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Am sure this post will get a lot of interest. What was your first African Animal?

Since I started it!!! My first living anything shot in Africa was a cow elephant. First morning within an hour of leaving camp!!! Guess I have used up all my luck......I leave again in 4 days, lets see whats in store!
 
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cape buff in the zambezie valley, never forget it!!
 
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Giraffe caught in a snare in Zimbabwe.


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Wounded and very upset bull elephant.

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Bushbuck in Zimbabwe!!!

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RSA Impala


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Buffalo Tanzania


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RSA Kudu
 
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Gemsbok, one shot kill, Gras Ranch, Namibia


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Kudu Zimbabwe 1998...last Wharthog RSA 2003


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1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken.
2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps.
3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges.
4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down.
5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine.
6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle.
7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions.
8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA.
9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not.
10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact.
11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores.
12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence.
13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances.
 
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RSA Impala, followed very shortly by Blue Wildebeest and Bontebok.
 
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Warthog in the Mhangura area of Zimbabwe.

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Blue Wildebeast near Hoedspruit, RSA.


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blesbok, just near the kliene olifants river in mupumalanga province. one shot 300 wm 160+m. 2004


"one of the most common african animals is the common coolerbok(or coleman's coolerbok). Many have been domesticated and can be found in hunting camps, lodges and in the back of vehicles."
 
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Poachers dog RSA


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Reedbuck- Rhodesia
 
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Buffalo - Lokasalie, TZ


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Impala, along the banks of the Limpopo, RSA.


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Mountain Zebra in Namibia
 
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chacal in Namibia


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Klipspringer Beaufort West 1958 at age 13. Used a .22 LR, open sights at estimated 250 yards. My dad did not think I could possibly hit it when he said: "Give it a fright"! Just shows you: Never underestimate a kid!

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Cape Buffalo in Zimbabwe. First hour of the first day! Big Grin

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Poachers dog RSA


Best Trophy seen on this thread!
 
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RSA Springbok
 
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That would be a Thomson Gazelle in Kenya in '73 followed up by a Zebra 15 minutes later. It seems like yesterday.
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Leopard - Zimbabwe 94
 
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Eland - Zimbabwe - 1988


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Sable in the Gwaai Valley in Zimbabwe. Shot in July of 1994 with a 375 H&H. Sable was 42 inches.
 
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Zebra.


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Got a little excited when this boy walked out!


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Blesbok in Natal with PH's borrowed rifle wearing my travel loafers as my guns and boots were lost for a day.

Wemdell it must be all down hill since then! cheers
 
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Civet in Zimbabwe - Turned out to be #1 in SCI record book







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As always, Good Hunting!!!

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Impala, RSA (Bow)
 
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Blue wildebeest late on the second day, Limpopo Valley, RSA. 2004




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First animal shot - impala; spent all day tracking to no avail CRYBABY

First animal killed - Hartmann's Zebra


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Zimbabwe Buffalo 1995.

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Impala in Limpopo Province, back when it was the Northern Province. It was also the first game animal I'd ever taken anywhere.


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Giraffe in Zimbabwe 2001.

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I didn't dig into my records of long ago, BIIRC it was a sable in the Selous
 
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