Many pictures of Blue Wildebeest have been posted here but I thought you'd find this one of interest...



Shot with my .30-06 by J Russel from Florida last week, ran 40 yards before dropping dead in its tracks and measured just over 30" (green)...

Was Jack's first B/Wildebeest... and what a wonderful initiation to African hunting?

Nice horns on that fellow.

Damn but that's a nice trophy!

Shame about the ugly bastard sitting at the stern end of it though!

Sorry mate. I just couldn't resist that one!

More seriously, my congratulations to you both an a fabulous trophy!

Sweet!
Hope that beast gets preserved forever on your wall in the man corner of the house.

Chris,

What bullet and did it exit?

You could spend a lifetime looking for a blue wildebeest like that. Well done!

What a super Blue Wildebeest!

nice trophy.

Good job, Chris and J. Russel!

Best,

jpj3

Yup that's a good one. Big fish on light tackle. I'm guessing it was a frontal shot or Sir Russel drilled him in the shoulder. Those guys can be hard to bring down. Impressive he dropped after 40 yards. Probably a 180 grainer huh Chris?

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Originally posted by SableTrail:
Yup that's a good one. Big fish on light tackle. I'm guessing it was a frontal shot or Sir Russel drilled him in the shoulder. Those guys can be hard to bring down. Impressive he dropped after 40 yards. Probably a 180 grainer huh Chris?

180 grainer indeed... Hornady Interbond at 2,730fps kindly donated to me by Dennis O from Washington State during his trip here in May this year. Shot went in on the shoulder, clipped one of the main arteries and didn't exit.

Steve, it was nice meeting you. Have you tried those Game Ears yet?

Chris,

Thanks for the bullet info.... and congratulations again to you both on that wildebeest!

Great to finally meet you guys also. It's always a pleasure to be able to put a face to a name... and thanks to all involved in my drama with the Game Ears.

On which subject, they're an absolute revelation to a deaf old git. I can even hear the garden birds singing properly again and my only regret is in not buying a set years ago!

I haven't been able to hear jackals for something like 15 or 20 years and I heard one just last night so they'd have been worth the money just for that single experience!

Very nice one.
Wildebeest is a very interesting animal to hunt. Enjoyed every stalk and those beast are tough.

Congrats,

He has a lot of character

NICE!! congratulations

I hope there are more where you got him Chris. No flys on a .30 cal for Blue Wildebeast.

I had the pleasure of meeting Jack the other day and actually wished we'd had more time to talk because he's a very interesting guy and I'd have loved to have learned more about his boats and shrimping.

I also hope he isn't going to be affected by the BP stuff up!

Susan say's he's a pain in the butt now that he can hear!!!!!!!!

OK OK she say's he has always been a pain but now he can hear what she saying that he never heard before

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Originally posted by ddrhook:
OK OK she say's he has always been a pain but now he can hear what she saying that he never heard before

You beat me to it!

ya and I told her you was teasing me again!!!! your in trouble now

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Originally posted by ddrhook:
ya and I told her you was teasing me again!!!! your in trouble now

Ah that explains why she just walked in, clipped me round the back of the head and told me to stop teasing Hooker!

And I'm not kidding either!

told ya she liked me

Not as good an angle for the pic ... but one the first African animals taken with rifle chambered in Jeffe's .458 AR. The 425 gr Rhino bullet at 2400 fps muzzle velocity literally knocked this guy over at 65 yards. Was a spot and stalk hunt.

This one is mine, but I have to give credit to bearhunter who finally put him down.. up close..

He was hit with 30-06 and 300 H&H and finally 35 whelen......