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These are pictures from our safari with Charles Price of Swartkei Safaris. The Price brothers have a fantastic operation and my wife and I thoroughly enjoyed the entire experience. We hunted 3 different properties over 10 days on their family owned 120,000 acres. I was very pleased with the quantity and quality of animals. Being more of a mountain sheep hunter I made it clear to Charles that I like to hike. Although it wasn't sheep hunting we did put a lot of miles and effort in during the 10 day hunt. I hope you enjoy the pics.          We worked hard for this Vaal Rhebuck. We saw quite a few but had trouble getting on them.   DO YOU SEE THE 21 ZEBRAS IN THIS PICTURE???        This one is my favorite.  Great Bushbuck country.    We were thrilled to take this old Bushbuck. He had almost no teeth and you can tell from the picture that he was really scarred up from fighting.  [IMG] http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc307/dpshelly/Rifle...b/100_0555.jpg[/IMG]    | ||
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Wow, and congrats on a great hunt! That`s an impressive bag of trophies and it seems you enjoyed the hole experience. Since you`re a mountain hunter, I`m glad you went for the vaalie. We worked quite hard to get one last year, and it really paid of. It turned into one of my most memoirable hunts..  Anders Hunting and fishing DVDs from Mossing & Stubberud Media: www.jaktogfiskedvd.no ..and my blog at: http://andersmossing.blogspot.com | |||
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Looks like you had an amazing hunt!! That bushbuck looks like his daddy was a Kudu!! Great stuff, FB | |||
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21 trophies. Good shooting and great body count. You took some wonderful trophies, especailly the Vaal, Bushbuck, Nyala, Imapala and B Wildebeeste. Very impressive variety of game. Perry | |||
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Fallow Buck - Out of all the animals we took the PH and trackers were most excited about the Bushbuck. Maybe his daddy was a Kudu? Doug | |||
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DPS, I can imagine how they felt. I think Bushbuck are just great. My PH freind has just moved onto a new ranch and he has some awesome bushbuck on there. He has seen one that he is sure is between 18"-19" (at least he says!!) In fact it is so good that he wants to shoot it himself!! Apparently there are may in the 15"-16" class too. It's all I can do not to take a week off just to go hunt bushbuck!! Rgds, FB | |||
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Doug, congrats on a great hunt and your trophies. You should get your Bushbuck scored as he should make Roland Ward's book. Good hunting, David Gray Ghost Hunting Safaris http://grayghostsafaris.com Phone: 615-860-4333 Email: hunts@grayghostsafaris.com NRA Benefactor DSC Professional Member SCI Member RMEF Life Member NWTF Guardian Life Sponsor NAHC Life Member Rowland Ward - SCI Scorer Took the wife the Eastern Cape for her first hunt: http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6881000262 Hunting in the Stormberg, Winterberg and Hankey Mountains of the Eastern Cape 2018 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4801073142 Hunting the Eastern Cape, RSA May 22nd - June 15th 2007 http://forums.accuratereloadin...=810104007#810104007 16 Days in Zimbabwe: Leopard, plains game, fowl and more: http://forums.accuratereloadin...=212108409#212108409 Natal: Rhino, Croc, Nyala, Bushbuck and more http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6341092311 Recent hunt in the Eastern Cape, August 2010: Pics added http://forums.accuratereloadin...261039941#9261039941 10 days in the Stormberg Mountains http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7781081322 Back in the Stormberg Mountains with friends: May-June 2017 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6001078232 "Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading" - Thomas Jefferson Every morning the Zebra wakes up knowing it must outrun the fastest Lion if it wants to stay alive. Every morning the Lion wakes up knowing it must outrun the slowest Zebra or it will starve. It makes no difference if you are a Zebra or a Lion; when the Sun comes up in Africa, you must wake up running...... "If you're being chased by a Lion, you don't have to be faster than the Lion, you just have to be faster than the person next to you." | |||
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Great pics and great trophies, Where were you hunting? | |||
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Hi Doug, I'm glad you found time to post the report...awesome critters and picts! That is a tremendous bushbuck, he'll make a great full mount. Do you have that buff hunt lined up yet? Regards, Bill | |||
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David - We didn't actually measure or score any of the animals. I have been encouraged to have several of them measured including the Bushbuck. I probably will. Martinbns - We hunted the Eastern Cape. More specifically we spent time in three diffent camps near Queenstown, Bedford and Grahamstown. Each camp was outstanding with huge areas and loads of animals. The Price's have a great thing going there. Bill C - The animals just arrived home last week and I will do a full body on the Bushbuck and probably the Nyala and Val as well. I don't have the buff nailed down just yet. I will finalize at the show in Reno. It looks like it will be 2009. I leave for my MP hunt next Saturday. You have a mule deer hunt coming soon up don't you? Doug | |||
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great animals i hunted with the prices and stayed at phillips house on the southern ranch glad u had a great time and took some great animals brian brian r simmons | |||
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That's a nice bag and quite a variety. That bushbuck looks like he had been through some tough times. Cool caracal too. _______________________________  | |||
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The Prices are good peope and we will hunt with them again soon. The bushbuck should be scored, I agree. Thanks to all with comments. | |||
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Doug, Super animals...anyone who has shot a bushbuck cann appreciate the size of him...I also hunted the eaatern cape in 02.. fine shooting and good luck in Reno maybe we will meet ... Mike | |||
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I agree with all comments above re: the bushbuck....but I must say that is as fine a selection of plains game I have ever seen taken in one 10 day hunt. Congrats to the hunter and the PH! | |||
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Holy cow!!! Did you leaving anything for seed? Congrats on an excellent safari!! Graybird "Make no mistake, it's not revenge he's after ... it's the reckoning." | |||
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