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well not really but it works for snoopy this time it was broad daylight and a short time after noon. the place was the ARDA in zim. the date was several winters ago and our summer, winter there. It was my 54th day hunting for a xtra large type of leopard. My PH was Jumbo Moore whom many of you know. His area had reputably several large leopards, just ready and tied to tree for me. well, at least it did have a large spotted cat population; We had spent the last couple of days baiting in14 diffrent locations. That morning in checking baits we actually found 7 different bait hit, and actually walked up fairly close to a pair of spots. Among the baits was a quarter zebra place by a kope that had previously produced. Back to the after lunch check. The zebra bait was not only hit but was almost 1/4 missing. Chcking the thing Jumbo and the trackers bot more than a bit excited. Now after 54 days i was still calm that is until they had me come up the hill to the bait and take a look at the track. Holy (*^$^^ that track was the size of a female lion. Jumbo -in between 4 letter statements explained that this was the biggest track he had ever seenand that we would set up a blind right now rather than waiting the normal day or 3. It took a couple hours to build but by 3 we were in the blind. I had my o/u beretta in 3006 with 165 grain partitions and a microdot red dot 2-7 mounted. I had and still to have a large amount of confidence in this rifle. it regularly produces 1" 100 yd groups with alternating barrels The daylight was just about goine when all of a sudden the birds start to raise hell, while everything else went quite. Peering out of the holes we could see mr spots on his hind legs stretching out to reach his free meal. Through the scope, the vision was barely visible, but the red dot stood our well. At the shot he dropped out of sight behind a rock. Waiting for what seemed like a week, we exited the bling with our flashlight (1) and walked slowly to the bait. No cat, I was sure of my hold, but he just wasn't there. Bites out of the bait and blood, but not cat. So up the hill we started It might have been only a few yards, but it seemed like miles. Problem. just lie mr murphy said the batteries on the light wore out. Camp was 20 miles away, so we waited a bit. In the dark things become different, and when a sound was made fairly close jumbo turned to the tracker and asked what it was. Tracker didn't know so we turned on what was left of the light. About 20 yards away stood a young male lion. W didn't know whether he was keying of the bait, the leopard or us. That 3006 shrank to about the size of a bb gun just then. Plus it was the only one we had. My wife, jumbo, patson,and me didn't seem like a very strong force at the time. We yelled enough things to make sure the lion had sat in the rear of the church while his parents was married, threw rocks, and did anything else we could thing think of. Finally he left, calling into the night. Our only alternative was the ride back to camp for more lights and batteries. When we got back, jumbo told me we wanted to to stay put while he and his crew took on the cat. I didn't like it, but understood and stayed put. It took about 3 hours when they returned. Jumbo, true to his personality had concocted a wild story about this lion, and a herd of hyenas carrying away the cat. but he did somehow recomver my cat. He had made it about 100 yards up the hill and was waiting for us, but had died in the process. It took 2 of the trackers to lift him onto my shoulders for pictures on the scales he make the plus 200 mark, 7'10" skull just a 1/16th under the 18" mark and grins a mile wide all around. So maybe it wasn't a story night, but it sure as hell was dark. and after 54 days i finally found the king cat | ||
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Great report. Those 200 pound plus cats are special. Lots of Pre baiting is the key to a successful Cat hunt. Well done to the team. Some pics of the Brute would be nice | |||
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Great story - thanks. Roger ___________________________ I'm a trophy hunter - until something better comes along. *we band of 45-70ers* | |||
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F%#k me that is a monster cat. What an achievement. ROYAL KAFUE LTD Email - kafueroyal@gmail.com Tel/Whatsapp (00260) 975315144 Instagram - kafueroyal | |||
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Guys, He's not kidding! I saw the pix. Maybe Butch will share them. If I remember Jumbo is holding the cat on his shoulders and Butch is standing there with a really stupid grin on his face. Mark MARK H. YOUNG MARK'S EXCLUSIVE ADVENTURES 7094 Oakleigh Dr. Las Vegas, NV 89110 Office 702-848-1693 Cell, Whats App, Signal 307-250-1156 PREFERRED E-mail markttc@msn.com Website: myexclusiveadventures.com Skype: markhyhunter Check us out on https://www.facebook.com/pages...ures/627027353990716 | |||
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That's ONE HELL OF A CAT! | |||
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well done Anyway it matters not, because my experience always has been that of---- a loss of snot and enamel on both sides of the 458 Win---- | |||
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That made for some tense moments Butch, I can imagine your thoughts as you waited for word. Gray Ghost Hunting Safaris http://grayghostsafaris.com Phone: 615-860-4333 Email: hunts@grayghostsafaris.com NRA Benefactor DSC Professional Member SCI Member RMEF Life Member NWTF Guardian Life Sponsor NAHC Life Member Rowland Ward - SCI Scorer Took the wife the Eastern Cape for her first hunt: http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6881000262 Hunting in the Stormberg, Winterberg and Hankey Mountains of the Eastern Cape 2018 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4801073142 Hunting the Eastern Cape, RSA May 22nd - June 15th 2007 http://forums.accuratereloadin...=810104007#810104007 16 Days in Zimbabwe: Leopard, plains game, fowl and more: http://forums.accuratereloadin...=212108409#212108409 Natal: Rhino, Croc, Nyala, Bushbuck and more http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6341092311 Recent hunt in the Eastern Cape, August 2010: Pics added http://forums.accuratereloadin...261039941#9261039941 10 days in the Stormberg Mountains http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7781081322 Back in the Stormberg Mountains with friends: May-June 2017 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6001078232 "Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading" - Thomas Jefferson Every morning the Zebra wakes up knowing it must outrun the fastest Lion if it wants to stay alive. Every morning the Lion wakes up knowing it must outrun the slowest Zebra or it will starve. It makes no difference if you are a Zebra or a Lion; when the Sun comes up in Africa, you must wake up running...... "If you're being chased by a Lion, you don't have to be faster than the Lion, you just have to be faster than the person next to you." | |||
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