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Big Game Hunting => Other Big Game => Topic started by: Shooting Stix on March 10, 2016, 05:19:05 AM

Title: Back to South Africa 2016
Post by: Shooting Stix on March 10, 2016, 05:19:05 AM: As long as the military doesn't screw me which is very possible (that's why I will be getting out) I should be either going in May or July for Cape Buffalo, Sable, Giraffe, Greater kudu, Nyala, Red Lechwe, and hopefully an impala and warthog. Africa is very Addictive and I love it there which this will be a different experience from the first because it consist of all plains game and the second trip is the more spendy animals and excited to get the Cape buffalo down and Sable too.
Title: Re: Back to South Africa 2016
Post by: Shooting Stix on April 15, 2016, 09:49:40 AM: Well the military screwed me so I'm now trying for September to give me some time to plan and deal with paperwork to get approval
Title: Re: Back to South Africa 2016
Post by: johnnyaustin44 on April 15, 2016, 10:36:42 AM: Hopefully it'll work out for ya.
Title: Re: Back to South Africa 2016
Post by: Shooting Stix on July 10, 2016, 09:02:28 AM: I bought my tickets for September and I got pictures to get me pumped for the hunt
Title: Re: Back to South Africa 2016
Post by: Shooting Stix on September 08, 2016, 04:03:53 PM: I leave to South Africa in a couple days and got some pictures in my inbox just to tease me I can't wait
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Post by: MLBowhunting on September 08, 2016, 04:20:06 PM: Should be a blast!!! :tup:
Title: Re: Back to South Africa 2016
Post by: carpsniperg2 on September 08, 2016, 05:10:50 PM: Looks like that area is producing some beautiful cape buffalo. Best of luck and travel safe.
Title: Re: Back to South Africa 2016
Post by: Shooting Stix on September 26, 2016, 09:58:57 AM: Here is some of my pics from my trip
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Post by: JimmyHoffa on September 26, 2016, 10:01:13 AM: pretty cool. What do you do with a giraffe? A big rug? I'd imagine even a shoulder mount would be tough unless you have vault ceilings.
Title: Re: Back to South Africa 2016
Post by: Shooting Stix on September 28, 2016, 06:50:16 AM: I will go with a shoulder mount with the giraffe just needs to be modified to shorten it Natures Way did a beautiful giraffe that has been modified to a 8 ft ceiling
Title: Re: Back to South Africa 2016
Post by: Shooting Stix on September 29, 2016, 04:21:36 AM: This is my big male warthog, a big zebra stallion, and a Tsessabee which are very rare species. Like I have said to people Africa is one of the best places to hunt in my opinion and at least try it one time and if it's not for you then at least you have experienced it
Title: Re: Back to South Africa 2016
Post by: beaslayer6 on September 29, 2016, 11:05:18 AM: Quote from: Shooting Stix on September 28, 2016, 06:50:16 AM
I will go with a shoulder mount with the giraffe just needs to be modified to shorten it Natures Way did a beautiful giraffe that has been modified to a 8 ft ceiling
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That mount is awesome. Just buy a bigger house and go life size..
Title: Re: Back to South Africa 2016
Post by: Shooting Stix on September 29, 2016, 12:47:12 PM: Here is some more pics from my trip
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Post by: Shooting Stix on October 07, 2016, 04:07:29 PM: This is my Sable that I dropped with a 375 H&H in the chest at 60 yards
Title: Re: Back to South Africa 2016
Post by: Rob on October 07, 2016, 10:44:55 PM: Wow, looks like you had an outstanding hunt!

Congrats!
Title: Re: Back to South Africa 2016
Post by: Rob on October 07, 2016, 10:49:05 PM: Some very unusual species. Lechwe, Roan, Eland and Sable. Very cool! That Sable is wonderful.
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Post by: JoeE on October 07, 2016, 11:06:32 PM: Are these hunts guaranteed? like if you pay $x amount you're garanteee to harvest certain animals?
Title: Re: Back to South Africa 2016
Post by: Shooting Stix on October 09, 2016, 09:52:23 PM: No they aren't guaranteed you will have to hunt them and I just happened to get lucky because a guy from Hungary didn't get his Cape Buffalo but the best part is you don't get charged for an animal you don't shoot. There was some hunters in 10 days of hunting didn't even see an Eland so No it's not guaranteed but you will shoot some animals when you go it's not a canned hunt
Title: Re: Back to South Africa 2016
Post by: Shooting Stix on October 10, 2016, 11:03:42 AM: Quote from: Rob on October 07, 2016, 10:49:05 PM
Some very unusual species. Lechwe, Roan, Eland and Sable. Very cool! That Sable is wonderful.

The roan and eland were once I got there we saw my eland and the PH said he was huge and by the time I decided to shoot he takes off and stopped right before the thick brush enough time for a shot. The roan was interesting because I was about to go for another sable and was talking to a local concession owner and brought up that the people with a Sable had a Roan Bull and that I wanted it but they changed their mind so he contacted a few guys and that afternoon I shot the Roan and Nyala
Title: Re: Back to South Africa 2016
Post by: Rob on October 11, 2016, 10:13:30 AM: Did you have a chance to eat any of that Eland? best wild game on the planet!
Title: Re: Back to South Africa 2016
Post by: Shooting Stix on October 11, 2016, 12:06:59 PM: Yes both times we ate eland, this time I ate kudu which was fantastic, Impala was just as good, and Giraffe was good a little tough but good we would have eaten more but we had a lot of late nights packing out and skinning out animals