Hi all

John Rauner just completed a hunt with me and I would like to share
some info and pictures.

Date: 6-15/10/2012
Hunter: John W R Rauner from Prosser, Washington
Rifle: 300 W Short Mag and 180gr am monition
Outfitter/ Ph: Ferdi Venter
Area Hunted: Little Karroo and Grahamstown area in the Eastern Cape
7/10
The first day we went out and bumped a herd of Impala which spooked some Kudu we were looking at.We
reached a nice spot from where we saw Blue Wildebeest and started a stalk, two Kudu cows gave our position away and we were busted.


8/10
We saw numerous Kudu on the second day and some other animals. Late Monday afternoon we saw a very good Red Hartebeest and the stalk was on. John took the shot from the sticks and hit the Hartebeest, we followed up and found the blood trail, followed the animal till dark and decided to return the next morning.
Unfortunately the weather changed during the night and it started to rain, we never found blood again.

9/10
The weather was bad and we were able to see about 100yards due to fog. John and the owner saw Blue Wildebeest and he took the shot. We found the Wildebeest bull about 300yards from where he shot it and started with the recovery. I will post some pictures when I get them from John.

10/10
We consentrated on Kudu but bumped into some Gemsbuck and the hunt was on. John took the shot and it went a bit low. We tracked the Gemsbuck and John was able to get it down.


11/10
We moved to the Grahamstown area and arrived just before lunch, the weather was great and we relaxed during the heat of the day. Later we checked John's rifle and did minor settings.
We saw some Eland and a lot of Kudu, Blesbok, Warthog and Impala during the afternoon. Late the afternoon we found a couple of Nyala and the hunt was on.
We put in an excellent stalk and this is the result.



12/10
We were looking for Eland this morning and bumped in to them twice, we found 2 very good bulls and they gave us a slip, eventually we caught up with them and John took a great Eland.


13/10
We saw plenty Kudu this morning and finally did a stalk that payed off

We were looking for Bushbuck for the remainder of the day but with out luck.

14/10
We decided to move to the Jefferey's Bay area. During the last hour of John's last day we saw a good Bushbuck
and made a very good stalk to end his hunt.

Congrats!

Really nice!

Hey, Ferdi, was this your spiral horn special package?

Very lekker, but damn, that bushbuck gives me a tingle down my spine. I just love the beggars and the East Cape ones make me go weak at the knees like a 16 yr old lining up his first.....

Lekker, Lekker.
By the looks of your client, he wasn't having much fun! Just joking. Nice bushbuck.

By the smiles there was some very good shooting.

Great photos!

Mike

x2....VERY nice!

Ferdi,

Curious...
Why are the tips of the Gemsbok cut-off?

Congratulations to all involved! Looks like a very successful/happy client!

Best regards, D. Nelson

quote:

Originally posted by BenKK:
Hey, Ferdi, was this your spiral horn special package?

BenKK
No, he booked the Advanced package and added the Gemsbuck and Eland.He changed the Impala to Red Hartebeest because he got a very good one in Tanzania.

quote:

Originally posted by Late-Bloomer:
Ferdi,

Curious...
Why are the tips of the Gemsbok cut-off?

That is a good question,...cut-off not me

A very happy hunter! Congratulations!

Love the Nyala and Eland...

Very nice bushbuck and eland.

Eastern Cape is a very nice place to hunt. Thanks for sharing your clients moment.