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Here is an action photo sequence of Bob Glick taking a kudu bull in Chewore with his Krieghoff .500 double rifle at 150 yards! Unbelievable shot - precision shooting with a double rifle never fails to impress me. The shot was a perfect lunger and the bull ran 30 yards and died. Note the second photo, where the shot has been fired but the bull has not yet been hit. [URL=  ][IMG][URL=  ][IMG][URL=  ][IMG][URL=  ][IMG][URL=  ][IMG] | ||
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cool,regards,ben | |||
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Nice shooting (camera and rifle)! ______________________ Hunting: I'd kill to participate. | |||
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Wow, nice photo diary! Pretty good kudu bull too! ~Ann   | |||
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Nice shooting with irons. _______________________________  | |||
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David, That was a sweet taste of action. Well done.  Member NRA, SCI- Life #358 28+ years now! DRSS, double owner-shooter since 1983, O/U .30-06 Browning Continental set. | |||
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Nice over the shoulder shooting David, congrats to you both. LDK Gray Ghost Hunting Safaris http://grayghostsafaris.com Phone: 615-860-4333 Email: hunts@grayghostsafaris.com NRA Benefactor DSC Professional Member SCI Member RMEF Life Member NWTF Guardian Life Sponsor NAHC Life Member Rowland Ward - SCI Scorer Took the wife the Eastern Cape for her first hunt: http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6881000262 Hunting in the Stormberg, Winterberg and Hankey Mountains of the Eastern Cape 2018 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4801073142 Hunting the Eastern Cape, RSA May 22nd - June 15th 2007 http://forums.accuratereloadin...=810104007#810104007 16 Days in Zimbabwe: Leopard, plains game, fowl and more: http://forums.accuratereloadin...=212108409#212108409 Natal: Rhino, Croc, Nyala, Bushbuck and more http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6341092311 Recent hunt in the Eastern Cape, August 2010: Pics added http://forums.accuratereloadin...261039941#9261039941 10 days in the Stormberg Mountains http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7781081322 Back in the Stormberg Mountains with friends: May-June 2017 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." | |||
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Are you sure that bull was 150 yards away? It looks quite a bit closer to me. It might be 150 to that big tree in the background. A very good sequence of pictures, David. | |||
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Vic I'm pretty sure it was 150, though it may have been a few yards shy. Rich Tabor paced it and he has relatively short legs! Anyhow, I'm certain it was around 150. Having said that, when Bob took the shot, all of us believed the distance to be little over a hundred yards. I attribute this to the deceptive quality of riversand. I think the photos are also deceptive - I was closer to Bob's shoulder than I would have liked, hence the reason the foreground is so blurred. It is usually a good idea to be a few metres behind and slightly to the side of the shooter, to get a good perspective. I also may have inadvertedly zoomed in a little. I'm going to post a few more action shots here in a moment with approximate distances, just for comparison. For your information, you are not the only one who has questioned the distance in these photos. I think photo number 2 best illustrates the shot distance. I mean, how long is it taking for that bullet to get there anyway? My guess is that the trees are close to 300 yards. I'm glad you enjoyed the pictures. I shall be posting a report on the Bob Glick safari in due course. Dave | |||
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Very good sequence and good shooting on both sides. Well done Life is how you spend the time between hunting trips. Through Responsible Sustainable hunting we serve Conservation. Outfitter permit no. Limpopo ZA/LP/73984 PH permit no. Limpopo ZA/LP/81197 Jaco Human SA Hunting Experience jacohu@mweb.co.za www.sahuntexp.com | |||
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Very nice Pics  Thanks for shareing ! Seloushunter Nec Timor Nec Temeritas | |||
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[URL=  ][IMG]No more than 40 yards, though it may seem further [URL=  ][IMG]150 odd [URL=  ][IMG]100 [URL=  ][IMG]less than 10 | |||
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i know bob and just talked to him several days ago about this hunt. i buy most of my rifles from his shop. he mostly talked about the big bull that got away into the next concession after an intense hunt. i guess i will have to talk to him again. | |||
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Looks like he has some kind of Hi Viz front sight on his gun. Anyone know what the drop would be from 100 yards to 150 for a 500? I would certainly not take that shot, evn with a scope, unless I knew where the thing was shooting. Peter. Be without fear in the face of your enemies. Be brave and upright, that God may love thee. Speak the truth always, even if it leads to your death. Safeguard the helpless and do no wrong; | |||
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I know Bob also (since he was 13); he is probably the best game shot I know. He hunts and shoots constantly and he shot the 500 almost daily for weeks before the hunt. "Experience" is the only class you take where the exam comes before the lesson. | |||
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Thanks. Those are great. Was it his intent to shoot plains game with this rifle, or was it an animal of opportunity? I would really like to learn to shoot my .458 Lott with open sights and carry it when DG hunting with confidence that I can shoot plains game as well. | |||
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If you will notice the camera is focused on the Kudu, with a long lens, and the shooter is blured. This is an optical illusion makeing the Kudu look much closer than he is, IMO! This is similar to looking down the road with a pair of bynoculars,focused on oncoming cars, with the hood of your car in the fore of the sight picture. A car 500 yds away looks like it is about to pass you, going the other way. I believe, since the distance was stepped off, there is little doubt the distance was close to 150 yds. This is not unbelievable anyway. If he had been shooting a single shot, chambered with the same cartridge, nobody would have doubted the distance. A man who knows his rifle be it single barrel, or double barrel, a 150 yd shot is not that unusual! My congratulations to the shooter, but more so on the camera man! That was some good photography!  ....Mac >>>===(x)===> MacD37, ...and DUGABOY1 DRSS Charter member "If I die today, I've had a life well spent, for I've been to see the Elephant, and smelled the smoke of Africa!"~ME 1982 Hands of Old Elmer Keith  | |||
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PETER, that is a Krieghoff 500NE and the sights are now, I believe, standard fare! The back sight is cut out so you can see right through the blade, which has a fiberoptic lin from the bottom virtivlly up to the bottom of the wide "V", the front sight is a fiberoptic bead of a different color. They are very good sights, though a little fragile, and certainly not classic! ....Mac >>>===(x)===> MacD37, ...and DUGABOY1 DRSS Charter member "If I die today, I've had a life well spent, for I've been to see the Elephant, and smelled the smoke of Africa!"~ME 1982 Hands of Old Elmer Keith | |||
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Maybe David can say for sure but I belive the high-resolution images are so good you can see the bullet hole as the Kudu turns! "Experience" is the only class you take where the exam comes before the lesson. | |||
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Great photos. Gerhard Gerhard FFF Safaris Capture Your African Moments Hunting Outfitter (MP&LP) Proffesional Hunter (MP&LP) History guide Wildlife Photographer www.fffsafaris.co.za | |||
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MacD37, could be. My 500/416 does not have that type of front sight. Whether classic or not, they certainly catch your eye! Quite a few skeet shooters use them, as in Skeet you are NOT supposed to look at the front sight! Peter. Be without fear in the face of your enemies. Be brave and upright, that God may love thee. Speak the truth always, even if it leads to your death. Safeguard the helpless and do no wrong; | |||
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Bloody great shooting, both shooter and photographer! Verbera!, Iugula!, Iugula!!! Blair. | |||
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David, Thanks for sharing all of those great shots. Jeff No people in history have ever survived who thought they could protect their freedom by making themselves inoffensive to their enemies. | |||
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Really nice shooting with rifle and even better with the camera, congratulations on a fine Kudu. Ahmed Sultan | |||
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david, thanks for the photos.nice shooting all around | |||
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Are the camera man for hire, what will you cost? Awsome foto's. A foto will always keep the hunt memories alive. Add the sound of a jackal calling to the smell of a leadwood fire! | |||
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I have had the chance to hunt with Bob (thanks to tiggertate) and think the word of the guy.. he cuddles up to the 416 rem like it was a 30-06! with another shooter, i have seen shots from a 577 NE up to nearly 200 yards, off hand... jeffe opinions vary band of bubbas and STC hunting Club Information on Ammoguide about the416AR, 458AR, 470AR, 500AR What is an AR round? Case Drawings 416-458-470AR and 500AR. 476AR, http://www.weaponsmith.com | |||
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For it to be truly awesome the Kudu needs to fall with the CRACK of the shot. | |||
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Listen to shitaway, he's an expert on cracks. His head is perennially up his. jorge USN (ret) DRSS Verney-Carron 450NE Cogswell & Harrison 375 Fl NE Sabatti Big Five 375 FL Magnum NE DSC Life Member NRA Life Member | |||
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once again the Montreal Moron is heard from. i guess if the shooter had used a scoped 300 win mag(shitaway weapon of choice), the kudu would have indeed fallen at the crack of the shot Vote Trump- Putin’s best friend… To quote a former AND CURRENT Trumpiteer - DUMP TRUMP | |||
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What I am saying is if he hit the Kudu in the SHOOTAWAY KILL ZONE he would have fallen at the CRACK of the shot.In Africa I'll be using my CZ 458 WM to DROP THEM LIKE THEIR DEAD! | |||
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My .470 NE has a front fiber optic sight installed by the factory, and classic or not, it sure makes a big difference! Good shooting. Bwanna: We need to have some reduced loads for the .458 Lott made up to shoot plains game with. Terry Wieland talks about those as being "fun" loads to shoot. | |||
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I'm kinda new here. Does this guy shootaway ever quit? | |||
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he is too stupid to quit. if he had a brain he would be dangerous. Vote Trump- Putin’s best friend… To quote a former AND CURRENT Trumpiteer - DUMP TRUMP | |||
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Life is entirely too short... | |||
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Make that half a brain...jorge USN (ret) DRSS Verney-Carron 450NE Cogswell & Harrison 375 Fl NE Sabatti Big Five 375 FL Magnum NE DSC Life Member NRA Life Member | |||
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Why not just have one load and one bullet to make things simple. | |||
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No doubt that kudu is a good distance away. They ARE fairly large antelope. | |||
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I'm with you John. Nice shootin' | |||
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