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I'll add a story later this week, but all in all I had an absolutely fantastic time. I ended up with trophies that surpassed anything I was hoping for. The Kudu ended up at 58", and the bushbuck is 17 1/2"... My wifes wildebeest is a very nice bull as well... 28-1/2 wide... The rest are all very nice trophies and I'm extatic about them as well, even if I don't look so in the pig picture... It was pitch black out by the time we got the cameras, and there was three people taking pictures I didn't know when to smile or not... I have a better one or 5 but not with me today...       | ||
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Uitstekend, dude! Nothing like it... Write 'er up! _______________________ | |||
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Great trophies, very well done! Limpopo? ~Ann   | |||
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Ivan, CONGRATS!!! Great Kudu and Bushbuck!!! And that Gemsbok isn't too shabby either!!  Thanks for sharing your photos... -Bob F. | |||
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Schweet!  Dave "What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value." -Thomas Paine, "American Crisis" | |||
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Yeah, along the Limpopo river... The funny thing was my kudu was the first bull we got close enough to get a shot at... My PH said he was probalby only a 51"er at best... after hunting for 3 days and this being the first one even close enough to shoot at I decided he was plenty good enough for me... and by close I mean he was pushing 250 yards! I was kind of stretching the barrle of the ol 375 by the time I was done shooting... The second hit was from about 300 yards right up the ol youhoo... that put him on the ground... you can see the bullet under the skin on the shoulder from the first shot. | |||
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Ivan - According to my PH, Claude Kleinhans; "up the youhoo" = "Portuguese Heart Shot" "I ask, sir, what is the Militia? It is the whole people. To disarm the people is the best and most effective way to enslave them" - George Mason, co-author of the Second Amendment during the Virginia convention to ratify the Constitution | |||
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Congratulations on a fine hunt and great trophies! --- Eric Ching "The pen is mightier than the sword...except in a swordfight." | |||
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Ivan, very nice animals, the bushbuck in particular is VERY impressive. | |||
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Very nice Ivan. Looks like you had great trip and took some exceptional trophys. I especially like the kudu and bushbuck. | |||
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Dude, that's so very cool! Who says one can't find decent trophies in RSA, huh? Lo do they call to me, They bid me take my place among them in the Halls of Valhalla, Where the brave may live forever. | |||
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GREAT PICS!! Congrats | |||
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A wonderful collection of trophies. _________________________________ AR, where the hopeless, hysterical hypochondriacs of history become the nattering nabobs of negativisim. | |||
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That is a great kudu and bushbuck! Congratulations! ____________________________________________ "Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life." Terry Pratchett. | |||
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Man, what superb trophies. The kudu is great but that bushbuck is WORLD CLASS! congratulations. jorge USN (ret) DRSS Verney-Carron 450NE Cogswell & Harrison 375 Fl NE Sabatti Big Five 375 FL Magnum NE DSC Life Member NRA Life Member | |||
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Nicely done there Ivan, you and your wife took some excellent trophies. _____________________ A successful man is one who earns more money than his wife can spend. | |||
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What a wonderfull Bushbuck! Congrats to you and your wife on a great hunt! | |||
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IVAN, looks like one of the trophies you took with you to RSA!  The animals were top of the line as well! Congratulations!  ....Mac >>>===(x)===> MacD37, ...and DUGABOY1 DRSS Charter member "If I die today, I've had a life well spent, for I've been to see the Elephant, and smelled the smoke of Africa!"~ME 1982 Hands of Old Elmer Keith  | |||
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Ivan, I hope you truly know what an Awsome bushbuck that is...I am serious....that thing is huge and I bet is in the top 20 SCI..... and that kudu is a real pig too..... congratulations..... those animals are truly superb! | |||
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Great trophies. They're all fantastic. JD | |||
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Congrats on a great hunt!! I just realized you were on the flight back from Joberg with the four of us returning from Namibia. I think you were two rows in front of us......about 12" on the "Scarebus". Bob There is room for all of God's creatures....right next to the mashed potatoes. http://texaspredatorposse.ipbhost.com/   | |||
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I had a pretty good idea he was that big...  When I saw him laying under the tree at 75 yards looking away from us I knew he was a monster but we didn't know how good until we drug him from his bed! The kicker was two hours later while sitting watching game along the river with our wives at sunset... we saw another ram that was probably pushing 16"+ we could have probably killed him with a bow and arrow too... My PH said "look at that monster... but I guess after what we did today "monster" kind of took on a diffrent definition didn't it?" I killed the kudu in the morning and the bushbuck that same afternoon. It was truely a day that I will never forget nor will ever repeat! Thanks again for the kudos guys! Bob... I remember you as well. 12" is about right. Our flight over was much more comfortable however. My PH had been trying to kill this ram for 2 years.  | |||
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