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shakari
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Loc: South Africa

check this Eland!!!!
#4508 - 22/10/03 03:40 AM

Hi Folks,

I've just got back from a months hunting with 2 seperate clients in the Selous Reserve where amongst all the Buffalo, Hippo & Lion we hunted we managed to take this E A Eland. He measured a tad over 40 inches and should make a new #4 in the Rowland Ward Records of Big Game. The client was a 70 year old Brit and he took it with a .375 H&H from over 200 yards............ hope you enjoy it.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid85/p07f1ca475fc311136d0139954ff37529/fac88f29.jpg

If anyone is interested, I still have two vacancies in early November.............. plug plug!!!!

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Steve "Shakari" Robinson
Kuduland Safaris (Africa) Ltd
info@kuduland.com
www.kuduland.com

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AspenHill
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Re: check this Eland!!!! [Re: shakari]
#4509 - 22/10/03 04:01 AM

Nice one there, Steve!

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~Ann

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mikeh416Rigby
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Re: check this Eland!!!! [Re: shakari]
#4512 - 22/10/03 07:45 AM

What a monster! My hat's off to both of you.

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mickey
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Re: check this Eland!!!! [Re: mikeh416Rigby]
#4516 - 22/10/03 10:19 AM

Wow. They are a much prettier animal than the Cape version aren't they.

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Lovu Zdar
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470Nitro
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Reged: 17/09/03
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Loc: Madrid - Spain

Re: check this Eland!!!! [Re: shakari]
#4526 - 22/10/03 05:59 PM

Very nice Eland !!! I'd seen some big Elands in the Selous area, may be the biggest I ever seen, but they are very hard to get.

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shakari
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Loc: South Africa

Re: check this Eland!!!! [Re: 470Nitro]
#4536 - 23/10/03 03:19 AM

I hunt a few different areas in the Selous, but this area holds plenty of Eland. We saw a few of similar size or perhaps slightly smaller, and a hell of a lot that were good representatives of the species. Any hunter who hunted this area and was a reasonably good shot could be fairly sure of taking a pretty good specimen........ problem is that they only occur on long licences, so it's far from cheap.

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Steve "Shakari" Robinson
Kuduland Safaris (Africa) Ltd
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AspenHill
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Re: check this Eland!!!! [Re: shakari]
#4537 - 23/10/03 03:22 AM

In reply to:

problem is that they only occur on long licences, so it's far from cheap.

Probably why there are so many of them!

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~Ann

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470Nitro
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Re: check this Eland!!!! [Re: shakari]
#4540 - 23/10/03 05:05 AM

I took a big one in Madaba river, south Rufiji River in the Middle of Selous in a 21 days safari. There're lots of Elands in South Tanzania too, in Usangu River, but they are pretty much smaller and easy to hunt than others in Selous.

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pyramid of cans in the pale moonlight
talkin' 'bout guns and dreamin 'bout women
never had a plan just a livin' for the minute

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