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Camel and Donkey Thread
      #165443 - 02/08/10 08:50 AM

A mate with one of his first bulls, taken with a CZ550 in .375 H&H:

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Re: Camel and Donkey Thread [Re: Ben]
      #165444 - 02/08/10 08:51 AM

Taken with CZ550 in .416 Rigby:

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Re: Camel and Donkey Thread [Re: Ben]
      #165446 - 02/08/10 08:52 AM



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Re: Camel and Donkey Thread [Re: Ben]
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Re: Camel and Donkey Thread [Re: Ben]
      #165448 - 02/08/10 08:54 AM

Taken with the .30/30:

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Re: Camel and Donkey Thread [Re: Ben]
      #165449 - 02/08/10 08:55 AM

My Dad and his first bull, taken with his Remington 7mm STW:

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Re: Camel and Donkey Thread [Re: Ben]
      #165450 - 02/08/10 08:56 AM

My brother and I with a pair of bulls taken with the Remington 7mm STW and the .30/30 in an Indian-style attack over the top of a sand dune:

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Re: Camel and Donkey Thread [Re: Ben]
      #165451 - 02/08/10 08:57 AM





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Re: Camel and Donkey Thread [Re: Ben]
      #165452 - 02/08/10 08:58 AM



Edited by Ben (02/08/10 08:59 AM)

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Re: Camel and Donkey Thread [Re: Ben]
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Re: Camel and Donkey Thread [Re: Ben]
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Re: Camel and Donkey Thread [Re: Ben]
      #165456 - 02/08/10 09:01 AM



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Re: Camel and Donkey Thread [Re: Ben]
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Re: Camel and Donkey Thread [Re: Ben]
      #165458 - 02/08/10 09:03 AM

Taken with my first shots ever from my .416 Rigby:

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Re: Camel and Donkey Thread [Re: Ben]
      #165459 - 02/08/10 09:04 AM



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Re: Camel and Donkey Thread [Re: Ben]
      #165461 - 02/08/10 09:05 AM

A mate with the results of his first shots with the .416 Rigby; also the first time he'd shot anything larger than a .22:

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Re: Camel and Donkey Thread [Re: Ben]
      #165462 - 02/08/10 09:06 AM

The Cross of Christ:

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Re: Camel and Donkey Thread [Re: Ben]
      #165463 - 02/08/10 09:08 AM

My first win with the .450/.400 3" NE:

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Re: Camel and Donkey Thread [Re: Ben]
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Re: Camel and Donkey Thread [Re: Ben]
      #165488 - 02/08/10 10:11 AM

My brother with his first donkey, taken with Dad's 7mm STW:

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Re: Camel and Donkey Thread [Re: Ben]
      #165489 - 02/08/10 10:12 AM

My brother-in-law with his first donkey, taken with a .308:

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Re: Camel and Donkey Thread [Re: Ben]
      #165492 - 02/08/10 10:29 AM




Short video culling Donkeys.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Am3aEOBtQk

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"I have carried out my official duties as long and faithfully as i can,and for the rest I have lived in such a fashion as seemed most agreeable to me...convinced that a good day's shooting is second in point of pleasure to nothing else on earth."

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Re: Camel and Donkey Thread [Re: Ben]
      #165499 - 02/08/10 11:24 AM

Quote:

Taken with my first shots ever from my .416 Rigby:





You didn't zero the rifle BEFORE the hunt?

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Re: Camel and Donkey Thread [Re: DarylS]
      #165500 - 02/08/10 11:43 AM

Nope, just checked them visually and got real close. It was spot-on. Back then, there were nearly as many donkeys as termite mounds (before the big helicopter culls).

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