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All species of the Gray Ghost! Here's my first Cape Kudu. Taken in the Eastern Cape, RSA. I saw three that were 50-52 inches and one that would go a solid 55 inches. He's still alive on that ranch and I hope to find him in late May.  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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Ben Hutchison and PH Thierry Labat with Ben's super bull taken on Humani. Roger Whittall Safaris [URL=  ][IMG] | |||
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Another good looking bull. This one taken by Tim Hauck in Chewore, Zambezi Valley, with PH Peter Wood of Roger Whittall Safaris [URL=  ][IMG] | |||
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My kudu bull shot with charlie stanton of Mbalabala Safaries in Zimbabwe. .375 H & H 52".  | |||
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April 2006, Waterberg mountains. Kudu had huge body and took us two days to carry him off the mountain. Shot him at 11am got the last meat back home at 9am the next morning wish I had some money to get him stuffed. Otherwise I made a euro mount of him myself. Even my wife likes it for a change   Frederik Cocquyt I always try to use enough gun but then sometimes a brainshot works just as good. | |||
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Here's my first Eastern Cape Kudu. 55 3/8“ after dried for a year! I guess I was at the right place at the right time, right… The PH was Tony Kruger, the outfitter was Valley Bushveld Safaris http://www.bushveldsafari.com/  Rino | |||
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This was the first animal I took on my first hunt in Africa in Zimbabwe. It took me 4 days to get the first shot, but it was a good one...  | |||
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My 2005 Limpopo Valley bull, archery. He was 20 yards away from the blind and fighting with another bull when I arrowed him. If you look carefully you can see the exit hole just behind the shoulder.   I doubt I will ever beat this one, he's definitly a once in a lifetime. ~Ann   | |||
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Ann That bull is awesome! You are right, you'll never beat it. What did it measure? | |||
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Dave, I have had several people do measurements on him, as you can guess, he does attract attention. One person measured him at 140 3/8 SCI (he's an official measurer) over a year after I killed the bull. The horns individually, with his measurements, were 59 4/8 and 61 6/8. I had field measured him at 60 inches on the long side, but I am no expert. Bases measured at just 9 5/8 and 9 4/8. He's at the tannery (USA based) now and should be finally home sometime this year. My taxidermist is very keen to get this big guy mounted.  I have seen many large kudu bulls in the same region, they have some good genetics there. ~Ann | |||
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Here is mine, not a big one but very fun to hunt. One my first day hunting them we were driving around trying to spot them and saw a group of young bulls in brush taller tham I am. All we could see were the horns moving above the brush. I have been in awe of them ever since.  | |||
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My kudu, a 95 yard neck shot in the heavy brush with a 7x57 and 160 partition. He was standing with a group of cows behind a rock with just his head and neck visible. He was 55.5 inches, huge 12.5 bases.   A shot not taken is always a miss | |||
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Killed with John X Safaris, East Cape in 2003. PH was Ed Wilson. Win. M70 .264 Wmag  Tony Mandile - Author "How To Hunt Coues Deer" | |||
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 This is my best to date. Taken with Garry Kelly in the Norhtern Province RSA this last year. I'm hunting some fantastic kudu country on the Save and in Mozambique this year so maybe.... 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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here is my bull. Taken near Messina, RSA close to the Zim border last year.. hair over 55" on his long side.. taken with a .300RUM from Hill Country Rifles.  | |||
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Mark, To be very honest you have a super kudu already if you do find a bigger one you will be a very lucky man !  Frederik Cocquyt I always try to use enough gun but then sometimes a brainshot works just as good. | |||
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Safari-Hunt THX! I was very pleased with his horn length for only having 2 full turns. I know I'll have to be very lucky to find a bigger one but I'll be in the right place in Sept/Oct this year to look over a lot of bulls so I might get lucky. 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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Namibia 2006  Perception is reality regardless the truth! Stupid people should not breed DRSS NRA Life Member Owner of USOC Adventure TV | |||
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Mark, Forgot to mention have a look at my bull looks like they have the same genes or look alike although yours is definetely bigger in horn size. Frederik Cocquyt I always try to use enough gun but then sometimes a brainshot works just as good. | |||
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Here's mine from 2003 in Zim:  | |||
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Here's mine. Not the major monster that Ann's beautiful kudu is but still certainly big enough for me. He scored 128 4/8" SCI.  | |||
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I enjoy kudu and hunt them whenever I can... here are a few bulls I've taken in 10 safaris.  Lemco, Zimbabwe 1994  Namibia, 1999   East Cape, South Africa 2000  Limpopo Province, Atherton, RSA 2001  Limpopo Province, Tintshaba, 2002   Two Save Valley bulls taken in 2005 in the Hammond and Mkwasine blocks, Zimbabwe. On the plains of hesitation lie the bleached bones of ten thousand, who on the dawn of victory lay down their weary heads resting, and there resting, died. If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch... Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it, And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son! - Rudyard Kipling Life grows grim without senseless indulgence. | |||
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Here's my best so far from Limpopo, out of Ellisras with Cruiser Safaris, 2002. 55" +  | |||
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TheBigGuy Your kudu is a great specimen - big enough for any hunter. And with a bow too! Superb. Bwanamrm An enviable collection of trophies. The bush in the last 2 pictures looks very familiar! What's the deal with the bullet hole between the horns? Is it a bullet hole? What rifle were you using? Do you like using open sights? Do you always use them? Congratulations, I know exactly why you like hunting kudu so much. Dave | |||
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Not quite as nice as Ann's but he went 58 1/2". Taken in Zimbabwe's Lowveldt, Malangani Conservancy with PH John Sharp, Sept 01. jorge  USN (ret) DRSS Verney-Carron 450NE Cogswell & Harrison 375 Fl NE Sabatti Big Five 375 FL Magnum NE DSC Life Member NRA Life Member | |||
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Here is another Save kudu. Taken at Humani with Roger Whittall Safaris, PH Rich Tabor. 58 1/2".  JPK  Free 500grains | |||
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A big cheer for you JPK! For pumping us up here at RWS! That is a truly spectacular bull. Rich Tabor has its picture hanging on his bedroom wall, so that it's the first thing he sees every morning when his eyes open! I hope you also have it on your wall. | |||
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David, Yes sir it is a bullet hole made with Pete Barnard's .416 Remington! Thank the red gods he had her loaded with solids. We drove up on this bull on the river and when the bull took off, Pete shouted at me to take him and thrust his rifle in my hands... so I did, the solid centered a 4" diameter mopane and hit the bull behind the ear and exited between the horns doing no damage other than a .416 caliber hole in the skull cap. He was on a dead run about 75 yards away and dropped like a wet sack after running into the bullet! As you might imagine, Peter and I had a good laugh about the shot. I am mounting him European style so I can remember that shot and that unlucky old bull! On the plains of hesitation lie the bleached bones of ten thousand, who on the dawn of victory lay down their weary heads resting, and there resting, died. If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch... Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it, And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son! - Rudyard Kipling Life grows grim without senseless indulgence. | |||
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My best bull to date, taken with Dirk De Bod and Pete Kibble in May 2005. This bull was taken with a 340 Weatherby Magnum with some interesting history. The rifle was given to Herb Klein (First winner of the Weatherby Award) by Roy Weatherby. Herb used to hunt with Pete's father-in-law and gave it to him as a gift many years ago (The FIL, who is a very famous PH but for the life of me I can't recall his name at the moment, would be known to all of you I'm sure.) The FIL then gave it to Pete, who still uses it on a daily basis. It shoots quite well and has a large, brass plaque in the stock with an inscription from Weatherby to Klein.  I haven't seen it myself but it's my understanding that this hunt made it on to one of the Tracks Across Africa episodes. | |||
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A kudu of mine from 2003.  | |||
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This is the mount of my bow kill back in 2003. Taken in the Limpopo region of RSA.  | |||
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KZN, South Africa 2005 220 yards, 375 H&H 52" Southern Greater  | |||
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There are so many great trophies on this thread. Who, amongst us hunters, can resist the allure of a kudu bull? They are so majestic, in every way. Boghossian, that is a very handsome specimen. Before I read the measurement, I would have said it was bigger than 52", deceived by depth obviously. It is a wonderful trophy - so many people (PH's and clients) get obsessed with this 60" story, forgetting that a 50" mature bull is a most worthy trophy indeed. Well done. Tyge, that is also a super bull. What did it measure? Thanks for the gen on the rifle, must have made the hunt and trophy mean all that much more. Very interesting | |||
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Thanks, David. My Namibia bull measured just a touch over 55" on both sides. Dirk and Pete were kind enough to insist Dave Fulson and I take a trophy of our choice as a way of thanking us for our work on filming a 10 day safari they hosted for the Tracks Across Africa show. The choice of which trophy animal I wanted to hunt was easy for me as the kudu is by far my favorite plains game animal. I, for one, cannot resist any chance to hunt a mature kudu bull. | |||
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I also like to see the specimens with some serious spread. It seems that they are generally 2 curl bulls that don't have as much length as a 2.5 curl bull. Either way, any mature kudu is a magnificent trophy and I am v pleased that they are so common in Southern Africa. BTW can someone enlighten me on 'ivory tips'. Is that a sign of age? Of horn wear? Or is is just a feature that some animals never have? | |||
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Mine was taken in 1998  My Son's were taken in 2001   All three were taken in the Okavango Delta. This one was taken on Clive Eaton's ranch near Ghanzi in Botswana in 2005  | |||
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2005 in Doma area of Zim.  | |||
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