Congrats!

From great hunting to camp fire single malts and stogies. Life is good.

Thanks for posting.

EXCITING FOOTPRINT

GOOD TROPHY ELEPHANT

Great Report!!..Thanks and Congratulations.

GOOD CREW

MORE MEAT FOR THE VILLAGE

HEADS IN THE GROUND TO REMOVE THE TUSK

BLACK MAMBA IN THE GRASS

Looks like a great hunt. Thanks for sharing.


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STILL TRYING TO BITE SOMETHING

REGGIE PICKED HIM UP

IN THE SWAMP LOOKING FOR HIPPOS

READY TO SHOOT

MISSED THE DAMN SHOT

GREAT FUN EACH NIGHT

BUILDING THE CROC BLIND

BUILDING THE CROC BLIND

Enjoyed it all...Thank you for sharing!

Looks like Karl has invested greatly in his camps...terrific

Nice report, great pictures. Looks like you had a more than acceptable time. Congratulations

Awesome hunt and report. Congrats

I see Karl is toting his 577 VC. Proper PH rifle, that one!

Camp Sikunga? Was Karl trying to spell Sitatunga? :-)

Great report and some excellent trophies!

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Originally posted by Biebs:
Camp Sikunga? Was Karl trying to spell Sitatunga? :-)

nope. it is the name of the conservancy, as well as a large side channel of the Zambezi.. kind of across the road from Salambala. Karl couldn't resist putting a few rounds in the elephants just to see what they would do.it's impressive to see a large bull elephant's body rock back and forth from a 10 foot shot!!

I was able to get the rounds out of the croc, buff, and ele...if anyone is interest. I will photo and post.....

Great hunt, thanks for sharing!

Nice pics of the mamba(s). Couldn't get any closer to that one in the grass?

375 H&H MAG
TOP ROW..BARNES 300G SOLIDS, CUSTOM LOAD BY SUPERIOR AMMO
LEFT 1st ELE RIGHT 2nd ELE
ALL ABOUT THE SAME DIST. 15-20 yds
BOTH FRONT BRAIN SHOT FOLLOWED BY IN FRONT OF EAR
NO DEFORMATION,LOOKED LIKE THEY COULD HAVE BEEN RELOADED


SECOND ROW...BARNES TSX OVER THE COUNTER
LEFT.. CENTER CHEST 130yd +/-
BUFF CENTER....BASE OF NECK 80yd +/-
RIGHT...SIDE HEART SHOT 20yd +/-


THIRD ROW....BARNES TSX OVER THE COUNTER
LEFT....AT THE END OF THE SMILE 60yd +/-
CROC ALL WE COULD FIND

RIGHT...BEHIND THE LEFT SHOULDER 40yd +/-

I WILL LET THE EXPERTS EXPLAIN THE WHATS AND WHYS ON THIS

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Originally posted by JCOOK:

375 H&H MAG
TOP ROW..BARNES 300G SOLIDS, CUSTOM LOAD BY SUPERIOR AMMO
LEFT 1st ELE RIGHT 2nd ELE
ALL ABOUT THE SAME DIST. 15-20 yds
BOTH FRONT BRAIN SHOT FOLLOWED BY IN FRONT OF EAR
NO DEFORMATION,LOOKED LIKE THEY COULD HAVE BEEN RELOADED


SECOND ROW...BARNES TSX OVER THE COUNTER
LEFT.. CENTER CHEST 130yd +/-
BUFF CENTER....BASE OF NECK 80yd +/-
RIGHT...SIDE HEART SHOT 20yd +/-


THIRD ROW....BARNES TSX OVER THE COUNTER
LEFT....AT THE END OF THE SMILE 60yd +/-
CROC ALL WE COULD FIND

RIGHT...BEHIND THE LEFT SHOULDER 40yd +/-

I WILL LET THE EXPERTS EXPLAIN THE WHATS AND WHYS ON THIS

In the interests of learning from well-reported hunts, the bullet pictures do raise a question.


Middle row, right is enigmatic because it looks like a long range impact at maybe 1700-1800fps where the petals have just started to open. At 20 yards one might expect to find the petals "blown", but then the shaft of the bullet would be shorter than appears in the picture. So my take on this, assuming the 20 yards to impact, is that the picture somehow is skewing the length of shaft of the bullet and the petals were blown. If so, the weight of the bullet would probably be about 80-75% of initial weight.

Can the weight be confirmed at 75-80%?

On the other hand, if the weight is close to 100%, then this may actually be documenting a squib load, an under-velocity load, where the muzzle velocity of this particular shot was only 1800-1900fps. Also, the middle bullet in this middle row is probably an under-powered load, though less so than the one on the right.

What follow up might be suggested?
I would want to chronograph a half dozen shots of that batch of ammo to check for consistency and to see if there are any more 'underpower' loads.

JDOLLAR just sent me this photo of one of the Tiger fish we got..........

tiger fish on the Zambezi

Wow. Nice trophies. Well done. Congrats.

It was great meeting you guys and you sure had a great safari and good time with Karl.

Great report and pictures. Looks like you two gentlemen had fun.

Like the back to front reedbuck in the dining room.

Well done....NO FUN at all!!!!!

Great report and pics!!!! I felt I was there every adventure!

Best regards, D. Nelson