Eastern Cape Hunting

[Grumulkin]

This Africa forum seems really dead!  No posts in almost a month.  Anyway, to liven things up...





I spent 3 weeks in the Eastern Cape of South Africa this past September and October and killed a bunch of stuff.  I've taken Springbok before so I was only interested in taking them on a cull hunt and the price was right.  I honored all of the 16 fallen Springbok with photos but toward the end, was satisfied with a "bulk" photo.


The rifle is chambered in 300 Weatherby Magnum from which I launched 200 grain Nosler Accubonds; they were enough.  I shot it so much that my shoulder was black and blue but despite the discoloration, it didn't hurt much.

[us920669]

Looks like you had a great time.  Whenever I check this forum I get the urge to go back, but this economy has got me a little spooked.
I did some management work in Zimbabwe in 2000 - mostly Impala but also anything else that moved, since the land was going to be occupied and cleared for cattle. 
The experience almost drove me to buy a Merkel SR1, a nifty little semi-auto carbine available in a few carts including 308.  It fit me like a glove, but so did 2 grand, so I am still a bolt man.  The distances in Zim are nowhere near as long as it looks like you hunted.
Thanks for the post. 

[Grumulkin]

 
I did have an excellent time.
 
The above animal was taken with the longest shot of the trip.  I first tagged it with an Encore handgun chambered in 444 Marlin from about 200 yards.  That shot didn't stop it right there.  It went to about 300 yards and appeared to be going to very rough country where following would have been difficult if not impossible so I got out the 300 Weatherby Magnum and shot it again.  That slowed it but didn't stop it.  At 400 yards, I put another shot into it with the Weatherby that absolutely flattened it on the spot.