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Third Time is a Charm for Kudu
Third Time is a Charm for Kudu
3 Airline Tickets to South Africa: $4500
19 days of day fees: $6935
Miles walked in Africa: 85+
Finally getting your Kudu: Priceless
I will post a proper report soon, awaiting on photos from one of our party who is still there hunting a rather large leopard.
The danger of civilization, of course, is that you will piss away your life on nonsense
26 July 2007, 23:37
Safari-HuntWell Done
Frederik Cocquyt
I always try to use enough gun but then sometimes a brainshot works just as good.
26 July 2007, 23:39
Eland SlayerCongrats!! That is a good looking bull! I also just noticed the second white stipe from the front forms sort of a pitch fork at the top. Interesting.
26 July 2007, 23:58
jshoneybeautiful Kudu and it looks like your shot was dead on!
27 July 2007, 00:10
bwanamrmCongratulations on breaking the drought!
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.
Wohooo!
"There are worse memorials to a life well-lived than a pair of elephant tusks." Robert Ruark
27 July 2007, 01:00
TerryRWell done
I can't wait for the report and more pictures.
TerryR
27 July 2007, 01:08
StonecreekCongratulations! And what a nice one! I know how sweet it must be to have quested so long for it.
It makes me appreciate how lucky our group of three was to each take a nice kudu on our very first trip!
27 July 2007, 01:14
smarterthanuCongrats. I wish I had one.
27 July 2007, 03:47
Canuck
27 July 2007, 04:00
D. NelsonWhat a beauty!!!!
27 July 2007, 04:03
Kyler HamannGreat, hard earned trophy. Congratulations.
I've always said if greater kudu were scarce they would be THE most expensive animal to hunt because they just look so cool.
Kyler
27 July 2007, 04:26
yukon deltaThe smile on your face says it was all worth it! Congrats to you on your hard earned kudu.
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27 July 2007, 05:55
L. David KeithWTG Hutty! Congrats on a great looking bull. I look forward to your report and pics. Good hunting, David
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Took the wife the Eastern Cape for her first hunt:
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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."
27 July 2007, 06:03
Colin CastelliCongratulations on getting your Kudu, don't stop now though. Pick another tough animal and keep going back.
Magnificent! And his hide is indeed beautiful and in super fine condition. Congratulations!
Gary
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27 July 2007, 06:21
TheBigGuyAn excellent bull. Definitely worthy of breaking a jinx.
27 July 2007, 06:37
Cazador humildeVery nice balance of spread, horn length and curl. Did anyone put a tape on him? (I've got a wee case of kudu horn envy. I'm headed to Zim in month to try and cure it.) Great picture. 'Hope your hunting partner gets his leopard.
I would be smiling too. Looking forward to the full report. Well done
Jeff
No people in history have ever
survived who thought they could protect their freedom by making themselves
inoffensive to their enemies.
27 July 2007, 07:14
SC-SportsmanGreat looking kudu there, Hutty! Enjoyed having lunch and a couple of beers with you in Johannesburg.
27 July 2007, 12:28
BoghossianAs someone who took his first kudu on trip #3, I know the feeling of finally holding those spiral horns. Good job!
Southern Africa's most beautiful antelope, and yours is a great example. I was lucky too. I find the graceful sweep of your trophy more to my tast than the tightly curled or the wider sweeps one also finds in the species. Just my personal taste in the variety of beauty one encounters with this animal.
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27 July 2007, 13:24
markhorcongratulation,i agree to everyone,i lost my kudu the first day and got another one the last day,its really a dream of every hunter to get the bigger kudu,its an magnificent animal,my all time fav.regards
ur 3 greatest hunts r ur first ur last and ur next
27 July 2007, 18:54
Bob in TXHey Hutty,
Big time congrats on your kudu!!! That will probably mean more than all of your other trophies!!
I like that "pitchfork" too..........use it for a pillow!
I will look forward to the full hunt report!!
Good Hunting,
Bob
Many thanks for the congrats from all the AR members.
Cazador- Yes we did but the tape on him back at the shed 55 1/2 and 56 1/2 on the other side, bases were about 9 1/2 inches.
Bob in TX- glad you noticed the pitchfork on the hide. Those markings caught my eye also and it will be put to use.
The danger of civilization, of course, is that you will piss away your life on nonsense
27 July 2007, 21:33
matt unow you will have to find another reason to go three more times,congrats on the kudu
28 July 2007, 00:16
mboga biga bwanaSeloushunter
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28 July 2007, 01:23
AlloutGood show.
Way to hang in there.
Congratulations.
Brian
"If you can't go all out, don't go..."
28 July 2007, 17:25
Andrew McLarenHutty,
Congratulations on becomming a member of a small elite group of hunters: Those who actually earned, and then got, a good trophy!
Well done. Nice kudu!
Andrew McLaren
