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Just saw this on The Hunting Report's Trophy gallery;

Swanepoel & Scandrol Safaris, PH Doug Scandrol, Hunter Steve Fox

53 3/8 x 53 5/8 in length, with 11 1/8 inch bases.

Scored 129 2/8. Expected to rank as the new No. 1 SCI.

Quite a trophy!! Congrats to the Hunter

 
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Whoa! That is an unbelievably huge set of horns on that sable!

I am in shock from looking at all of the magnificent trophies posted here lately.

Thanks for posting this one, bulldog.


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Very impressive!


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And just how does one top that? What a glorious trophy of a truly major animal.






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Fantastic!
 
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Mahvelous! Simply mahvelous!


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How far back would you say those folks are sitting from the sable? sofa
 
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A pretty good ways, but it doesn't detract from the trophy. It would have been a better picture if they had been sitting about fifty feet to the left. It still would have been a big sable. I wonder where they were hunting.
 
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That is a SABLE!

That is also a very clever photo set up. Yes the hunters are far back, but the sable is shown in all it's magnificance!

Congrats to the hunter & PH.

Where was it hunted?

In good hunting.

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Posts: 1799 | Location: Soutpan, Free State, South Africa | Registered: 19 January 2004Reply With Quote
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What aggravates me is that I had almost convinced myself that I really didn't have to hunt a sable in 2008. Then this photo shows up.
 
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What a sable!!! Makes mine look like a dink!
 
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It was taken in Zambia but not sure of specific area. Maybe Mulobezi GMA next to Kafue Nat Park? Anyone know? Definitely the trophy of a lifetime and a truly magnificent specimen. thumb
 
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Amazing. Would much like to read the story of the hunt.

Was with Piet Swanapoel and friends many, many years ago when I took my first four-footed animal, a 45 inch sable. Took a 40-inch cape buffalo the next day. Events transformed a bird hunter into a big game hunter.
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Very Nice!!!!!!!!

Beautiful trophy!!!!!!!!!


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Oh My, Oh My, Oh My!!!!

Congratualations on an absolutely extraordinary trophy.


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bulldog,

That is a truly magnificent sable the likes of which most of us will never see. On occasion several areas in Zambia do turn out those monster sable and the concessions around the Kafue park are some of the best. I was in camp in RSA this year with a Spaniard that had taken a 51"x52" but I can't remember the concession. We also had a client take a 50" in Tondwa in '04. The really big ones are out there but I wouldn't think anyone should book a safari thinking there was even a remote possibility of shooting something of that caliber.

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Absolutely astounding! Never ever had "buck fever" in my hunting career, but may have had hesitation on that one. Never knew they got so large, horns and body--both.

Congrats on a great tropy to Mr. Fox.

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WOW!! Congrats to the hunter on harvesting this awesome animal! I am jealous!


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