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Since Wildebeest are my favorite plains game animal and we haven't done this for a while...........

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Here's a blue and a black, both taken in RSA.


 
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Namibia 2004. When I found out just what a tough animal really was! 375 H&H was not too much gun.

 
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I got this one last year with a 45-70! dancing
405 grain ABW @ 1800 fps. He dropped at the shot.


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2001 Gras Ranch Namibia. BLank is correct, 375 is not too much gun for the Wildebeest!

 
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Here's my Black. Taken in July, 2005 in the Free State, RSA. 7mm Rem Mag, 160 gr Accubond handloads.



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Tanzania 2002


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The rest of the day went pretty much the same as the rest. Seeing a lot of animals but not much success. Then right at dark we were going over to an area where we had seen a monster reedbuck the night before. While in route, we came across a herd of blue wildebeest. Mark and I watched as about 25-30 cows and calves crossed the road when finally the herd bull brought up the rear. I didn't have any experience with judging the difference between wildebeest but I knew he was different than the rest. Mark drove me up to where they had crossed and dropped me off. Mark drove off as I slowly stalked to a tree to use as a rest. Wildebeest were running left and right and finally I picked out the bull standing to the left of the herd at about 75 yards. I quickly put the crosshairs on his shoulder and dropped the hammer. The huge animal dropped where he stood. Then I heard Mark running up the road shouting, "Put anouther one in him if he tries to get up." At that moment the animal tried to make an attempt to get to his feet but another round entered the right side of his rib cage and exited out the left, putting him down for good.



The bull measured just slightly over 27". No matter how big he was I was just glad the animal dropped and we didn't spend half the night looking for a wounded animal.


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Zambia 2006..great hunt with John Sharp!!!

 
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here is my one and only Blue.. I took him in 2000 near Vaalwater, SA. I was shooting a Sako in .308 with BarnesX bullets. Took him from about 220 yards and poleaxed him with a shot thru the point of the shoulder.. Still one of my fav memories to rethink about from time to time.
 
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375 H&H 300gr Swift A-Frame
He soaked up 3 shots in the boiler room.
Scored 81 7/8
Should rank about 91 in the book according to the guys down at SCI.
 
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Here's mine from Lemco in 2006. Shot at about 125 yards, 1 shot with a 168 gr. Barnes TSX out of a 300 Win Mag.

 
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Taken with a Thompson/Center Contender in 357 Herrett.



Taken with a Thompson/Center Encore in 375 H&H Magnum.
 
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2001 Northern Province RSA .375 H&H 300 gr. Nosler Partition Wildebeest are Tough Critters
 
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Black and blue taken in 2005.



 
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Blue wildebeest, brindled gnu, from the Tuli Block. First African critter for me. One shot through the heart at 150 yards from shooting sticks. He ran about 50 yards and died. Solitary old bull, 28" spread. M70 .375 H&H "Uru."

 
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Taken in the Northern Province of RSA in August 2004.



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Here's an old 'dagga-boy' blue wildebeeste I shot in 2002, at Landelani in the Limpopo area of RSA. I was hunting with PH Jim Hackiewicz, using his 375 H&H and 270gr Swift Aframes.



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July 2001 Aliwal North Eastern Cape. Not the best pick but my only black wildebeest up to date. Very old bull his buddy on the next door territory died from age the week after. Shot with a 210gr BarnesX 375 H&H. The shot was frontal with a bit of an angle struggled to see the exact middle of his chest and destroyed his left lung and broke his left shoulder. Range was about 130m. He dropped but took a while to die very tough critters for their size. The stalk was excellent we saw him on his little hill or shall I say point that he guarded on the horizon. The farmer told me that he was one of the old ones he would like to take off before they die. I walked at a low angle later it became a crawl luckily I found a ditch and didnt have to crawl on my stomach for more than 50 metres. Found a 30" bush sat on my haunches my rifle over my knee and took the shot. This must have been one of my best stalks ever out in the open. He knew there was something behind the bush dut didnt know what. The stalk from start to finish felt like ages but was about 20-25 minutes.



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Here's some black and blue:
 
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My Zululand blue wildebeest. He had a large herd of cows all to himself, I think the other bulls were glad to see him go.



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Taken in the Eastern Cape with a .308


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It took this black wildebeest in the Eastern Cape 2004 After a fantastic stalk with the trackers acting as decoys. The old boy spotted us, so we left the trackers to sit under a tree as we slipped out and circled around to close the 500 meter distance. The 100 meter shoulder shot took him as he was still focused on the trackers. The 180 TSX from the 30-378 put him down after a couple of pirouettes and running his last 50 meters.

The Nyassa wildebeest was taken in the Selous in September 2006. This was my first Selous animal. Taken with a 30-06 Vanguard and 180 grain TSX. The first shot took him with a full frontal heart shot from the sitting position at 200 meters. He rocked back and in true wildebeest form, took off running. He stopped and presented another frontal chest shot and I managed to send another 180 between the shoulder blades. Well, he ran again and finally piled up.



 
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Some very nice Wildebeast everyone!
 
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My muzzleloader bull from Aug 2005...


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My wife Rena and her Wildebeast. One shot 180 yds after 9 days of looking for a shooter.

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shot April 2006 Rooiport SA

375 H&H 260 grain accubond

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Scott and Ben Hutchison of Atlanta, Georgia with blue bulls taken in the Save Valley, Zimbabwe, in 2006 with Roger Whittall Safaris.
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First one was Ben. This one is Scott(on your right) with PH Thierry Labat.

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Here's a blue from Zim in 2003 followed by a white-bearded from Maasailand my son took on our hunt in 2005:



 
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Some great photos here.

No one's posted one of these yet, so I'll post mine again. My favorite and most beautiful of the gnus, the Nyasa.





Shot once through the top of the heart with a .375 in the southern Selous.


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Here's my "last day" wildebeeste from last July. I used a .375 H&H with 270 Barnes TSXs. Given that it wasn't the best shot I ever made, a little extra omphff was welcome.

 
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Fantastic trophies all !! clap

Keep them comin" dancing


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Here's my "last day" wildebeeste from last July. I used a .375 H&H with 270 Barnes TSXs. Given that it wasn't the best shot I ever made, a little extra omphff was welcome.



This Photo really gives you an idea how big a Wildebeest really is!


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Taken last July in the Eastern Cape of RSA. We found this old solitary bull out on the plains standing with his rear to the wind. After a short study with the spotting scope, we devised a plan. We had to drop off the ridge we were glassing from and swing around below the ridgeline about a half of a mile in order to come back towards this bull into the wind and behind the cover of a lone acacia bush. We managed this without incident however we bumped a herd of around 25 bachelor bulls but fortunately, they ran the opposite position of our bull, heading towards a large herd of younger bulls and cows. Upon setting up the bipod on my .280 and keeping back in the shade, it wasn't 20 minutes before I looked back to ask my PH about some Blesbok that had come into view, when the bachelor herd came up over the ridgeline and started staring in our direction. I thought to myself this was going to go south very fast. All at once the lone bull began walking towards the other bulls. About this time the wind changed from in our face to coming from our right. Perfect! The bull would come across from my right and should present a broadside shot. My PH had my rangefinder and when the bull was in front of me, he said "220 yards." My PH whistled twice to try and stop the bull but the wind was blowing around 15mph now and the bull never acknowledged he heard anything, he just kept walking. I moved my sight picture in front of the bull and when the front of his chest entered my cross hairs, I squeezed the trigger. The 160 grain Accubond connected squarely with his right shoulder. Due to the wind being in my face, it made a loud whop. The bull reared up and hit the ground running, bellowing like a Mule. I sent another round just in front of his shoulder and it caught him threw both lungs. He slowed to a walk, went 20 yards and went down. Immediately he tried to regain his footing and I sent a third round into his heart, ending the hunt. This happened within about 20 seconds at the most, but I suddenly understood the meaning of "poor man's Buffalo." A Wildebeests tenacity is amazing. Judging from the length and mass, this bull should score very well. I should have my hands on him very soon and will give him an official SCI score. Very interesting animals. Hopefully they will continue to be available in RSA after June 1st. Good hunting, LDK



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KZN, South Africa, August 2005.
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Really nice Bog, both the wildebeest and the nyala in the other thread thumb


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I took this fellow just last week in RSA (Free State).



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Hey Ernest, How'd the hunt go! Oh, here's mine. 65 yards with a 375 H&H Model 70 300gr Swift A Frames. jorge



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