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15 April 2008, 03:28

DC Roxby

Show Me Some Giant Springbok!

22 Days until I leave for Namibia. Going nuts..... Need a fix.

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15 April 2008, 03:49

Wendell Reich

Here is a little fella (16 5/8") I shot in Namibia in '04

15 April 2008, 04:07

DC Roxby

That's what I'm looking for! Did you shoot that one at Vaughan's old concession?

15 April 2008, 04:22

bluefin

Wendell,
That's a beauty!

15 April 2008, 04:36

JTEX

Fine Springbok! I love it, they are really neat animals.

15 April 2008, 05:19

yukon delta

I just love it when Wendell or Butchloc come around posting their enormous trophies and they make the rest of us look like pikers. I just don't want to admit out loud that Wendell is my hero.

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15 April 2008, 05:29

wyattd

Another from Classic Safari's old concession....

15 April 2008, 05:34

Jorge400

Another 16+ incher from Vaughan's.

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15 April 2008, 05:35

Bwanna

Wyattd, that's a FREAK! Congrats. Makes me want to take mine out of the trophy room!

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15 April 2008, 05:38

AndreC

Okanduka Seibe, Namibia, 2006 (Green 17")

15 April 2008, 05:39

yukon delta

WyattD's has some serious hooks. I'm impressed. Looks like one of the old springbok that Kai-Uwe Denker talks about in Bushmanland.

I'll be in Vaughan's conservancy next year. How about some photos from there too.

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15 April 2008, 05:52

L. David Keith

Mine's certainly no Kalahari Springbok, but for the Eastern Cape of RSA, my 14.5 incher ranks SCI Gold and makes Roland Ward. Roland Ward groups all species as "Springbok" and does not classify Kalahari from Common Springbok. They do not recognize the genetically altered white, black, copper, purple, green or striped Springbok

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15 April 2008, 06:11

Grafton

Here is a dandy, probably still running around in Etosha:

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15 April 2008, 07:21

Wendell Reich

Here is one from Vaughan's new Conservancy.

This is one of our members, but I don't know his member name, only his real name.

15 April 2008, 08:15

yukon delta

That will work.

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15 April 2008, 08:26

Blank

Had pretty good luck on Erindi, and shot this 16 1/2" with massive bases. I think it is still #14 SCI.

15 April 2008, 08:45

cable68

Not necessarily a monster, but here's mine from Namibia

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15 April 2008, 09:56

Safari-Hunt

Here is mine a nice one not a monster but CChunter shot a bigger one when hunting with KarlS last year August.

Sorry, I reread the heading of the post my springbuck shouldnt feature here, its not a monster. But anyway I like the picture too much to take it off.

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15 April 2008, 17:24

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15 April 2008, 18:00

DesertRam

Well, since all the Ehi-Rovipuka springbok are coming out, I'll post a couple more.

Here's the "small" one I shot (15"):

Here's my dad's (just slightly over 15"):

And here's my best African trophy, a 16 7/8 incher. He doesn't have the bases of Wendell's, but he's got the length.

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15 April 2008, 18:49

hikerbum

Here is mine from Gras in Namibia, 2005

Wendell, was your first photo at Graas?

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15 April 2008, 20:28

Wendell Reich

Originally posted by hikerbum:
Wendell, was your first photo at Graas?

No, this Springbuck has a bit of interesting history. It was the first animal legally hunted by a foreign hunter in the Omatadenka Conservancy.

Vaughan had just received the concession the day before we left for the area. I am sure Namibians had hunted it, and the locals as well. But, this was the first time the concession had been tendered to a safari company.

We made a exploritory run through the area and found these Springbuck as we entered the area.

Vaughan was hesitant to let me shoot it. He thought there might be better ones in the area. Turns out ... there were. He shot the new #2 Springbuck with one of his clients the next year.

15 April 2008, 22:49

Sue

I am new to posting pictures on this forum. If there is no springbok picture below this text, then my picture posting performance is truly a reflection of my training and experience. I am almost hesitant to mess up a long line of beautiful springbok pictures with a possible empty box with a red X in it. But here goes . . .

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16 April 2008, 03:07

Palmer

From a pan in the Kalahari. You can perhaps see another herd of them on the horizon. They stayed out in the open because of all the lions and cheetahs in the area.

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16 April 2008, 03:33

Use Enough Gun

Here's two other good ones.

16 April 2008, 03:47

namibiahunter

Not a giant but my son's first springbok.

Taken March, 2008 with Etemba Hunt and Safaris as originally posted in Hunting Reports -Africa 11 year old springbok hunt, Namibia 2008

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16 April 2008, 03:56

madabula

Here are a couple we took over on the SA side of the Kalahari. Rooiport 2004

At that time the upper one would have ranked 17th overall SCI both sides were 16 5/8 x 5 7/8

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16 April 2008, 05:16

SDHall

Here are a few from southern Namibia.

16 April 2008, 05:53

L. David Keith

Great looking mount Mike. I love the concept!
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16 April 2008, 08:26

DC Roxby

Thanks guys! There are some real beauties in there. Hope I run into a nice one on my trip.

16 April 2008, 13:18

Karl S

A few more from last year

A few Namibian black ones

And lastly, not a huge one, but the one that made me the proudest, my son's first common springbok (June 2007)

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16 April 2008, 14:55

Ahmed Niazi

Here's mine from Namibia.

16 April 2008, 16:29

Blair338/378

Here is a beauty taken with Mike Kibble in the Kalahari during 2006.

Shot with a 257 WBy and 100TSX

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16 April 2008, 16:35

Blair338/378

KarlS,

What are those blacks worth in Namibia?

Regards,

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Blair.

16 April 2008, 17:46

Atticus

My 16.5" springbok from Okanduka Seibe in 2005.

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16 April 2008, 21:39

Karl S

Blair, if we are hunting in the Kalahari, which is close to where I have some on quota, or if a hunter is on a "non-packaged" hunt, I sell them for US$ 700.

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16 April 2008, 22:47

Jriley

Here is a 16.5-inch springbok I shot last June on Vaughan's new concession. I also shot a 15.2 inch springbok as well.

16 April 2008, 23:08

wihntr

Well now I can see why Vaughan sounded so disappointed when I told him I really wasn't interested in shooting another springbok when I hunted with him last year. I guess that gives me yet another reason to go back soon!

Have a great hunt, DC!

18 April 2008, 05:47

Blair338/378

quote:
Originally posted by Karl S:
Blair, if we are hunting in the Kalahari, which is close to where I have some on quota, or if a hunter is on a "non-packaged" hunt, I sell them for US$ 700.

Karl,

That sounds like a very reasonable price mate.

Thanks for the prompt reply.

Regards,

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Blair.

18 April 2008, 11:55

Blair338/378

Another nice ram, taken on the same concession with Mike Kibble in 2006. Rifle is a M70 in 25-06.

Verbera!, Iugula!, Iugula!!!

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