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Umbrella trick : when approach isn't possible due to lack of cover, the PH and the hunter hide behind a large black umbrella and can approach the buffs very close. The PH affirms that for the fun he managed to approach buffs at 2 meters.

Have You heard of or experience this sort of hunting?

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Yes I have hunted cape buffalo with a black umbrella. We had to walk about 700 metres in the open towards the buffalo and heavy thick thornbrush on each side of the field prevented us from approaching under cover.

We got to about 70 metres of some cows but the bull was about 170 metres away behind the cows and I declined to shoot at that range.

One walks in single file in a bobbing stop and start motion bent over at the waist behind the opened black umbrella.

Even though I did not shoot a buffalo that morning's hunt it was a magical hunt and I remember the wonder of while we watched the buffalo cows, three kudu walked right past us behind us only 30 metres away. Including a very nice 55 inch bull.

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John aka NitroX

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