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This one gave me the longest run for my money. We saw him with a herd of ten to twelve others. Four or five times I had him on the sticks and in the crosshairs, and another one would walk in front of him. Finally, with him facing left and clear, I squoze the trigger. At the same time, he took a small step backwards and turned his head to look at me. The bullet went thru his neck, just in front of the shoulder. He dropped, and while I was congratulating myself on a clean kill, he jumped back up and disappeared into the Jess. That was about ten am. We spent the next day and a half chasing him; hoping to get a second shot. The game ranch we were on was roughly ten thousand acres in size.
A herd of Gemsbuck will not allow a wounded member back into the group, even the biggest one like this herd bull. They, at least in this case; kept moving at a slow pace. He kept trying to rejoin them, and they would just trot or run off into the wind. He was hurt bad enough that he had trouble keeping up. We spent the day trying to cut them off as they moved thru slides. The next morning about seven am we found the herd, with him hanging about 200 yards behind in the middle of a block. Reon dropped the four trackers off upwind and drove me to the slide about a mile south. As soon as they began moving into the wind, I could see animals coming to the fence and using the slide. Half an hour alter, the herd hit the slide. About fifteen seconds my bull flew thru the brush and hit the slide running. He never slowed down enough to give me a shot. About four hours later, Reon had pushed them back. I was about fifteen yards from the slide, hoping my bull would slow enough for a shot. This time luck was on my side. The herd hit the slide, followed by about a dozen Impala. There were several females with half-grown young. They never seem to know whether to jump the fence or use the slide. They were still clogging the slide when my bull got there. He ran to the slide, found it full of Impala, and stopped for a second. This time I was ready, and put a Norma Oryx 286gr softpoint from the Chapuis 9,3x74R right thru the heart/lung area. He dropped at the shot. The horns are perfectly straight, and exactly the same 36 inches in length. Another trophy animal in good condition.

A day to remember forever...

Rich

Nice, how did that new rifle work for you?

IMHO, a double in 9,3x74R is about the perfect 200(or a bit farther) yard plains game rifle.

I took the Kudu with one shot, the Waterbuck, a finisher although he would have died in a minute or so, and a "moved at the shot" on the Gemsbuck put a bullet through the neck and just clipped the spine. A second shot killed him the next day.

Rich

Great stuff, Rich!!

Great trophies all ISS. Congratulations.

Good job, Gemsbok are tough animals. Mine took three 300 grain TSX's through the chest/body before he went down.

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Originally posted by Idaho Sharpshooter:
IMHO, a double in 9,3x74R is about the perfect 200(or a bit farther) yard plains game rifle.

Rich

Twice bitten! The mustreturntoAfrica virus and the DR addiction!
Best advice, from what I hear, is don't fight it.

Seriuosly, I'm elated you had a good trip! Well done!