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John Wood from Houston got this impressive 33" Waterbuck hunting with Bahati a few weeks ago.



There are loads of good Waterbuck in the area. On a lucky day, you may see a hundred bulls of which about 40 make book - at the same time!


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Congratulations to the hunter!

One hell of a waterbuck! One of my favorite animals.

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Wow... that is an impressive trophy! Waterbuck are an underrated trophy IMO and great fun to hunt. I can't imagine seeing 40 bulls in a day much less one hundred!


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I've always been impressed by waterbuck and it was the first trophy I took in Africa. The one pictured is simply great.
 
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That's a lot of waterbuck by any measure.


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It says a lot about an area when Johan didn't bother to post the "little" thirty incher I shot or the 29-ish one my other client, Jeff Hilliard took. We saw several herds in the day we spent in the waterbuck area with 3-4 bulls over 28 in each herd.

Coutada 10 is known as a great dangerous game area, but it has world-class waterbuck, suni, red duiker, reedbuck, hippo, and croc, too. I can't wait to go back.


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I don't know what's more scarce a 32+ Waterbuck or a 60+ Kudu. I suspect the former.

Heck of a Waterbuck no doubt!
 
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Greg,

My apologies! Here are all three ... 29", 33" and 30" - three prime Waterbuck bulls. Interesting is that these were the product of one outing.



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Wow...the one in the middle had its body blown clean off. Nice.


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Very Nice. I too took a 30" Waterbuck this year as well. I had another Waterbuck already, but couldn't pass this one up this year. It's a great trophy animal, and looks very nice shoulder mounted.
 
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Wow...the one in the middle had its body blown clean off. Nice.


The hunter probably used a 45.70 troll


Congratulations, fantastic animals!


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Nice waterbuck!




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Johan,

At the rate youre going with the suni, and waterbuck SCI and Roland Ward will really have to reconsider to put up their minimums. Good going thumb


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Excelent trophies indeed. i was fortunate to shoot a 30 1/2 inch in march in the gravelotte area it was great. the next day i hunted the same section and i saw one off 33 plus about 200m from where i shot my bull shows you it doesnt take long for a bull to take up n dead ones teratory


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I LOVE waterbuck! I guess coming from a western USA region I relate waterbuck with elk...a regal trophy that is just special. I would love to have any of the animals posted mounted on my wall. Great trophies!


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not a good photo but here is my waterbuck


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Wow...the one in the middle had its body blown clean off. Nice.


The hunter probably used a 45.70 troll


Congratulations, fantastic animals!




That's exactly what I killed mine with! jumping dancing



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Looks like Wild West Guns worked on your rifle.


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Yep. That was Paco's levergun Hunt with Chris Troskie.


I hunt, not to kill, but in order not to have played golf....

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