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What trophy stands out in your memory?
22 March 2010, 04:01
GraftonWhat trophy stands out in your memory?
Mark, here is a body shot for ya:
Walking up to the animal after the shot is a big high and so are trophy photos but the ultimate finish is the last little cut that separates the skin from the body.
Maybe I need to get out more.
NICE gerenuk, by the way!!
22 March 2010, 20:48
sandyhunterThanks, everyone, for your great contributions. I'm sure I'll have something of my own to share later this year.
22 March 2010, 22:16
Use Enough GunFor me it was my last leopard. I'll never forget him looking directly at me just before the shot
25 March 2010, 09:30
ChetNCquote:
Originally posted by Andrew McLaren:
Another recent outstanding first was this one: Mason Adkins [ChetNC's son] with his first furred animal. An obviously very proud youngster - and let me assure you, an equally [or more so] proud father not in the photo.
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That was a great day, Andrew.
In this case, my "greatest trophy" was the hunter in the picture, not the hunted.
Thanks for that memory, Andrew.
26 March 2010, 04:46
loud-n-boomerIn as much as I met her on a backpacking safari in Kenya in 1987 and we've been married for 22 years, I wonder if my wife would count? Failing that, the three hunts I would love to do are leopard on foot by running him down with a bushman tracker, Lord Derby Eland by tracking on foot, or a foot hunt for Mountain Nyala.
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26 March 2010, 06:09
Jorge400I'm with Jorge on this one. Without a doubt, it was my first African trophy. My first African safari was all very memorable, but this zebra on my first day will always stand out in my mind.
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26 March 2010, 15:49
umshiniwamquote:
Originally posted by Use Enough Gun:
For me it was my last leopard. I'll never forget him looking directly at me just before the shot
That is a BIG cat!
26 March 2010, 16:57
crookneesSeeing a large (55"+) kudu bull standing on top of an anthill looking back over his shoulder as the sun was setting over the Zimbabwe bush
26 March 2010, 17:55
Use Enough Gunumshiniwam: You can read about the incredible hunting of this big tom leopard, his unusual kill, and what lead to this cat's demise, in African Hunter, Volume 14, No. 6 at page 44. The story is entitled: "The Leopard Killing Leopard of Jonsyl Farm".
26 March 2010, 18:16
umshiniwamquote:
Originally posted by Use Enough Gun:
umshiniwam: You can read about the incredible hunting of this big tom leopard, his unusual kill, and what lead to this cat's demise, in African Hunter, Volume 14, No. 6 at page 44. The story is entitled: "The Leopard Killing Leopard of Jonsyl Farm".
Would love to but unfortunately I am not a subscriber. Sounds liek an interesting story. Looking at that photo again, that has got to be one of the biggest Toms I have ever seen. What did he weigh? Length? Is these a hunt report here on AR?
26 March 2010, 21:09
Use Enough GunGo to page 157 of this forum and look under the 17 August 2008. It is entitled: "Back With A Monster Leopard From Zimbabwe"
27 March 2010, 14:38
fairgameI have a picture of the world record Zambezi sitatunga taken by Richard Bell Cross in his Kafue concession last year and at 35 inches it looks like a Kudu? Another is an oversized Kafue Lechwe and have sent them on to Slider so he can post them.
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28 March 2010, 02:05
larryshoresThe 24 year old I married when I was 46! lol
29 March 2010, 13:40
umshiniwamquote:
Originally posted by Use Enough Gun:
Go to page 157 of this forum and look under the 17 August 2008. It is entitled: "Back With A Monster Leopard From Zimbabwe"
Found it, thanks. Incredible leopard!
29 March 2010, 13:42
umshiniwamMy humble contribution. A 17 3/8" blesbuck taken in the Vrede district, Free State last July.
29 March 2010, 19:56
SliderI'm posting these for Fairgame.
29 March 2010, 20:16
MARK H. YOUNGAndrew,
Fantastic trophies. Having shot good representatives of both animals I can fully appreciate how truly huge these animals are.
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sandyhunterYou're right -- that sitatunga looks like a kudu!
29 March 2010, 20:35
fairgameMark,
Most shoot Lechwe on a day trip on the fringes of the flats but if you can design a three to four day safari and get deep into the hinterlands then this is where most of the Lechwe are found. I am planning to do this myself so it will be interesting to see what is out there.
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31 March 2010, 20:58
L. David KeithOutstanding trophies fairgame, truly outstanding.
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I didn't have much interest in hunting sitatunga or lechwe until I saw those photographs. Now, I may have to reconsider my hunting plans.
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01 April 2010, 00:07
fairgamequote:
Originally posted by SBT:
I didn't have much interest in hunting sitatunga or lechwe until I saw those photographs. Now, I may have to reconsider my hunting plans.
I have asked Mark to get together a group at cost (no profit) and let us safari into these unexplored hinterlands. Basically the cost will be that of a Lechwe, some fine whisky and ordinary beer, and some diesel. Maybe a couple hundred bucks each to the Langley cause? I will donate the rest.
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That would be a great experience. If you put it together and invite "outsiders" I'd love to be considered.
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01 April 2010, 00:42
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01 April 2010, 11:42
DoglegElephant bulls close up affect me in a way the nothing else to date ever has.
01 April 2010, 11:43
fairgamequote:
Originally posted by SBT:
That would be a great experience. If you put it together and invite "outsiders" I'd love to be considered.
SBT,
AR members are not outsiders. You are more than welcome.
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01 April 2010, 13:50
Caracalquote:
Originally posted by fairgame:
quote:
Originally posted by SBT:
I didn't have much interest in hunting sitatunga or lechwe until I saw those photographs. Now, I may have to reconsider my hunting plans.
I have asked Mark to get together a group at cost (no profit) and let us safari into these unexplored hinterlands. Basically the cost will be that of a Lechwe, some fine whisky and ordinary beer, and some diesel. Maybe a couple hundred bucks each to the Langley cause? I will donate the rest.
That would be great. Would you take a young german fellow as well
To see that untouched swamps would be worth the travell.
01 April 2010, 18:28
fairgameSure I could take 4 - 6 people but probably need to advertise this on the hunting section. Let me see if a mate will help me out with a second vehicle and need to calculate logistical costs. Hunt will probably have to be early May before I start safari hunting.
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09 May 2011, 03:16
350 Remington MagnumIt has to be my hunt at kafué.
Shot one for the pot, and one for the wall at New Year's Eve.
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09 May 2011, 04:44
NakihunterI have never been to Africa & so I will cheat and talk about India. The experience - the heat, the thorns, the dust, the rain, eyeballs grating...they must be similar to Africa in some ways....at least in spirit.
My recollections of the animals are the awesome sight of a tiger at 10 yards while we were on top of a riding elephant. He was a young 3 year old just leaving his mum but he was my first tiger and he gave us a great view for about 5 minutes before he slinked off into the elephant grass. The most scary and riveting sight was the 3 cow elephants charging - the nearest one was less 2 yards away as we escaped in a jeep! I can still remember the heat and the pebbles hitting us. I doubt if any taxidermist could recreate that as a mount!! For sheer majesty and sublime beauty it has to be the giant bull gaur with polished ebony skin, rippling "steroid" muscles and white stockings.
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I have a hard time narrowing it down to a single animal. So, I'm going to take the option of narrowing it down to a single day.
I was hunting north of Thabazimbi and early in the morning we came on a big herd of Cape Eland in thick brush. We started to track them and immediately noticed that one set of tracks dwarfed the rest. After about 2 hrs we got set up on the big footed bull and a single round brought him down. Here he is. He taped just a whisker under 40 inches with a very narrow set of horns.
After we got him loaded into the back of the truck and were headed back to camp, we saw a nice bunch of Greater Kudu. I bailed out of th truck and did a short stalk and got a quick shot as a good bull went between 2 bushes. Another single round did the trick. Here he is. He taped a little over 52 inches.
I know there have been bigger bulls of both species taken, but getting both these on the same day was pretty cool. And that was one full truck when we got to the skinning shed.
09 May 2011, 08:17
billrquimbyThe lion I use for my avatar stands out the most. I shot it near Mumbwa on my second day in Zambia in 1994.
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09 May 2011, 13:04
cameronaussieFor me it was my first Kudu.
Wanted to shoot one from the age of 12 and took me till I was 21 to save for the hunt.
Still hold pride of place 17 year latter.
Did not matter what size it was.
Regards Mark
quote:
Originally posted by Aaron Neilson:
Jorge - Your first African trophy is never "plain", congrats!
Does that mean I should mention a baboon?
My most memorable will always be my first elephant. Being only 24 years old, on my first safari, having a bull charge us and stopping him at around 10 yards, and then having my F'ing gun jam, is a memory that I'll carry with me all my days.
10 May 2011, 03:14
cable68quote:
Originally posted by cameronaussie:
For me it was my first Kudu.
Wanted to shoot one from the age of 12 and took me till I was 21 to save for the hunt.
Still hold pride of place 17 year latter.
Did not matter what size it was.
Regards Mark
Ditto for me, wanted one at a similar age, but had to wait about 25 yrs to get mine. Also it was my first African trophy.
Caleb
For me, my first kudu -- an Eastern Cape greater kudu, similar to the Ethiopian variety, because I wanted one for fourty years.
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10 May 2011, 03:53
jdollar
for me it was my leopard in Botswana. several times a day I walk by the pedestal mount and EVERY TIME I remember the look in his eyes as he dropped less than 10 feet off the shotgun muzzle on a full( unwounded) charge.
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Two stand out to me. The first would be the one tusker that Buzz and I shot in Nyamuswa in 2009. Two years earlier we saw the same bull while sitting in a leopard blind one evening. He was in a group of bulls feeding all around the blind. Roll the clock forward two years and we go back to Nyamuswa. On the second day of the hunt we track a group of bulls and the one tusker was in the group. I took a side brain shot and he dropped in his tracks. The second was a cow that charged us later on the same hunt in 2009. She charged as we were backing up. She was coming like a freight train and was going so fast that when we shot at less than ten paces she flipped rear over head. That experience is seared into my memory forever.
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10 May 2011, 06:01
larryshoresMy oldest son was 10. I took him to the RSA. He wanted a kudu in the worst kind of way. One day we saw a sizable specimen . Ryan crawled on his stomach for over 2 hours. He shot it 1 at something over 200 yards. At the time, it would have been the 6th largest ever taken. I had a very excited 10 year old on my hands.
Almost 18 years later, the full mount is still in the trophy room. I still see the look in his eye when he looks at it.
Just because it was my first DG animal shot in Africa.
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