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Hello Everyone My good friend PH Thierry Labat has just returned from 4 months hunting in CAR. Thierry also hunts for Roger Whittall here in Zim and has done so for the past eight years. I have accompanied a number of hunts conducted by Thierry - you may have read about some of them in posts I made a while back. In Zim, Thierry hunts everything, and in CAR he specializes in Lord Derby eland. I was awed by the eland pictures he recently showed me, and I know you will be too. The biggest taken by Thierry was 51" and his boss in CAR, Operator/PH Andre Roux of Dar El Kouti, took an unbelievable 56 incher with client Mark Watts . Apparently, the bull is definitely the SCI number 2 and a possible world record. Anyway, here are some of the trophy pictures from Thierry's 2007 hunts in CAR. If you would like to chat about hunting CAR or Zimbabwe with Thierry Labat, please contact him at tlabatsafaris@zol.co.zw Enjoy!! Dave [URL=  ][IMG]Unofficial SCI number 2 Lord Derby eland (56 inches), taken by Marc Watts with PH Andre Roux of Dar El Kouti Safaris Some more class trophies taken with PH Thierry Labat in CAR [URL=  ][IMG][URL=  ][IMG][URL=  ][IMG][URL=  ][IMG][URL=  ][IMG][URL=  ][IMG][URL=  ][IMG][URL=  ][IMG][URL=  ][IMG][URL=  ][IMG][URL=  ][IMG][URL=  ][IMG][URL=  ][IMG][URL=  ][IMG][URL=  ][IMG][URL=  ][IMG][URL=  ][IMG][URL=  ][IMG][URL=  ][IMG][URL=  ][IMG][URL=  ][IMG][URL=  ][IMG] | ||
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What dreams are made of! Very impressive horns on those eland. The harnessed bushbuck are gorgeous. ~Ann   | |||
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WOW! Those guys are taking some monster LD eland. David, thanks for sharing those pictures with us. I too am a sucker for a bushbuck. I love those little guys. | |||
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Now I have seen Lord Toad of the CAR. Fab pics David! 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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Tremendous trophies in all respects, including some amazing dewlap's and black necks on a few of those LD eland. Thanks for posting Dave! Bill | |||
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I need more money! What a hunt that would be. "There are worse memorials to a life well-lived than a pair of elephant tusks." Robert Ruark | |||
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well i guess we can expect another Marc Watts video in the near future showing "perfectly shot game in the CAR" or perhaps "one-shot kills, perfectly done" Vote Trump- Putin’s best friend… To quote a former AND CURRENT Trumpiteer - DUMP TRUMP | |||
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What duiker is that in the photos looks very nice ? Frederik Cocquyt I always try to use enough gun but then sometimes a brainshot works just as good. | |||
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Fantastic Trophys.   Thanks for shareing the Photos. Seloushunter Nec Timor Nec Temeritas | |||
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That would be the Red Flanked Duiker. | |||
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If you have never seen a well executed pedestal mount of a Lord Derby Eland, then you haven't seen the what I consider the greatest antelope trophy there is. jbderunz' cousin had a beautiful mount at the Rambouillet show 15 months ago. They are just superb. _________________________________ AR, where the hopeless, hysterical hypochondriacs of history become the nattering nabobs of negativisim. | |||
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Those are some awesome LDE's. I've never seen a pedestal of one. Anyone have a photo? _______________________________  | |||
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i just gotta win the lottery pretty soon | |||
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A Lord Derby Eland is an amazing trophy, but you must also calculate the risks of going where they live. I just came back from CAR and I can tell you it is a war zone. It is more than just unstable. It is in economic, military and political chaos. The safety of hunters cannot be assured. In the bush much traditional Eland country is being taken over by people and farm animals. For example, here are three groups of illegals wandering around: national and international cattle herdsmen as well as home-grown and foreign rebel fighters and also displaced nomadic tribesmen who are migrating all around in the forested areas looking for a place that has not been devastated by war and genocide. You will see poachers and cattle herders in the areas you hunt. Bangui is the capital and you must travel through it. It is a horrible place for travelers. A coup D'Etat is anticipated there soon. My comment would be that if any of us decide we must go to CAR, we might want to limit the risk to ourselves alone and not vulnerable family members. Sorry for the gloomy report, but sometimes news about these places is sparse, so we all need to speak up. That which is not impossible is compulsory | |||
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those lord derdys are excellent trophies,and also very nice bushbuck. | |||
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