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All It looks like I will have the option to hunt some birds while in Namibia on my plains game hunt. I originally had not thought of hunting birds and was going to take 2 rifles M70 .30-06 and a custom built 375 H/H, now I am considering taking 375 and a 12 gauge. Opinions? I will be hunting Zebra, Kudu, Eland, Gemsbok, Wildebeest, Springok, Blesbok | ||
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30-06 and a 12ga. Your '06 will kill any of those animals if your a decent shot. You'll be glad you took your shotgun. 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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Definitely take a shotgun. Africa bird shooting is fabulous and very neglected.  ______________________ RMEF Life Member SCI DRSS Chapuis 9,3/9,3 + 20/20 Simson 12/12/9,3 Zoli 7x57R/12 Kreighoff .470/.470 We band of 9,3ers! The Few. The Pissed. The Taxpayers. | |||
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I hunted birds in africa for the first time last year and had a blast. we shot sand grouse and guinea fowl.So the next time I go I will take a rifle and shotgun.Which caliber or gauge depends on which one you shoot the best. | |||
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I agree with David. Leave the .375 at home. That simplifies how many of what bullets to bring as well. The eland is the only issue here. Don't shoot it beyond 200 yards with your .06. Try to set up for a broadside shot and use 180 grain soft points. Don't try an eland quartering away shot and if it's a frontal on, don't shoot too high. Get it low enough to impact lung or heart. Everything else on your list is do-able with an .06 and of course proper shot placement from medium distance. Bird hunting is magical in Africa. Sometimes the outfitter has shotguns. If you want the experience of shooting a gun you're comfortable with bring your own. Have the outfitter still bring one along in the cruiser in the event yours jams or becomes non-functional. Moja | |||
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I took a .375 and a 12 gauge. I was completely happy with that arrangement. There's nothing wrong with the 06 but the .375 is nice to have when the angle is not quite right. If you shoot it well then take it. Never worry about theory as long as the machinery does what it's supposed to do. | |||
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I'd say the .375 and the shotgun. No reason to pass up an animal because the "perfect" shot wasn't available. Bird hunting in Namibia was an absolute blast! | |||
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It is as good a choice as any. Buy your 12 ga. ammo in Africa, it is readily available...I'd also take a box of solid for the 375 for some of the smaller antelope. Ray Atkinson Atkinson Hunting Adventures 10 Ward Lane, Filer, Idaho, 83328 208-731-4120 rayatkinsonhunting@gmail.com | |||
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And take some # 4 buckshot for the big geese. ______________________ RMEF Life Member SCI DRSS Chapuis 9,3/9,3 + 20/20 Simson 12/12/9,3 Zoli 7x57R/12 Kreighoff .470/.470 We band of 9,3ers! The Few. The Pissed. The Taxpayers. | |||
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Atkinson: It is as good a choice as any. Buy your 12 ga. ammo in Africa, it is readily available... Last September no gun stores in Windhoek had appropriate 12 ga ammo for bird hunting. All we could find was their equavalent of buckshot. Fortunately our PH had some extra that he let us use. ______________________ I'm not a great hunter...just a guy who loves to hunt. | |||
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Have you thought about taking a drilling? Africa and drillings were made for each other. And if you are going to Namibia, make that a German drilling (most of them are). A more modern solution is the FinnClassic 512 system gun. (Successor to the Valmet 412). One gun, a set of 12 ga bbls, a set of 9.3 double rifle bbls (or 8x57R, or 30-06), and you are set for any hunting anywhere on earth. I just happen to know where to buy these guns.... Russ Gould - Whitworth Arms LLC BigfiveHQ.com, Large Calibers and African Safaris Doublegunhq.com, Fine English, American and German Double Rifles and Shotguns VH2Q.com, Varmint Rifles and Gear | |||
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I always take one rifle 338 and my drillinng when I go to Namabia. My drilling is double 16ga and 9.3X72R. I have taken a couple pygmy antelope with the 16ga. If you let your outfitter know he will be able to get you the necesssary ammo. If you want a challenge try shooting guinea fowl from the back of the bakkie while driving down the road yea you are moving and the birds are flying.  | |||
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Phoenix, You have a nice list of animals there. If it were me I'd pack the shot gun and 375. You're not on a meat hunt. I've shot most of what you've listed with a 338. It was fine except for the Oryx. It ran forever! Keep in mind that anything you hit you pay for - whether it's found or not. | |||
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Die ou Jagter I'm amazed that you can get 16 gauge shells in Namibia. They are hard to find in PA. | |||
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Here's another vote for the 30-06 and the shotgun. | |||
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PD, I'd take the 375 and a 12 gauge. Bird hunting is fantastic in Namibia. Francolin are delicious I'd load a slightly lighter weight projectile in the 375 as it will be the only rifle and ranges can be long in Nam'. 260 Accubond, 270TSX or 260GS perhaps? It will still drop the eland and you'll flatten the trajectory slightly. Verbera!, Iugula!, Iugula!!! Blair. | |||
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375 H&H and 12 guage. Only because I'm predjugdiced towards the 375. I've taken a lot of plains game with it and it is fun to shoot. My wife used it on wildebeest one day when her gun was in camp. She has taken wildebeest with her 30-06, 7mm08, and 338-06 as well. I'm sure the 06 would work fine but I'll take the 375 everytime. Happy hunting.  | |||
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I took a 375 and a 12 ga. don't regret it am taking the same this year. | |||
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