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Uglystick
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I am curious out of all the available plains game what are the faves??? I myself am torn between the Kudu and the Sable. I find the Sable a little more attractive, but I enjoy the beauty of the Kudu almost as much and I have found the Kudu to be much more chalenging and rewarding to hunt.

Also just to stir the pot... stir I will say I that I like the roan least of all. I think he looks like a Tijuana donkey with small waterbuck horns. I would not shoot one unless the trophy fee was less than a zebra and I needed cat bait.

Question:
What is your favorite plains game animal???

Choices:
Kudu (any variety)
Sable
Eland
Impala
Other ( please specify )

 
 
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I specified other and the other is bushbuck. Just love to walk and stalk real quiet in thick stuff and surprize one of them buggers. The action also happens very quick you see him you automatically shoulder your rifle and bang you do a bit of spot shooting at close range. clap


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Lesser Kudu would top my list.

And your comments about the roan show you to be an unrefined slogger. Razzer


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I don't know if they're my "favorite" but I have a soft spot for zebras.

Maybe it's because there isn't a horn to measure and it all boils down to the hunt.


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Bushpig by ethical walk-'n-stalk methods. I've spent more time being unsuccessful at this than the total time spent hunting my second choice, warthog, of which I have killed about 250 by now.

IMHO hunting a bushpig is about 100 times more difficult than hunting a warthog, and at least 10 times more difficult than kudu.

In good hunting.

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Warthog and bushpig. I can't really say why accept that it is soooooooo much fun!! dancing
 
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to me they are all the same after a while, some are harder than others, disco donkeys are fun, i shot 3 impala once on a hillside that was cool. A bongo would be great, thats the real deal


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I don't have too much experience, but based on what I have, I agree 100% with Safari-hunt.

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I specified other and the other is bushbuck. Just love to walk and stalk real quiet in thick stuff and surprize one of them buggers. The action also happens very quick you see him you automatically shoulder your rifle and bang you do a bit of spot shooting at close range.


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I love kudu, but have a thing for really nice, big springbok in the Kalahari dunes...
Also, my friends call me swine fever, as I cannot leave a pig alone, but all in all, it stays a toss up between kudu and springbok. (Especially kudu in the Karas mountains of southern Namibia.)


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Part of misspent youth included roaming the streets of Tijuana late at night. Under-age drinking was my hobby back then but I'll never forget the donkeys painted with black and white stripes and the hawker yelling, "Ride the Mexican tiger!"


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Warthog!
I still have not hunted Bushpig!!




 
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I would like another go at wildebeest.

I took a nice kudu.

I picked Impala. I got a lot of satisfaction taking the Impala - it was the first animal I bagged in Africa.
 
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Nyala All day long!!!

With bushbuck a close second.

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Got to admit that it's gemsbok for me. Close stalk, straight shooting, mind the horns and tender and delicious almost no matter how old.
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Vaal Rhebock!

They are the most wary of open country antelope and a small target at unusually long ranges. They are also found in country that is a cross between sheep country and antelope country.

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I'm shocked that nobody has mentioned the gemsbok. They are unique, and if not the best looking of the antelope they are certainly right up there with them.
 
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Oops, sorry Tim. I don't know how I missed your post.
 
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For me there is just something about a Wildebeest that I like (poor man's buffalo?) - I would love to bag one of each of the varieties.

I think that would be 5 varieties including the Black Wildebeest


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Bushbuck! I think they are just so cool looking and not an easy animal to hunt.

Does anyone know this, are bushbuck found only where they naturally occur or are they "farmed" like other animals as well?
 
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Other....Bushbuck...hunting them was fun...like slow still hunting for whitetail. But the impala was fun too...and so was the wildebeest...and the kudu....wait a minute, I don't think I DIDN'T enjoy a single one.

THIS IS A TRICK QUESTION....right?

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Right now I am going to have to go with Bushbuck, Nyala and Bushpig. Can't seem to make either of these three the only choice. I agree with the statements made about bushpig. They are indeed, hard to hunt, but then so were the Livingstone's Suni and Red Duiker. . . .
 
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I'm kind of partial to warthog. Ended up going to the waterhole for one. Got to watch him come in knowing it was a trophy and just waiting for the shot to matrialize. I'm disabled so I do a lot of this still hunting and just love it.Kid of prolongs the preshot adrenaline rush.

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I voted "other" and am climbing on the boat with 465H&H for vaal. I love the areas they inhabit, and I love the fact they are all truly wild as nobody has of yet found a way to breed them for "put and take". And finally, their extremely paranoid nature makes them more challenging than a +5 year old woods-wise whitetail.
 
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I'd have to say sable because I've tried a couple times and haven't been able to take one.

Of the one's I've taken I'd say kudu. They are interesting to hunt and quite individual in trophy quality.

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Voted other and bushbuck is my choice. Really a beautiful and elusive trophy.


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I hope to take a 4 1/2" Steenbok on my next trip. So far, I have not taken one that big.

Second is Sable - just too pretty not to hunt.

Third are baboons. I can't help but shoot them - the arrogant jerks - they remind me of my relatives and I take particular pleasure in busting their butts with my .375.
 
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I couldn't vote. I can't decide. I just wish I had the time and finances to hunt all of them.
 
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Voted other for klipspringer. They are tough to hunt due to thier quickness and mountainous terrain they live in.
 
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Wildebeeste, blue wildebeest... always


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Baboons , they are smart , fast , and very talkative. Also warthogs and Kudu .I really love them all.
 
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A hard question to answer. But I would have to say eastern cape kudu in the mt's of the Eastern Cape, along with impala, oh yeah mountian reedbok.


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My favorites, in this order:

1. Bushbuck, any race -- southern Africa's wariest antelope, IMO.
2. Sable -- they're beautiful but not that wary.
3. Kudu, any race -- handsome, only slightly smarter than sable.
4. Gemsbok -- handsome and tough.
5. Common nyala -- good looking, tough habitat, but not the smartest of antelope.

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Baboons , they are smart , fast , and very talkative. Also warthogs and Kudu .I really love them all.


Baboons are great fun. Especially with a flat shooting rifle, when they think they are out of range Wink

My vote is for kudu. I have shot about 13 of them now, and I believe a big>55" bull is the wariest of all plains game. Followed by eland.

Oh, damn, and Bushbuck too Big Grin
 
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Giraffe

Not sure why.. but it was pretty good. Maybe it was the size.
 
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Giraffe

Not sure why.. but it was pretty good. Maybe it was the size.


John,

I'm fascinated by giraffe.

What did you shoot it with, caliber and bullet and what about shot placement?

Blair.
 
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Giraffe

Not sure why.. but it was pretty good. Maybe it was the size.


John,


JUST FOR INFO, I SHOT A GIRAFFE ON MY FIRST TRIP TO AFRICA. DESPITE WHAT YOU WOULD BELIEVE IT WAS A DIFICULT HUNT. I USED A 458. IF ANYONE WANTS TO TRY ONE CHECK OUT THE SHOT PLACEMENT. THE VITALS ARE IN A WEIRD AREA.
I'm fascinated by giraffe.

What did you shoot it with, caliber and bullet and what about shot placement?

Blair.
 
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Kudu was my entire reason for going to Africa but to return the blue wildebeest would top the list and a zebra a close second!


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Warthog! No, Kudu! No, bushbuck! No, wildebeest!
No, nyala! Too many to decide! dancing


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Kudu was my entire reason for going to Africa but to return the blue wildebeest would top the list and a zebra a close second!


Vap,

You talking Mountain Zebra, they are great!?
 
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Giraffe

Not sure why.. but it was pretty good. Maybe it was the size.


John,


JUST FOR INFO, I SHOT A GIRAFFE ON MY FIRST TRIP TO AFRICA. DESPITE WHAT YOU WOULD BELIEVE IT WAS A DIFICULT HUNT. I USED A 458. IF ANYONE WANTS TO TRY ONE CHECK OUT THE SHOT PLACEMENT. THE VITALS ARE IN A WEIRD AREA.
I'm fascinated by giraffe.

What did you shoot it with, caliber and bullet and what about shot placement?

Blair.


Uglystick,

What bullet did you use. And where did you whack it?
 
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