If you could pick.....

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11 March 2018, 03:30

dogcat

If you could pick.....

We all have a favorite. We all have a dream hunt. In Africa, I have listed what I would shoot and never look back.<BR>What say you????which of the following would be your most cherished trophy?<BR><BR>Why?46" Buff54" Lord Derby Eland80 lb Elephant48" Sable18" Chobe Bushbuck7" Steenbok33" Bongo31" Impala60" Kudu15" Warthog200lb Leopard35" Sitatunga

11 March 2018, 03:36

boarkiller

Bull Jumbo and good bushpig boar again and for that matter everything else I could do and afford
I’m pass the “ biggest “ and ride into a sunset

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11 March 2018, 04:34

butchloc

welli have a couple or three off your list but the greatest was a 17' puku that lead us around for several days and was finally bagged with a 200 yd shot from a 470not the glamor game off the list but the smartest old guy of his species

11 March 2018, 04:44

Navaluk

Sitatunga hear please unless maybe I could upgrade to another Lesser Kudu or maybe a Mountain Nyala.

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11 March 2018, 05:34

cal pappas

quote:
Originally posted by Frostbit:
I chose the Elephant but only if it was a true tracking hunt.

and if I could go with Shootaway.

(I completed this for you, Jim).
No thanks necessary.
See you May 5 at the shoot.
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11 March 2018, 05:51

Gale Johnson

I picked the LDE, hope to make it before they are unable to be hunted. Going after 5 animals on the list and more this September in Coutada 9, maybe I can get a 60 Kudu or a 15 Warthog, or the 46 Buff!!

11 March 2018, 06:28

farbedo

Elephant was my choice off the list.

A lion that I walked up would be just above that, but not on the list.

Good question.

Jeremy

11 March 2018, 07:56

Michael Robinson

It wasn't on the list, but my first choice would be a big, black maned lion. Spot and stalk or tracking only.

Next would be elephant.

Mike

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11 March 2018, 08:44

surefire7

My upcoming hunt with Andrew is for Buffalo, Sable, and Sitatunga. Man, that's a hard choice. Why can't I pick all three?

I don't have the Buffalo or Sable of my dreams yet, but I do have them.

So, I chose Sitatunga, as I don't have one.

Hunting buff is better than sex!

11 March 2018, 11:41

lavaca

I think this misses the whole point. I love to hunt just about anything, but it is the experience, not the size of the trophy that makes it for me. I love hunting buffalo and will continue to do so, but if I never shoot a 46" buffalo is of no moment. I was there.

11 March 2018, 12:09

crbutler

Of all of them, I think the sitatunga is the "biggest" of the lot.

That said, I chose the elephant as that is the most adrenalin inducing of the hunts to me.

I would choose the buffalo would be second.

The lion really is my #1, but was not a choice.

11 March 2018, 12:27

ozhunter

quote:
Originally posted by farbedo:
Elephant was my choice off the list.

A lion that I walked up would be just above that, but not on the list.

Good question.

Jeremy

also picked the Ele and that is providing a proper tracking hunt.
I have been lucky enough to enjoy a tracking Lion hunt with the best team for such a hunt but sadly not possible to repeat

I do have simmilar plans though with the next best team.
another on the top wish list is a foot safari for big buffalo in the hills of northern Uganda

11 March 2018, 13:43

DLS

I chose Sitatunga simply because that's my next hunt. I can only hope to have an opportunity at one as grand as a 35"er.

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11 March 2018, 17:31

dogcat

quote:
Originally posted by Beretta682E:
No bush pig - not a real questionnaire

Mike

I will add it and Lion next time!

11 March 2018, 17:32

dogcat

quote:
Originally posted by lavaca:
I think this misses the whole point. I love to hunt just about anything, but it is the experience, not the size of the trophy that makes it for me. I love hunting buffalo and will continue to do so, but if I never shoot a 46" buffalo is of no moment. I was there.

Agree, but this is just for fun while in the low season. The “hunt” trumps size every Time!

11 March 2018, 18:43

dwarf416

Lucky enough to have fullfilled 91 pound ele, Leopard 193 and 34 inch bongo 18 inch bushbuk and 16 inch warty will keep trying 4 the rest

11 March 2018, 20:29

jhaney

My Lord Derby hunt was the most challenging, exotic, rewarding and greatest experience of my African hunting career. The trophy is exquisite as well.
Jim

In the future, it would be mountain nyala. Again, for the exotic hunting conditions and the challenge.

11 March 2018, 21:00

samir

I’ve always wanted a wide 30”+ EA impala. I shot a narrow 25” 10 years ago because that the biggest we saw. I think a big wide EA impala is a very impressive antelope.

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11 March 2018, 21:43

fairgame

quote:
Originally posted by DLS:
I chose Sitatunga simply because that's my next hunt. I can only hope to have an opportunity at one as grand as a 35"er.

Bit like a 200lb elephant.

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11 March 2018, 22:53

MARK H. YOUNG

I chose the bongo as it was the one I don't have and the one I want desperately but am not like to be able to pursue.

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11 March 2018, 23:48

Brandon.Gleason

I'd say the elephant at this stage in my hunting career, even though it's financially unrealistic for me. Unfortunately I predict they will be unavailable by the time that could be a reality for me.

12 March 2018, 00:01

Aaron Neilson

quote:
Originally posted by Thierry Labat:
A 200lb leopard for me would be the ultimate. Followed by a 54” LDE.

Could not agree more my friend!

I have an 80lb elephant and a 45" buff already, as well as other big species from Africa - but out of 10 leopard hunts I have only managed to shoot 4 leopards and the biggest is a 140lb Tom.

As for the LDE - I find it to be one of Africa's best hunts....so I want another - bigger one!

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12 March 2018, 04:25

dogcat

I ask these questions as they are all on my list....

If I pick one it would be the Lord Derby and Steenbok. Ok, that is two.

Then it would be the kudu.

Then the leopard with Thierry Labat in Zim.

Then a 60”Marco Polo that I just thought of....

I will never retire.

12 March 2018, 05:39

Lhook7

200# leopard, because it’s a 200# freaking leopard! I’m also 0 for 2 on leopard and it would be a dramatic way to break that streak!

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12 March 2018, 05:56

Crazyhorseconsulting

Had I ever really decided to make a trip to Africa, it is easier for me to list what I would want to hunt, than what I wouldn't.

My whole hunting career, all I have ever wanted is a decent representative specimen.

From Africa it would be a cape buffalo, eland, greater Kudu, gemsbok, waterbuck and that is it.

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13 March 2018, 02:01

bakerb

I love all my animal mounts, enjoy looking at them. . . and I know the liberals would think this evidence of some sickness. . .

But I would dearly love a set of elephant tusks to admire and touch.