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I joked with Ian Gibson in Reno when we were writing up my deposit for my next trip: When he asked what I wanted to hunt, I said, "I think this time, I'll just take 50 baboons." On a serious note, I really enjoyed shooting those things! If, you were on the African equivilant of a Prairie Dog shoot, and say, doing some government culling of baboons all day, what would you take? Figure the shots would get further and further as you chased them around, so you'd want something flat shooting with enough energy to make a clean humane kill, but still be toleratable after a long day. I'm thinking a .270 might be good. What would YOU take? Mark Jackson  | ||
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I'd seriously consider a varmit rifle in the .223 or 22:250 class. | |||
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Not an expert but think a 22-250 with partitions loaded would do just fine? I think you would need something that you could shoot long distance with. They seem to feel safe once they are 300 yards away! ****************************************************************** R. Lee Ermey: "The deadliest weapon in the world is a Marine and his rifle." ****************************************************************** We're going to be "gifted" with a health care plan we are forced to purchase and fined if we don't, Which purportedly covers at least ten million more people, without adding a single new doctor, but provides for 16,000 new IRS agents, written by a committee whose chairman says he doesn't understand it, passed by a Congress that didn't read it but exempted themselves from it, and signed by a President, with funding administered by a treasury chief who didn't pay his taxes, for which we'll be taxed for four years before any benefits take effect, by a government which has already bankrupted Social Security and Medicare, all to be overseen by a surgeon general who is obese, and financed by a country that's broke!!!!! 'What the hell could possibly go wrong?' | |||
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Ground squirrels with a 22LR is more my cup of tea, but to each their own. I think a 257 Weatherby with 6.5x20X scope would cover everything, and a good spotting scope for looking over the kopje's after they scatter. | |||
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We shot a boat load of them with our .375 H&H's. Lots of fun. | |||
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Give me a .25-06 or the .257 Weatherby with a 87gr or 100gr load. That should do the trick! Kind regards Carl Exercise makes you look good naked, so does bourbon.....You decide | |||
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.270 with 130gr. Ballistic Tips or a .25-06 with 115gr. Ballistic Tips.  George  | |||
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Heck, I am with Dogcat, I've shot more with a .375 than any other cartridge! Might as well stick with what works... On the plains of hesitation lie the bleached bones of ten thousand, who on the dawn of victory lay down their weary heads resting, and there resting, died. If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch... Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it, And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son! - Rudyard Kipling Life grows grim without senseless indulgence. | |||
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How about a .243 loaded with a screaming hot 85 gr. TSX? The .243 is one of my favorite varmint rounds. ****************************** There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor polite, nor popular -- but one must ask, "Is it right?" Martin Luther King, Jr. | |||
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Might sound stupid to some but wondering if you can eat baboon? | |||
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I'd use my .243 Win for that task...  .22 LR Ruger M77/22 30-06 Ruger M77/MkII .375 H&H Ruger RSM | |||
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To get closer use a leaf camouflage dress. And when you get tired of the big ones try the smaller monkeys with a .22, great fun that to. | |||
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.223 and LOTS of ammo. | |||
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Enigma There is a great book called "Eating Apes" that goes into quite a lot of detail re: the "bush meat" trade.With so much attention given to the HIV/AIDS pandemic, it's worth reflecting on its origins. More importantly, as the author reminds us, is to consider how it works. HIV/AIDS appears to be a recent evolutionary virus quirk. It adapts and evolves with amazing speed. The roots of it remain in the African forest and a new strain can emerge at any time. The best means of transmission from ape or monkey to human is through blood. It is estimated that in West Africa about 2% of the new HIV2 cases result from monkey/human blood contact. In short, I would not think eating a baboon is a very good idea. | |||
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.308 165-180 grain ballistic tips because they work so well with my Swarovski zfm with the bullet drop compensator.  Cry 'Havoc,' and let slip the dogs of war; That this foul deed shall smell above the earth With carrion men, groaning for burial. | |||
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Mark, Semi with a 223 caliber.... Mike | |||
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.220 swift 4111 ft per second- blewey!!!  Perception is reality regardless the truth! Stupid people should not breed DRSS NRA Life Member Owner of USOC Adventure TV | |||
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Yes, .375 is what we have mostly used and when you consider how big the males can get, you want something a lot more potent than a varmint rifle. Also, once they have been shot at a bit, the ranges can get very, very long. Mind you, we've 'vamint hunted' rock rabbits with the .375, too!!! "White men with their ridiculous civilization lie far from me. No longer need I be a slave to money" (W.D.M Bell) www.cybersafaris.com.au | |||
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My .257 Ackley worked to a tee! See avatar...  Member NRA, SCI- Life #358 28+ years now! DRSS, double owner-shooter since 1983, O/U .30-06 Browning Continental set. | |||
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Maybe it's just me, but shooting a monkey would seem a little too much like shooting a hairy little human. | |||
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Yes, I shot a good deal of monkeys as a kid (even built one's skeleton up for a project,). After a while its become a bit distaseful, like just killing for the sake of killing and hearing the rifle go bang. Shooting primates is no longer my deal. I guess the 'novelty' wore off. | |||
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Baboons are my favorite African animal to hunt! I'm with you, the .270 I've taken just about everyone with my Interarms 270 with factory 150 grain Federals. Nothing but fun!!!!! "America's Meat - - - SPAM" As always, Good Hunting!!! Widowmaker416 | |||
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I would not shoot anything much lighter than a 270. The bigger males can be nasty when wounded, keep in mind that a baboon has teeth in the same class as a leopard. They can and will give you a nasty bite. Any gun shooting +/- 130 gr(or heavier) at around 2700 ft/sec or faster. Baboons can be difficult to get when shot at often, take one whenever you get the opertunity. | |||
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The best rifle in my vault for Baboon is a little Mannlicher Shoenauer MCA 1962 Rifle, with a good 3-9X40MM scope, chambered for 243 Win! I use a load of H-4831 (.46.0 grs),CCI LR primer, behind a Hornady 100 gr SP @ 3000 fps. This load, in my rifle, will shoot .5 MOA and drop a 250 lb muledeer on his belly, never to rise again @ 350 yds, with a lung shot. A baboon doesn't have a chance of biteing anyone after he takes one of these. The only problem is, if you want a full body mount, you will have to place the exit side to the wall, because this load will blow a hole the size of your head in th off side! ....Mac >>>===(x)===> MacD37, ...and DUGABOY1 DRSS Charter member "If I die today, I've had a life well spent, for I've been to see the Elephant, and smelled the smoke of Africa!"~ME 1982 Hands of Old Elmer Keith  | |||
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