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What was your first African animal?
16 May 2008, 02:57
BlacktailerWhat was your first African animal?
Just curious if you started on plains game and worked up to the big stuff or were thrown in the deep end after DG.
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16 May 2008, 03:01
ozhunterA Water Buck but I should have made it a Buff.
16 May 2008, 03:03
NorwegianhunterMy first animal was a Impala, and the latest was a Civetcat. But not any DG yet
And my second was this kudu
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I was too much a rookie to realize what I had done. My first African plains game animal was a 42" Sable. Talk about beginners dumb luck!
16 May 2008, 03:17
Jorge400My first one was a mountain zebra - actually on my first hunting day after a few failed stalks.
It's hard to put into words my first hunting day in Africa. Needless to say, it is one of my most prized trophies and is proudly displayed in my study.
"...Africa. I love it, and there is no reason for me to explore why. She affects some people that way, and those who feel as I do need no explanation." from The Last Safari
Mine was a 39 1/2" gemsbock.
Started hunting dangerous game on trip two.
"There always seems to be a big market for making the clear, complex."
My first African game was a bushbuck. If I were starting over again I'd start with a buffalo hunt and pick up the antelope along the way.
16 May 2008, 03:23
MikeBurkeI cannot wait until I can answer this one in about 124 days, but it will either be Cape buffalo, zebra, wildebeest, hartebeest, impala, or warthog.
124 days until Africa and counting
16 May 2008, 03:31
TheBigGuyThis guy. Didn't plan on a duiker but was glad I got this one.
He made a nice mount.
My first animal taken in Africa was a warthog.
My latest a bull elephant.
I quite like the idea of starting with the PG first, then moving up to DG. I think it just makes one appreciate the hunts more.
John
16 May 2008, 03:40
L. David KeithMine was the Kruger Rand symbol; the Springbok. Took a 14.5 inch ram down on the Eastern Cape. Remains one of my favorite animals to hunt as they remind me of our Pronghorn Antelope. Outstanding table fare on both counts.
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http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6341092311 Recent hunt in the Eastern Cape, August 2010: Pics added
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16 May 2008, 03:44
fredj338Mine was alos a Sprinbok. I too agree, best eating of the antelope IMO.
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16 May 2008, 03:48
Bwana BundukiPuku in the Luangwa Valley. Good God what a trend that started...
Jeff
Mine was an elephant bull in Zim. Not planned that way just the luck of the hunt.
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16 May 2008, 03:57
Kyler HamannFirst was an old beat up buffalo, nothing to brag about for scoring but a great hunt. Most recent (hopefully not last) was an elephant.
Mine was an Eastern Cape Springbok, but trying to work out Buffalo for '09
16 May 2008, 04:20
vapodogMy first is this guy.
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16 May 2008, 04:21
David CulpepperMine was springbok, now have three trips under my belt and many more species taken. Can't wait til my next trip.
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16 May 2008, 04:28
graybirdMy first was this guy. All most 24" impala in Zululand, RSA. I took a picture of him the morning before while driving around the hunting area.
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16 May 2008, 04:29
Alaska HunterMine was a Black Springbok.
We were driving in a big fenced in field, I was in the back, the Ph was driving. He stops and says see that Black Springbok, shoot him. I jump down, the Springbok ran off and the PH yelled "what the f**k are you doing"? I said "getting down to shoot him". He said, "I never said get out of the truck, shoot him from the back". We drove off and came on him again so I shot him from the back of the truck. The PH and tracker we're jumping for joy because he was so big. I was mortified and ashamed, that I could do such a thing and knew right then Africa was not for me.
My next 4 trips were in wild places, with no fences, hunting animals that bite and gore and I knew then that Africa really was for me.
16 May 2008, 04:34
jetdrvrWarthog, while stalking zebra in Limpopo. That started the ball rolling. Going back for another buff in '09.
16 May 2008, 04:37
DulcineaMy wife about had a fit when she saw the trophy fee. Now she says we should have both got one for that price!!!
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Mine was a blue wildebeest on Central Estates in Zimbabwe.
I was on a 9 day package deal and shot him on the second day......for the trophy fee as it wasn't on the list.
16 May 2008, 04:56
MARK H. YOUNGElephant bull take first day of first safari. It was a problem animal situation and not planned at all but the impala we took in the afternnon of the same day was not the thrill I had anticipated after the elephant. Nikudu has the pics and story stashed some place in the archives.
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16 May 2008, 06:09
elkhunter62Gemsbok in NE Namibia, 2007. DG in 2009 or 2010.
16 May 2008, 06:15
NorthwayMy first was a warthog taken with a classic African sunset in the back. PH was Boet Nel. Not sure if I will ever get to do the big five due to financial constraints, but I get to hunt all the creatures of Alaska every year, so I guess that makes up for it. Can't wait to get back to Namibia to spend time chasing plains game.
My first African animal was an old impala for leopard bait.
First was a Hartman's Zebra, then baboon, Gemsbok, Kudu, and called in a Jackel. Only one I was looking for that I didn't take was a Warthog.
Yes it's cocked, and it has bullets too!!!
16 May 2008, 06:41
SGraves155A bushpig that came out while we were trying to figure out how to get closer to the buffalo herd.
Then an impala.
Then an elephant.
It was a nice start.
16 May 2008, 06:48
zimbabweFirst animal was a large Giraffe caught in a snare and was down. PH asked me to put it down which I did. Went on to take a 55" Kudu a few miles further.
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16 May 2008, 06:58
retreeverI started with plains game in Natal, 16.5 in. bushbuck and 53 inch kudu...in 02...
The ball has not stopped rolling 04 first buf and bull ele Zim.
The Selous in 06 shot a slew of animals, including 16 foot croc, leopard, hippo, buf, and a very big bull ele...
Have held two PANGOLIN"S and they have given me exceptional luck in Africa...
My retirement present, an second attempt for my first lion...
I have lived my dream to have hunted Africa..
Mike
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Cape buffalo the first hour of the first day in the Omay. I was exposed to a disease for which there is no cure! Probably worse than radiation exposure.
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16 May 2008, 07:29
Michael Robinsonquote:
Originally posted by retreever:
My retirement present, an second attempt for my first lion...
I have lived my dream to have hunted Africa..
retreever, ain't the Selous grand?
Man, but this brings back the sweet and solemn memories.
First blood for me was a southern impala - followed, on the
same day, by a common waterbuck and an old, hard-bossed cape buffalo bull.
Dawn to dusk fair chase hunting, spot and stalk, the old-fashioned way. In the Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania.
The impala we used for leopard bait, and the waterbuck, and most of the buff, for lion bait.
We also brought both a leopard and a lion to bag in due course. Although the lion was too smart and would not come to bait, so had to be stalked.
We saved some of the first day buff's tenderloin for a delicious spaghetti Bolognese later in the evening, and saved his tail for ox tail soup the next day.
As the old saying goes, the sun shines on every dog's ass at least once in a while, but it surely does help to be in the right sunny place at the right sunny time.
Mike
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Cape Buffalo in 1998 on the day I flew into the Okavango Delta. Not only was it my first African animal, it was my first big game animal of any kind. Previously everything that I shot had feathers on it. We ran into an old time Botswana PH, Willie Englebrecht, who's reply to my luck was "That's like going to the whorehouse the first time and getting the Madam". Willie was a real character, sadly he's no longer with us.
Eleven days until I leave and try to do it again.
16 May 2008, 07:32
MuletrainJune 1993 just after arriving in camp in Zimbabwe and it was a small impala for camp meat so Peter Fick could see whether or not I could shoot my rifle. We started after cape buffalo early the next morning.
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Wildebeast, followed by kudu, followed by BBQ tenderloin of the above, all in September, 2001. I will be back. It was RSA and my PH was Alexander Stene, a very wonderful trip.
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