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Blesbok anyone?
14 March 2007, 09:36
BlankBlesbok anyone?
Seems like everyone has to have one of these. Namibia 2004, 17 inch with 7 inch bases.
14 March 2007, 10:43
Kyler HamannMine is a baby compared to yours but it was a fun hunt.
Namibia '03. Used a Sako in .340 Wby. with a Schmit & Bender 3x12 and 250 gr. X bullets.
Kyler
14 March 2007, 11:55
Use Enough GunEveryone really needs to have two of these; a common and a white blesbok.
14 March 2007, 16:07
DulcineaKates' Blesbok from 2004. They stalked it for over an hour on their hands and knees to get a shot.
Dulcinea
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14 March 2007, 16:43
hikerbumNice Trohphies
and they taste good too
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14 March 2007, 22:08
DesertRamWell, the horns on mine aren't much to look at, but overall it was a great hunt and provided an interesting trophy. This guy was so old he had nearly no teeth. He was taken in the Free State with a .338 and 225 grain Interbonds at 303 yards.
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14 March 2007, 22:27
L. David KeithGreat Blesbok Blank, should definately be a gold class ram. Took my first in RSA. Mine may barely make gold. Will get to officially measure him soon.
Gray Ghost Hunting Safaris
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Email: hunts@grayghostsafaris.com
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Rowland Ward - SCI Scorer
Took the wife the Eastern Cape for her first hunt:
http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6881000262Hunting in the Stormberg, Winterberg and Hankey Mountains of the Eastern Cape 2018
http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4801073142Hunting 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#212108409Natal: 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#926103994110 days in the Stormberg Mountains
http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7781081322Back 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."
15 March 2007, 00:55
David CulpepperWhite Blesbok RSA October 2003, measured 17" with 7" bases.
15 March 2007, 01:07
L. David KeithThat's a another Hoss David, congrats! Did you score him? LDK
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/6881000262Hunting in the Stormberg, Winterberg and Hankey Mountains of the Eastern Cape 2018
http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4801073142Hunting 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#212108409Natal: 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#926103994110 days in the Stormberg Mountains
http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7781081322Back 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."
15 March 2007, 02:45
David Culpepperquote:
Originally posted by L. David Keith:
That's a another Hoss David, congrats! Did you score him? LDK
Thanks, total SCI score was 47 7/8. He was running with a herd of about 100 animals. They kept running off before I was to get a shot, as you can see in the picture we had nothing to hide behind. But he was very easy to pick out as he dwarfed the rest of the blesbok.
15 March 2007, 06:22
Matt NormanLots of length but small bases. Old male that at first was thought to be a female, 'til he turned and we saw his goolies.
Here's my wife with hers.
An old man sleeps with his conscience, a young man sleeps with his dreams.
15 March 2007, 07:04
Use Enough GunVery nice Oupa. Congrats to the wife. My two were hunted in thick cover. Much harder to shoot than in the open and wary to boot.
15 March 2007, 07:39
kududeThe following is a picture of a portion of my trophy room.
The three animals center frame are a white blesbok, common blesbok, and bontebok (full size mount). The two on the wall run about 16" and the bontebok is about 14". Kudude
15 March 2007, 08:49
BlankKudude: Gorgeous mounts, and they are very tastefully displayed. I can only wish that my trophy rooms were as nicely laid out as yours. Luckily, with lots of space, I have an African room, a North American, whitetail deer room, and an antelope room. Most antlers nowadays just go on what the kids call the "wall of death" in the shop.
15 March 2007, 09:56
Use Enough GunMy wife refers to our trophy room as the "room of death". Wow, Kudude!
15 March 2007, 15:39
patrkyhntrRSA, 2003.
THE LUCKIEST HUNTER ALIVE!
15 March 2007, 19:50
buffybrMy second Blesbok, RSA (Kwa Zulu Natal) in July, 2005. 7mm Rem Mag, 160 gr Accubond handload.
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I hunt, not to kill, but in order not to have played golf....
DRSS
18 March 2007, 00:40
Outdoor WriterKilled with John X Safaris, East Cape in 2003. PH was Ed Wilson. Win. M70 .264 Wmag
Tony Mandile - Author "How To Hunt Coues Deer"
26 March 2007, 05:15
My Ram
A good blesbuck, chased him around in the rain for a couple hours before taking him.
South Africa April 2006
