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Had to keep this short because of a slow connection but here is a short clip of a side brain shot bull a fellow from Austin took while hunting the Jovarega camp of Johan Calitz last week. http://www.fulldrawoutdoormedia.com/Video/Blake-Byram-elephant-web.wmv   Haven't heard the official weight as of yet but we figure somewhere in the 50lb range for this bull. We also hunted plains game and a leopard but was unsuccessful on the kitty. We left and they are still baiting, will charter back in if they get one feeding. I wish I had more time for a more detailed report but my plans for a good Internet connection this year in Africa failed miserably to say the least. When I get home in Sept I'll post more pics and video. Hope you enjoy. | ||
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Excellent video and a nice bull! On the plains of hesitation lie the bleached bones of ten thousand, who on the dawn of victory lay down their weary heads resting, and there resting, died. If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch... Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it, And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son! - Rudyard Kipling Life grows grim without senseless indulgence. | |||
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Good shooting.....Tyge! Thanks for posting, enjoy the rest of the season, we'll look fwd to more when you get back. Bill | |||
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That is great footage...well done. | |||
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Tyge, Surely that bull required a finisher. Noticed when he dropped that he seemed more stunned than killed outright because the back legs did not collapse first as usual with a brain shot. Then checked the video out half a dozen times. Appears that the shot was above the brain. Note the puff of dust. Can you clarify? Mighty exciting indeed, must have been 30 yards at most. Regards, Tim | |||
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He was going nowhere when we got to him, couldn't move but still breathing. Yes, a finshing shot was required. | |||
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Very well done Tyge on all accounts. Best of luck on the rest of the season. 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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Tyge: Do you have any info on the double the hunter used? 577NitroExpress Double Rifle Shooters Society Francotte .470 Nitro Express  If stupidity hurt, a lot of people would be walking around screaming... | |||
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Thanks for the video Tyge, very nicely done by the hunter and good camera work. 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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Nice. Like the fact that when played, the vid isn't pixelated. Ditto on what the hunter used on the hunt. Once again, nicely done.  Lo do they call to me, They bid me take my place among them in the Halls of Valhalla, Where the brave may live forever. | |||
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Great video!! _______________________________________________________ Hunt Report - South Africa 2022 Wade Abadie - Wild Shot Photography Website | Facebook | Instagram | |||
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Tyge, Thanks for sharing. ENJOYED that a lot. 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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Nicely done! The vid is great. Thanks a bunch for sharing! Cheers, Canuck | |||
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The gun was a 470 Nitro Express but I'm not sure of the make. All I know is that it's a Spanish gun that cost a whole lot more than I make in a year of filming this stuff! Ammo was Federal Sledgehammers I believe. Interesting enough, when the spent case was inspected afterwards the case head almost separated, or at least it appeared that way to me. A PH in camp had told us of a client who had a case head separation from the same ammo earlier in the season. I'll take some pics of the case and show you what I mean to see what you guys think. | |||
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great stuff!!! thanks for posting. DRSS | |||
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Nice video and thanks for posting. I have a video of a shot on a tuskless that I need to post. I need to figure out how to cut the clip for posting. _______________________________  | |||
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Great video. If you don't mind telling me, what camera were you using? Thanks Phil "A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition." Rudyard Kipling | |||
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I use a Canon XL2 for my main camera and a GL2 for backup/wide angle shots. This clip was filmed on the XL2. Trophy shots are from my Canon Rebel XTi and a 17-85mm IS lens. | |||
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Tyge, Nice piece of action video. How did you get the client to look like he just left for the office? All my pics make me look a lot more rumpled. Mark MARK H. YOUNG MARK'S EXCLUSIVE ADVENTURES 7094 Oakleigh Dr. Las Vegas, NV 89110 Office 702-848-1693 Cell, Whats App, Signal 307-250-1156 PREFERRED E-mail markttc@msn.com Website: myexclusiveadventures.com Skype: markhyhunter Check us out on https://www.facebook.com/pages...ures/627027353990716 | |||
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Believe me, I have taken my fair share of those type of photos as well, Mark. It's easy to have a client look this fresh. Just bust a jumbo at last light late in the day and come back the next morning for the photo shoot after the hyenas have ripped open the belly making the whole scene a mess. It took us an hour to turn the bull over and clean him up enough for some quality pics. I'll never again let a PH tell me everything will be alright, don't worry nothing will mess with it. From now on I'll shoot as many pics as I want the night we drop the animal. LOL Here's a rumpled clothing pic taken just after the bull was down.  | |||
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How long did it take to shine the tusks up for the pics the next day?  Beautiful animal. Thanks for sharing. ______________________ Hunting: I'd kill to participate. | |||
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I was wondering how tough it was to flip the beast over for the pics the next day! (which I assume was to get the lighting right, so it wouldn't be in shadow (EDIT--and actually reading some more I see the answers. ).(edited)..I was initially wondering if someone did one of those annoying "mirror image" flips...(which clearly doesn't look to be the case based on the part in the hunter's hair and the fact you can see his wedding wring on the same hand in both pics) Cheers, Canuck | |||
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Wring, as in neck? Freud would have a ball with you.  ______________________ Hunting: I'd kill to participate. | |||
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NO. Duh....necks are ringed...as in Ring-necked pheasants.  Now that I've rung all I can out of this..... Cheers, Canuck | |||
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That's great. Sign me up - wish I were there! | |||
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Love the smile of father and son...A lifetimer memory... Mike | |||
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I don't understand how flubbed side brain shots are described as side brain shots whether they are or not. ------------------------------- Will / Once you've been amongst them, there is no such thing as too much gun. --------------------------------------- and, God Bless John Wayne. NRA Benefactor, GOA, NAGR _________________________ "Elephant and Elephant Guns" $99 shipped. “Hunting Africa's Dangerous Game" $20 shipped. red.dirt.elephant@gmail.com _________________________ If anything be of note, let it be he was once an elephant hunter, hoping to wind up where elephant hunters go. | |||
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Why would anyone want to go hunting themselves, when all you have to do is live vicariously through Will?  ______________________ Hunting: I'd kill to participate. | |||
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KG, Most people are too busy hunting vicarously through the AR forum to bother with the real thing Brent When there is lead in the air, there is hope in my heart -- MWH ~1996 | |||
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KG, Will is a very special person...  Just try keeping him in fresh milk on safari. | |||
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Good to see you Tyge over here on the AR forums as well Justin "Buglemintoday" "Let me start off with two words: Made in America" | |||
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