| 450Dakota |
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| 27/07/04 05:14 PM |
Zim Buffalo hunt of 7-12 to 7-23 Now with Pics
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Day 5 of continious bumping the edges of the herds. Lions working em just as hard as we. We walking in the lions tracks they somtimes in ours, all of us trying to beat the ever shifting winds. Buffalo spooked by every little thing, real or imagined. Found our bull, 1 1/2 hour stalk on belly and knee's.. Somtimes crawling backwards as fast as we can as others of the herd walked in, fast as we can back in as they receded like the tide. Finaly The bull lumbers forward so close we can hear him breathing, completly unaware of our presence into the only shooting lane. Quick, no time for the sticks! use the PH's back for a brace as there is not enough time to stand! shoot from the kneeling position SMLACK of both the bullet strike and muzzle blast sound as one as the .375 H&H 300gr Swift does its work straight through the heart at a mere 12 yards. The battle scarred old Inyati with still healing scars on his face from battling with the lions, bolts for less than 25 yards and collapses, gives the heart rendering death bellow as he passes on to the ever lush pastures. We wait the agonizing 20 minutes as he passed from our veiw in the heavy brush. We walk what seemed a mile to him.. He's dead.. My wife Karen walks forward to claim, to look at and feel her first well deserved Cape buffalo.. Sharing this together along with our fantastic PH Johan Spies, was more rewarding than I can ever imagine.. And if you ask just right, with a twinkle in her eye's she will tell you about the fantastic 30" Water Buck she was able to collect from a 200 yard off the sticks shot with PH Phil Palmer and her 7X57 Mannlicher Schonauer carbine after a very, very tough stalk...
A Very proud.
450Dakota
Here's some of the long awaited photo's of a fantastic adventure..
I'd like to thank everyone involved in finally getting these posted..
| Will |
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| 27/07/04 06:30 PM |
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Congratulations to you both. Sounds like an exciting hunt.
NitroX
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| 27/07/04 08:15 PM |
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Well done and congratulations to Karen.
It must have been fun for you as well.
Any photos?
Send them to me if you wish (but I am away on Friday so be quick or they will have to wait till I get back).
Like the short story too. Well written.
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| 450Dakota |
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| 01/09/04 11:46 PM |
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Updated with photo's
| EricD |
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| 02/09/04 01:17 AM |
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Very nice pictures! I'm always glad to see, or hear of, women who hunt. Especially in africa!
Erik D.
| mikeh416Rigby |
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| 02/09/04 11:29 PM |
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Very, very nice, and the Buffalo and Waterbuck are great too!
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NitroX
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| 03/09/04 12:11 AM |
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A proud huntress will a great buffalo trophy.
Fantastic!
| 450Dakota |
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| 03/09/04 01:08 AM |
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Thank you all for the kind and encouraging words, they are truely heartfelt.. We don't think the adventure could have been near as wonderous with out our p/h's Phil Palmer and Johan Spies with Theo deMarillac Safaris... We will be back!.......Cheer's......
| Minkman |
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| 03/09/04 07:58 PM |
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Great Pic's 450, could you please tell me about the conditions in the land of Zim? Or did you have a previous post regarding this? Thanks Jerry
| 475Guy |
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| 03/09/04 09:45 PM |
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450
It's always a pleasure to see happy lady hunters on the web. Too bad there aren't many ladies out there who hunt anymore.
| 450Dakota |
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| 03/09/04 10:12 PM |
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Minkman,That is a pretty wide question, hopefully I will touch on what your asking.. First, the new SAA AirBus really, really sucks! But over all I think things have done one of two things. Settled down, or is about rock bottom and not much left but up. Things were calm where I was around (Vic-Fall's) compared with last time I was there in 2002 when there was some rioting with Army camps and war-vets all over. But there seemed to be more of the criminal types hanging about and trading Zim/US dollors and running scams. More pick pockets who grab and dash and muggers.. Some of the outfitters would not surprise me if they started shooting at each other as it seems poaching on others concessions is becoming a very real problem as noted in other news postings. I really hate to mention any names as Out of Africa might get mad at me. But don't be fooled, the whole country both black and white is waiting to see what happens next.. I did notice as a whole, the area's and people do seem poorer than in the past. Just my observations, somebody else might have a completely different outlook than I do, not to mention my limited time and experiance in Africa.