. Quite exotic in their looks alone.
Re: Recent trip to the Dark Continent.
Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 3:25 pm
by ske1eter
The Annoyed Man wrote:How far was the shot with your revolver, and what caliber were you using? BTW, is that a Ruger?
The revolver shot was at about 35 yds. after an initial shot with the Encore....and a wild chase. The Super Redhawk is in .480 Ruger and the Encore is in .308 Win.