Some photos from Limpopo

First we visited the exibithion in Pretoria





Then out hunting. The area around Modi molle was variated and had a lot of game.





























Great trip that can be recommended.

Place: Limpopo SA
Outfitter: Tau Nkwe Safaris
Agent: Me
Camp: *****
Food: Great
Hunt: Great
PH's:
Dates: 25.03.2011 - 04.04.2011

Nils-Ole

What a klippie! Wow!

What happened to the face of that bushbuck?

@ safari-lawyer

In run straight into some old wires before he died.

That old bull, was free roming.

Nils-Ole

Nice! That old wildebeest has a lot of character.

Looks like you had a great trip Nils-Ole!
Congratulations!
Love them bushbucks

Monday night see me off to Namibia, away from the snow and stormy Northerns, can´t wait

Great hunt, Nils-Ole!
Can't wait to see the footage you got!

Good luck in Namibia Arild



180 grain Winchester Ekstrem Elite cal. 30-06, on Eland. Rest weight 165 grain.

Nils-Ole

Great pics! And a second attaboy on that Klippie, WOW!

What a fine time you guys had

That old bushbuck is outstanding.

Thanks for the report and pictures.

love them bushbucks!and the other trophies as well!

Here is a photo of the mountain that gives the name to the town in the area. Modimolle. ( earlier Nylstroom )



The original name Modimolle either means Place of the Spirits, or according to some, "The Spirits have eaten", apparently after some custom of an old local tribe who sacrificed humans to the ancestors by throwing the victims off a cliff of Kranskop (meaning "Cliff Hill").

The first Europeans to travel in this area belonged to a religious zealot group called the Jerusalem Trekkers, who wished to migrate to the Christian Holy Land. A nearby hill which looks a bit like a pyramid was mistaken for one in Egypt, and they thought the little river in the area that was flowing north and called Maghaliquain or MaghaHquain, was the Nile River, and called their settlement Nylstroom (meaning Nile Stream) [see eg. Aspects of Nature in Different Lands and Different Climates By Alexander von Humboldt, David M Knight; Scientific Travellers 1790-1877].

The first town was laid out in 1866 on the farm Rietvallei, owned by Ernest Collins. The original western town was called Nylstroom but in 2002 it was renamed to Modimolle.

During the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902), in 1901, a concentration camp was established in Nylstroom. About 550 women and children died in this camp.

The second-last Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa, JG Strydom, practiced law in Nylstroom, and was involved in politics from the 1920s until 1958, when he died as Prime Minister.

The camp:







Nils-Ole

Nice touch adding the history lesson. We too often don't take the time to find these things out.
Looks like you had a great time.

Thank's Guy's!

That old bushbuck seems to have been shot at before. Have a look on the left horn!

What else can it be?

Any other teories?

Nils-Ole

Congratulations on some fine trophies.

What's the story on the COBRA?????

Regards, D. Nelson

Nothing really, just stumbled over it

But this make every spitting cobra to a story...I guess

A spitting cobra is one of several species of cobras that have the ability to eject venom from their fangs when defending themselves against predators. The sprayed venom is harmless to intact skin. However, it can cause permanent blindness if introduced to the eye and left untreated.

Makes me respect them, in a way.........

Nils-Ole

NICE Klipspringer!!

Nice! Love the pic of the cobra!

Good trophies and I am sucker for bush buck. The chipped and scarred old warrior is classic.

+1 fairgame! That Bushbuck was really something else! Not my turn at this trip, but next time.....

Nicely done guys! Good trip.

Nice phothos nils ole!!great trophies and a wery nice klippie!!

Hi Nils-Ole

Thanks for the visit Eileen and I enjoy it to have you at our Outfitters and to hunt 13 animals in that short space of time was great.

Hunting Greetings

Benno&Eileen

It was a pleasuere hunting with you guy's! Thank's Benno, my regards to Eileen and the boys.

Nils-Ole

Great photos and trophies. Congratulations! That cobra photo is scary! Can you tell us more about it?

@ Use Enough Gun

Thank's!

Just one we saw! They are normally found close to water!

Nils-Ole

So what is the story with the rifle with the tube on the end. Is that an air rifle (don't laugh, they used an air rifle on the Lewis & clark expedition in the early 1800s), or is it a harmonic system or a silencer, or what. Thanks

@tysue

The rifle is a Tikka. Cal. 30-06.

The Tube is a silencer from A-tech. Is reducing the recoil with about 50% so its almost like shoting a airgun. I love that silencer! Have inproved my accuracy a lot. I shot a lot better with this rig now, than I do with my 375H&H. ( I know pratice, pratice, pratice.... )

Nils-Ole

Congratulations on a great hunt! Great photos.