Hunting is one of those passions that just burns deep into your soul, most people do not understand what drives us as hunters and conservationists,

I was fortunate enough to get a Tag for an Old Black Rhino Bull that was causing damage and panic on a reserve in the eastern cape, according to the owners of the reserve as well as the representative from nature conservation the bull was well past his prime, not even going to guess an age as that will be the first hiding I will get by AR professors,

I travelled down to the Eastern Cape knowing that this hunt will be fast and furious, Black Rhino have a tendency to be very aggressive when hunted as they do not like been pushed,

The reserve I will be hunting is 30 000 acres and fenced on all sides, the rhino population is around 50 white rhino and 10 Black Rhino, (Bulls)
We were after this specific animal so it was not a free choice safari,

Hunt went off fantastically with a full charge keeping us on our nerves, this was the first time I had been charged by any Rhino and it’s not a great feeling, all you see is dust and horn, but no target to shoot at, the black rhino kept his head very low during the whole charge forcing me to take him through the front horn, (10” from the tip) my 500g solid flew through the horn but exited at a bit of an angle missing the brain, the shock was enough to turn his head allowing my second barrel to find home,

Rhino came to dead stop at 9 feet,

I was greatfull for this opportunity and also thankful to learn that all the income generated from this hunt will go to anti-poaching of Rhino and paying towards there safe future,

Best in Hunting

JK Hunter

Wow - straight from the pages of the old timers - congratulations!

Talk about a once in a lifetime opportunity. Wow
Congrats.

Wery Nice animal

Cool

Congratulations on your wonderful old rhino! Truly a once in a lifetime opportunity!

Nice! Congrats!

Yet another success story based on regulated sport hunting..BOTSWANA take note.

a super ... unique... trophy

congratulations. I had the pleasure of seeing over a dozen rhino come to the watering hole in Etosha, neat animals. And to think there were so many of them once upon a time!

Wow, a great mean looking old bull. congrats.

Looks like an old dude! Congrats on a trophy few will ever collect.

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Congrats on a trophy few will ever collect.

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Originally posted by bwanamrm:
Congrats on a trophy few will ever collect.

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And please tell me you are doing at least a shoulder mount?!

Beautiful rhino! Too bad about the horn damage. I would certainly have that repaired as part of your trophy mount for sure. I was once told by a PH that that was part of the problem with a full on charge by a rhino-coming at you head on and with the horn right in the line of fire.

Don't repair the horn as that hole will bring back memories.

Waidmannsheil!

Very wonderful experience all together.

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Don't repair the horn as that hole will bring back memories.

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i agree. my first safari i shot an impala in the chest but didn't flatten him. as he ran off i winged another shot which hit him in the horn but knocked him out. walked up and sealed the deal. the taxidermist said he could repair it but i left it as is-

Congratulations!! What a fine trophy...

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Originally posted by jdollar:

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Originally posted by gunny:
Don't repair the horn as that hole will bring back memories.

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i agree. my first safari i shot an impala in the chest but didn't flatten him. as he ran off i winged another shot which hit him in the horn but knocked him out. walked up and sealed the deal. the taxidermist said he could repair it but i left it as is-

X3

What a great opportunity and fine shooting with a double.

Mike

Congratulations. Please do not repair the horn

That is a superb animal.

Glad that you had the opportunity to hunt him, and given the charge, a story for the rest of your life!

Thanks for sharing!

Take a picture of the horn damage and hang it under the trophy! I think that horn is too beautiful and rare to leave it messed up!

morning all,

definatly will not repair the horn, it is part of the story and will stay as it is,

reg

JK

Very interesting.
Hell of a Rhino.
Could you expand a bit more on the "tag" process please.
Did you put in for a tag ?
Who issues these tags ?
Can other resident and/or non resident hunters put in for tags ? Is this done annually ?
Is there a fee attached to these tags ?

Congratulations, wonderful old bull, great pictures, and a great example of conservation, by utilization. Well done.

Gnarly!

Awesome trophy, JK. A throwback from another time and a very rare privilege indeed.

Sounds like it was hunted up close and quite personal.

Share the mount once finished.

Darn JK you just gotta let me do a LARGE METAL PRINT SHOWPIECE of that


WOW!!!

Every legally taken rhino bull is a conservation success story. Congratulations!

I don't know how old that old man is, but I would name him Methuselah!
Great trophy & story to go with it.

Superb!

One of the original Big 5, congrats on a rare, rare opportunity.

Wow. What an experience. Thanks for sharing.

Beautiful!
Congratulations.

exceptional

What an awesome trophy. Conservation at its best!