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Rell
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Re: Bushbuck thread [Re: Rell]
      #250973 - 24/07/14 10:07 AM



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Re: Bushbuck thread [Re: Rell]
      #255783 - 27/10/14 11:56 AM





Another couple of cape bush bucks, my PH just sent these to me. My camera battery died and I never got them until now.

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Re: Bushbuck thread [Re: Rell]
      #255784 - 27/10/14 12:01 PM



My brother took this one with my dad. They saw him across a valley and each one wanted the other to try for it. Eventual the PH said he was going to go and collect it without them if they did not decide. My dad won and my brother ended up taking the shot.

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Re: Bushbuck thread [Re: Rell]
      #255798 - 27/10/14 07:08 PM

Good photos. Glad you were able to get some sent to you for your memories.

I have two bushbucks and would gladly hunt more. They are an antelope that always looks like it has "attitude".

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Re: Bushbuck thread [Re: NitroX]
      #262687 - 23/03/15 05:29 AM

Headed back to Natal this July for 7 days of hunting. Just bushbucks and maybe a bush pigs on the menu.

The last time I brought a Weatherby Ultralight in 338-06 with Barnes TTX 210gr loads. I did this for Nyala and there was the possibility of Eland in the Drakensburg mountains.

This time I'm 100% focused on a couple of 17+ inch bushbucks! Not numbers but quality. I'm thinking of bringing my Sako 85 custom from Hill Country Rifle in7mm rem mag. It's dialed in with 145gr Barnes LRX bullets. Are these two hard for 110lbs bushbucks? Should I go with something like a Sierra Game King or maybe a Nosler Partition? It's topped with a Swarovski 2.5-15x44 illuminated scope

The other option is my AHR custom CZ in 300 Weatherby loaded with 200gr Nosler Partitions or 190gr Nosler long range Accubonds. This has a 2-12x42 Leupold VX6.

Thoughts or recommendations on bullets for these feisty little spiral horns would be appreciated.

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Re: Bushbuck thread [Re: Fjold]
      #267918 - 13/07/15 11:48 AM



Shot in the old growth bush near Durban with a Chapuis SxS in 9.3x74r at 70m. This one goes a touch over 17 inches.

Do I get the broomed horn repaired at the taxidermist?



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Re: Bushbuck thread [Re: Rell]
      #267945 - 13/07/15 08:54 PM



A couple of old rams shot in the thorn in the Umkaamas Valey last week. Shot from 350m on the alley wall looking down. The rifle used was a Hill Country Rifle 7mm rem mag on a Sako 85 action. Mounted with a Swarovski 2.5-15x44.

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Re: Bushbuck thread [Re: Rell]
      #267946 - 13/07/15 09:03 PM



Got these three in the same day walking a narrow little valley, maybe 3 miles long. Shots where under 200m from the bottom of the valley up to the sides. Used the HCR 7mm mag. We say 8 rams that day in the 3 mile stretch. All are older rams, the biggest is right at 15 inches.

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Re: Bushbuck thread [Re: Rell]
      #267948 - 13/07/15 09:07 PM



First morning ram, we say him from the top of a ridge 700m away and jogged down to within 125m. Took about an hour to relocate him. It's amazing how they hide in the smallest piece of cover and even if you know they are there can't ding them.

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Re: Bushbuck thread [Re: Rell]
      #269243 - 14/08/15 08:47 AM

Something weird happened to my photobucket account.

Every now and then I like scrolling through them when I log on so I'm going to put the highlights back up.



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Re: Bushbuck thread [Re: Rell]
      #269244 - 14/08/15 08:48 AM





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Re: Bushbuck thread [Re: Rell]
      #269245 - 14/08/15 08:54 AM





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Re: Bushbuck thread [Re: Rell]
      #269246 - 14/08/15 08:59 AM





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Edited by Rell (14/08/15 09:03 AM)


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Re: Bushbuck thread [Re: Rell]
      #269255 - 14/08/15 10:04 PM





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Re: Bushbuck thread [Re: Fjold]
      #294976 - 09/02/17 02:37 PM

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Re: Bushbuck thread [Re: Rell]
      #294977 - 09/02/17 02:40 PM



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Re: Bushbuck thread [Re: Rell]
      #294978 - 09/02/17 02:41 PM

A few rams from my trip to the Eastern Cape this last July.

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