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Dates: July 10th -21st, 2018 PH: Andrew Baldry Concession: Royal Kafue Rifles: Jarrett Professional Hunter in 416RM. 400gn Swift A Frames. After our successful Lion hunt in the Luangwa in 2016, Andrew and I had been trying to target one of his mature Lions at Royal Kafue. With all the disturbances and challenges that Andrew has imposed on his concession by “fisherman” and “neighbours” making any real plan to hunt these Lions was proving difficult. I had seen photos of these beasts and indeed other AR hunters had also tried to hunt them. Given the uncertainty of the hunt, I booked a Buffalo hunt with Andrew and we hung a few baits to see what turned up. We had a great 10 days and got good footage of a big male Leopard that came to one of our baits. Unfortunately, our Lion did not make an appearance. Another lucky AR hunter did manage to shoot this Lion on the next hunt after mine as posted by Andrew on a different post. What a brute. We had a great 10 days together. We hunted hard with the highlights a lone cheetah , a huge Pangolin that we came across and I managed to hold ….and we took a very nice Dugga Boy in the long grass. The grass was so long and thick that the buffalo were not moving far at all. We picked up what looked to be a day old track but not more than 400m later found the 4 bulls. A front on freehand shot from 30 yards felt good but after a 30 minute wait and 30 minutes of incredible snail pace tracking by Michael we had not found the bull. For some reason, Michael suddenly did not like the look of the track we were following and backtracked. The mortally wounded crafty old bull was lying in the long grass at 90 degrees and not more than 30 meters from where we were tracking and walking. He had done the classic move of circling back to wait for his tormentors but obviously could not get up. …lucky for us. He stood up and stumbled at 3 meters from us and died promptly in a volley of shots from Andrew and I. On examination we found a musket ball in him. NO wonder he was tough and cranky. What a hunt. Death in the Long Grass. Our Lion hunt is to be continued.                  | ||
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Well done. Superb buffalo. 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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A great bull! Thanks for sharing. | |||
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Steve, Great buffalo with a little drama. Well done! I've seen three pangolins and feel very fortunate. Mark MARK H. YOUNG MARK'S EXCLUSIVE ADVENTURES 7094 Oakleigh Dr. Las Vegas, NV 89110 Office 702-848-1693 Cell, Whats App, Signal 307-250-1156 PREFERRED E-mail markttc@msn.com Website: myexclusiveadventures.com Skype: markhyhunter Check us out on https://www.facebook.com/pages...ures/627027353990716 | |||
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Well done Steve. Gorgeous buff and well written report. Jesus saves, but Moses invests | |||
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Congrats to you and Andrew. | |||
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Steve; What a safari!!!! Fantastic buff, cheetah and pangolin.... you are always a very successful hunter! And a kind one too, to leave the lion for another  Well done!!!! Hugs, Darin | |||
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Another great safari for you and Andrew....quite a team. Thanks for wonderful reports and pictures....here and the Sitatunga thread. ___________________________________________________________________________________ Give me the simple life; an AK-47, a good guard dog and a nymphomaniac who owns a liquor store. | |||
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Wonderful safari. I love to see where the bullets stop! Congratulations. Cal _______________________________ Cal Pappas, Willow, Alaska www.CalPappas.com www.CalPappas.blogspot.com 1994 Zimbabwe 1997 Zimbabwe 1998 Zimbabwe 1999 Zimbabwe 1999 Namibia, Botswana, Zambia--vacation 2000 Australia 2002 South Africa 2003 South Africa 2003 Zimbabwe 2005 South Africa 2005 Zimbabwe 2006 Tanzania 2006 Zimbabwe--vacation 2007 Zimbabwe--vacation 2008 Zimbabwe 2012 Australia 2013 South Africa 2013 Zimbabwe 2013 Australia 2016 Zimbabwe 2017 Zimbabwe 2018 South Africa 2018 Zimbabwe--vacation 2019 South Africa 2019 Botswana 2019 Zimbabwe vacation 2021 South Africa 2021 South Africa (2nd hunt a month later) ______________________________ | |||
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Good stuff, thanks for posting. | |||
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Great Buff Congrats. | |||
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Great Buff, Steve! Thanks for posting. Frank "I don't know what there is about buffalo that frightens me so.....He looks like he hates you personally. He looks like you owe him money." - Robert Ruark, Horn of the Hunter, 1953 NRA Life, SAF Life, CRPA Life, DRSS lite | |||
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very nice old bull. Congrats! Good Hunting, Tim Herald Worldwide Trophy Adventures tim@trophyadventures.com | |||
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Beautiful trophies! And lucky to see a pangolin. Very special. | |||
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Super Buff. Fun in the long grass! | |||
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