How do you field judge a good Hartebeest?
Any pics for examples?

Big heavy mature horns have a large "heart" shape, nice bases grown together, and long tips. This is a 24.5", 12.5" base bull from Namibia. Had to use the largest form available, as the body was huge.

Blank, that is a very nice red heartabeast! That is one animal I do not have, and one I want in the worst way. I'd also like a PUKU, a good Gemsbok, a Kafuwe Leechway, and a good sittatunga! The Puku, and the Sittunga were both in places where I've hunted, but i just didn't find a good one of either, the Heartabeast, and the gemsbok were not in the places where I've hunted, but I'm thinking of changeing that soon.

Congratulations on your heartabeast! I'm envious!

Here is one I shot in Namibia in August with Roger Coomber who is a member here. It was just under 25". Sorry for the nasty photos, I couldn't clean him up and was losing light. He was long on top and had pretty good mass. My buddy Lee Britt shot one the day before that was over 25" and ranked like #11 with a bow...

I was clueless to be honest. I just tried to pick the best bull with the heaviest horns..worked out pretty good!

Here's a red hartebeest that I shot in South Africa a number of years ago.

Here is a pic of my son's hartebeast, that he took in RSA last summer. He shot it with a NEF handi rifle in .30-06.



Mad Dog

I shot this one in Limpopo with my 300WSM. It measured a tad over 24".

Namibia 07, CEC

Here's a 23" from Namibia..
Sorry for the bad photo.

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Originally posted by Mike300WSM:
I shot this one in Limpopo with my 300WSM. It measured a tad over 24".

Mike that is a thumper of a bull; MASS and length.........

How do you judge a good Hartebeest ? By the smile on the hunters face.

No measurements on this one, but it was the young blokes first kill useing Andrew McLarens .308.

Edit: First Kill with a .308.

YESS!

Code4 you got it right!!

Mad Dog

And then there's the Lichenstein's Hartebeest. I took this one in Tanzania.

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Originally posted by Blair338/378:

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Originally posted by Mike300WSM:
I shot this one in Limpopo with my 300WSM. It measured a tad over 24".

Mike that is a thumper of a bull; MASS and length.........

Thanks, hunted this one and 8 other excellent animals incl. 16" bushbuck, 28" wildebeest and black giraffe bull with Chris Troskie in 06 and am going back to Botswana with him next year for more.

Mike

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Originally posted by Code4:
How do you judge a good Hartebeest ? By the smile on the hunters face.

No measurements on this one, but it was the young blokes first kill useing Andrew McLarens .308.

Stays a nice bull and one hell of a achievement to shoot it with andrew's 308

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Originally posted by Mike300WSM:

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Originally posted by Blair338/378:

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Originally posted by Mike300WSM:
I shot this one in Limpopo with my 300WSM. It measured a tad over 24".

Mike that is a thumper of a bull; MASS and length.........

Thanks, hunted this one and 8 other excellent animals incl. 16" bushbuck, 28" wildebeest and black giraffe bull with Chris Troskie in 06 and am going back to Botswana with him next year for more.

Mike

Look forward to that hunt report!

My PH thought this guy was around 22 inches when we saw him at 260 yards. When we put the tape on it, it was around 20-21. Not to big but not too small. Plus it was old and limping behind its little herd. I’m happy with it.

Great trophy. A red hartebeest is a wonderful plains game trophy!

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Originally posted by Code4:
How do you judge a good Hartebeest ? By the smile on the hunters face.

No measurements on this one, but it was the young blokes first kill useing Andrew McLarens .308.

Edit: First Kill with a .308.

That smile sure says everything Code4! Here's another smile that says a lot...


This was Dennis from Washington State's first African animal as well. This bull which was hunted in May this year measured just shy of 23".

My wife got a nice one in RSA a few years ago.

All of these photos are excellent examples. I passed on a shot at a good Red Hartebeest in RSA this past March and I still regret it to this day. After viewing these photos, I know now that I will have to go back and hunt one again. thx

Here is my Bull I shot in Namibia this last Aug. Scored 25.6 inches long with11.8 inch bases.
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He maks an incredible Euro Mount. But I will still shoulder mount him.

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I think they are my favorite planes game
Doyle

Great family pic Doyle!

They're just strange looking enough to be really cool. Got this one in Namibia, I have no idea what he measures.

I took this one in RSA in 2003. He's slightly over 23"

Will, I really like that one as a european. Was that skull boiled or beedled? I never get skulls back from the african taxidermists that are that white. Very nice.

Hey Ryan
The outfit I hunted with did the dip and pack on the property. They would soak the skulls in clean water and strip them by hand. Then they tightly wrapped the horns in rubber inner-tube and finished the skulls in a tank of hydrogen-peroxide. No yellow skull’s, no burned or discolored horn bases. I have been washing them and spraying them with some bug spray my taxidermist told me to use every few weeks. I was very impressed.

Thanks for all the photos and tips. I will definitely be adding Red Hartebeest to my list of must haves.

Bit late but here's mine with odd shaped horns love the buggers.

will, who did you hunt with in Namibia?great looking skulls

This one is from Nomtsas Farm, about three hours south of Windhoek. It measured right at 25 inches and has bases that are essentially grown together.


Here is the European skull mount, along with several other trophies from that hunt, just like they were received from Nomtsas -- as white as snow.