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What is a representative animal for Nyala and Wateerbuck? We will be hunting in the Eastern Cape area. I am just curious as to what size animal is a realistic goal. Hawkeye47 | ||
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Hawkeye47 I have only hunted them in Zimbabwe where 30" is a great trophy for both. I would have thought you could shoot a 30" Nyala in the Eastern Cape but im not sure about Waterbuck. Mike With kind regards Mike Mike Taylor Sporting Hunting, Fishing & Photographic Safaris Worldwide +44 7930 524 097 mtaylorsporting@gmail.com Instagram - miketaylorsporting | |||
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Nyala 27+ wather buck 28+ and bigger but any trophy is a good story!  | |||
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Not many ranches will have 30 inch Nyala or Waterbuck. With few exceptions, 30 inches on either is the mecca of trophyland. Natal is the best area to take above average Nyala. Zululand is their home. Finding a 30" Waterbuck, well, they are where you find them, and they hide well. 10-4 on what Donner said. Best of luck on your hunt, David 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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We would consider 28" Nyala as OK, 30" as very good and 30" Waterbuck as OK and 32" as very good. But then we have had larger on both. Altough normally very OK elsewhere, a 28" Waterbuck trophy brought back to camp would have a PH being heckled for weeks by his collegues. But then, we do live in Waterbuck heaven in Coutada 10, Zambezi delta ... there are no better and more good Waterbuck bulls anywhere on earth. NS ... Johan | |||
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Johan, So-o-o-o-oo-o-o! I should hold out for 30+ on the nyala and 32+ on the waterbuck next week?????????????????? Yikes! 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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Mark, if I were you I'd never consider anything less!  Good luck on the hunt. I hope you truly find them like that. Dan Donarski Hunter's Horn Adventures Sault Ste. Marie, MI 49783 906-632-1947 www.huntershornadventures.com | |||
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Hawkeye, for eastern cape I would but a 27 nyala on the very good side. Same with a waterbuck. But, truly, it will be the experience. It will be yours and no one will have one just like it. Set goals certainly but don't spit in Africa's eye. Dan Donarski Hunter's Horn Adventures Sault Ste. Marie, MI 49783 906-632-1947 www.huntershornadventures.com | |||
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Mark The big kahuna waterbuck is there. I've seen it. In fact, there are many. It may a bit wet - ie lots of water around - to catch the makula nyala now as they are distributed everywhere. It is always a pity you guys have a limited window of opportunity to do this thing! Then again, I may be wrong! It is a wild and unpredictable area and you never know ... You just never know .. Johan | |||
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The best one of each species that you can find and get a decent shot at. I've been lucky enough to take lots of Top Ten animals, but I don't remember ever worrying about trophy size -- I just tell the PH that I'd like to do as well as possible, given the current circumstances, and count on him to help me find the best I can do that time out. I couldn't be happier with the results. When you get bored with life, start hunting dangerous game with a handgun. | |||
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Go for the big boys Mark. Don't settle for anything less. Good luck and best wishes to you and Sadie on your upcoming hunt! | |||
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