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My South Africa Trip!
19 September 2005, 21:36
IvanMy South Africa Trip!
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...
19 September 2005, 21:41
BNagelUitstekend, dude!
Nothing like it...
Write 'er up!
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19 September 2005, 21:50
Aspen Hill AdventuresGreat trophies, very well done! Limpopo?
~Ann
19 September 2005, 22:22
BFaucettIvan,
CONGRATS!!! Great Kudu and Bushbuck!!! And that Gemsbok isn't too shabby either!!
Thanks for sharing your photos...
-Bob F.
19 September 2005, 22:28
almostacowboySchweet!
Dave
"What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value."
-Thomas Paine, "American Crisis"
20 September 2005, 02:11
IvanYeah, 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.
20 September 2005, 02:18
MasteriflemanIvan - 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
20 September 2005, 03:32
SlingsterCongratulations on a fine hunt and great trophies!
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Eric Ching
"The pen is mightier than the sword...except in a swordfight."
20 September 2005, 05:00
GibsonIvan, very nice animals, the bushbuck in particular is VERY impressive.
20 September 2005, 05:15
thornellVery nice Ivan. Looks like you had great trip and took some exceptional trophys. I especially like the kudu and bushbuck.
20 September 2005, 06:03
475GuyDude, 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.
20 September 2005, 18:36
carmelolisciottoGREAT PICS!!
Congrats
20 September 2005, 18:44
WinkA wonderful collection of trophies.
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20 September 2005, 18:47
Lhook7That is a great kudu and bushbuck! Congratulations!
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20 September 2005, 20:10
jorgeMan, what superb trophies. The kudu is great but that bushbuck is WORLD CLASS! congratulations. jorge
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20 September 2005, 20:54
DesertRamNicely done there Ivan, you and your wife took some excellent trophies.
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20 September 2005, 22:21
bo-n-aroWhat a wonderfull Bushbuck!
Congrats to you and your wife on a great hunt!
20 September 2005, 23:47
MacD37IVAN, looks like one of the trophies you took with you to RSA!
The animals were top of the line as well! Congratulations!
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22 September 2005, 06:16
robncoloradoIvan,
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!
22 September 2005, 18:00
JDGreat trophies. They're all fantastic.
JD
22 September 2005, 20:28
Bob in TXCongrats 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
23 September 2005, 01:38
Ivanquote:
Originally posted by robncolorado:
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.....
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.
