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An awesome shot
15 July 2007, 01:59
David HulmeAn awesome shot
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.
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15 July 2007, 02:34
ben shelorcool,regards,ben
15 July 2007, 03:49
Kamo GariNice shooting (camera and rifle)!
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15 July 2007, 04:30
Aspen Hill AdventuresWow, nice photo diary! Pretty good kudu bull too!
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15 July 2007, 04:42
yukon deltaNice shooting with irons.
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15 July 2007, 06:16
308SakoDavid, That was a sweet taste of action. Well done.
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15 July 2007, 06:43
L. David KeithNice over the shoulder shooting David, congrats to you both. LDK
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15 July 2007, 06:48
SpringAre 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.
15 July 2007, 12:25
David HulmeVic
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.
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15 July 2007, 12:59
Jaco HumanVery good sequence and good shooting on both sides. Well done
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www.sahuntexp.com 15 July 2007, 13:02
mboga biga bwanaVery nice Pics
Thanks for shareing !
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15 July 2007, 13:52
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15 July 2007, 19:43
kevin davisi 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.
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.
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15 July 2007, 20:13
tiggertateI 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.
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15 July 2007, 20:27
BwannaThanks. 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.
15 July 2007, 20:48
MacD37quote:
Originally posted by David Hulme:
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.
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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!
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15 July 2007, 20:58
MacD37quote:
Originally posted by Peter:
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.
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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!
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15 July 2007, 23:03
tiggertateMaybe 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!
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16 July 2007, 00:40
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16 July 2007, 07:06
Blair338/378Bloody great shooting, both shooter and photographer!
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16 July 2007, 14:58
Ahmed SultanReally nice shooting with rifle and even better with the camera, congratulations on a fine Kudu.
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16 July 2007, 21:32
matt udavid, thanks for the photos.nice shooting all around
16 July 2007, 22:25
Wimpie in SAAre the camera man for hire, what will you cost?
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12 August 2007, 22:24
jeffeossoI 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...
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12 August 2007, 23:24
shootawayFor it to be truly awesome the Kudu needs to fall with the CRACK of the shot.
13 August 2007, 01:07
jorgequote:
Originally posted by shootaway:
For it to be truly awesome the Kudu needs to fall with the CRACK of the shot.
Listen to shitaway, he's an expert on cracks. His head is perennially up his. jorge
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13 August 2007, 01:14
jdollaronce 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
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13 August 2007, 01:35
shootawayWhat 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!
13 August 2007, 02:53
Use Enough GunMy .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.
13 August 2007, 08:07
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ever quit?
13 August 2007, 08:17
jdollarhe is too stupid to quit. if he had a brain he would be dangerous.
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13 August 2007, 08:35
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13 August 2007, 10:35
jorgequote:
Originally posted by jdollar:
he is too stupid to quit. if he had a brain he would be dangerous.
Make that half a brain...jorge
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13 August 2007, 13:12
shootawayquote:
Originally posted by Use Enough Gun:
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.
Why not just have one load and one bullet to make things simple.
13 August 2007, 18:56
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No doubt that kudu is a good distance away. They ARE fairly large antelope.
14 August 2007, 04:24
Nickuduquote:
Originally posted by NitroX:
No doubt that kudu is a good distance away. They ARE fairly large antelope.
I'm with you John. Nice shootin'
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